Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking : as Well as for the Perusal of Persons of Taste : with an Appendix ...Peter B. Gleason, 1812 - 382 páginas |
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... passion , shall not be inconsistent with the expression of any passion ; which shall always keep the body in a graceful position , and shall so vary its motions , at proper intervals , as to see the subject operating on the speaker ...
... passion , shall not be inconsistent with the expression of any passion ; which shall always keep the body in a graceful position , and shall so vary its motions , at proper intervals , as to see the subject operating on the speaker ...
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... passion to another , that archness of look , and that jeu de theatre as it is called , so essential to a toler- able dramatic exhibition , and which actors themselves can scarcely arrive at . In short , it is speaking rather than acting ...
... passion to another , that archness of look , and that jeu de theatre as it is called , so essential to a toler- able dramatic exhibition , and which actors themselves can scarcely arrive at . In short , it is speaking rather than acting ...
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... passion of the hu- man mind , and touch the soul of the spectator , as if the picture , or statue , spoke the pathetic language of Shake- speare . It is no wonder then , that masterly action , joined with powerful elocution , should be ...
... passion of the hu- man mind , and touch the soul of the spectator , as if the picture , or statue , spoke the pathetic language of Shake- speare . It is no wonder then , that masterly action , joined with powerful elocution , should be ...
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... passion of love and grief , looks down upon distress with lifted hands ; eyebrows drawn down ; mouth open ; and features drawn together . Its expression , as to looks and gesture , is the same with those of suffering , ( See suffering ...
... passion of love and grief , looks down upon distress with lifted hands ; eyebrows drawn down ; mouth open ; and features drawn together . Its expression , as to looks and gesture , is the same with those of suffering , ( See suffering ...
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... passion , as love , esteem , & c . ) opens the eyes , and makes them eppear very prominent ; sometimes raises them to the skies ; but oftener , and more expressively fixes them on the object ; if the cause of the passion be a present ...
... passion , as love , esteem , & c . ) opens the eyes , and makes them eppear very prominent ; sometimes raises them to the skies ; but oftener , and more expressively fixes them on the object ; if the cause of the passion be a present ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
action admiration appear arms beauty behold blood body breast Brutus Cæsar Caius Verres Carthaginians charm cheerfulness Cicero Clodius countenance danger dear death delight earth enemy express eyes father fear fortune friends give glory grace hand happy hath head hear heart heaven honor hope hour human Jugurtha Keswick kind king Lady G live look Lord mankind manner master Micipsa Milo mind mouth nature never night noble Numidia o'er object once pain passion Patricians peace person pleasure Plebeian Pompey praise privy counsellor Quintilian Rhadamanthus rise Roman Roman senate Rome Saguntum scene sense Sicily side smile soul sound speak speaker Spectator speech spirit sweet taste tears tell thee thing thou thought tion truth Twas uncle Toby virtue voice whole words young youth