Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 páginas |
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... authority of the great and ancient masters ; and that they have passed over in total silence the works of the older rhetoricians , as well as of some , who may be almost reckoned among the moderns , whose works contain much valuable ...
... authority of the great and ancient masters ; and that they have passed over in total silence the works of the older rhetoricians , as well as of some , who may be almost reckoned among the moderns , whose works contain much valuable ...
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... authorities , I have produced , and placed before the reader's eyes , as far as my reading and opportunities have led me to the knowledge of them . For the copious extracts which I have made from them for the ornament and support of my ...
... authorities , I have produced , and placed before the reader's eyes , as far as my reading and opportunities have led me to the knowledge of them . For the copious extracts which I have made from them for the ornament and support of my ...
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... authorities , not the least important division of the art . The rules which I have laid down are the best which I have been able to collect or to devise , however deficient or incom- plete . But rules , even if perfect , cannot be ...
... authorities , not the least important division of the art . The rules which I have laid down are the best which I have been able to collect or to devise , however deficient or incom- plete . But rules , even if perfect , cannot be ...
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... authority , as will be seen by various proofs . And that may also be properly applied in the extended sense in which I have used it ; that is as the name of the whole art of gesture and delivery may , I conceive , be maintained on the ...
... authority , as will be seen by various proofs . And that may also be properly applied in the extended sense in which I have used it ; that is as the name of the whole art of gesture and delivery may , I conceive , be maintained on the ...
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... authority , and shall adduce many others , for calling the art of gesture , to which this work is principally devoted , by the name of Chironomia . The modern name is Delivery , it has been frequenty called Elocution , particularly by ...
... authority , and shall adduce many others , for calling the art of gesture , to which this work is principally devoted , by the name of Chironomia . The modern name is Delivery , it has been frequenty called Elocution , particularly by ...
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action actor affectation altogether ancient animi appears atque autem autres body celebrated character Cicero corporis countenance Cresol Cresollius deinde delivered delivery Demosthenes dicendi dicere digitis discourse doit elevated Elocutio eloquence enim etiam expression eyes feelings fingers geste grace hæc hand illa l'expression labour language magis manner manum manus marked mind modo modum motions motus mouvemens nature neque nihil notation object observed omnia omnis orator oratory palæstra pantomime passage passions Pathognomy perfection Plutarch Plutus pollice position primum principal gesture pronunciatio public speaker pulpit Pylades qu'il quæ quædam quam quid quidem Quint Quintilian quod quoque reading rhetorical sæpe sentiments significant gestures speaking suited sunt talents tamen tantum tion tones variety vero vocem vocis voice vultus whilst words γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν
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Página 281 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Página 80 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Página 116 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
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Página 182 - Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations...
Página 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Página 53 - Oh, against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; — and...
Página 38 - In just articulation the words are not to be hurried over, nor precipitated syllable over syllable: nor, as it were, melted together into a mass of confusion : they should be neither abridged, nor prolonged, nor swallowed, nor forced, and, (if I may so express it,) shot from the mouth; they should not be trailed, nor drawled...
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