The Art of Elocution, Or, Logical and Musical Reading and Declamation: With an Appendix, Containing a Copious Practice in Oratorical, Poetical, and Dramatic Reading and Recitation, the Whole Forming a Complete Speaker, Well Adapted to Private Pupils, Classes, and the Use of Schools1851 - 393 páginas |
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... simple interrogative sense , that apposition of meaning requires apposition of inflection , and that , to make antithetical inflections and emphasis on words having apposition of meaning , is such a total subversion of every rule of ...
... simple interrogative sense , that apposition of meaning requires apposition of inflection , and that , to make antithetical inflections and emphasis on words having apposition of meaning , is such a total subversion of every rule of ...
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... simple and intelli- gible , and , I think I may venture to add , ( as far as it goes , ) correct in theory , and easy of practice . It will , therefore , I trust , be found of service to the student in the acquisition of an art which is ...
... simple and intelli- gible , and , I think I may venture to add , ( as far as it goes , ) correct in theory , and easy of practice . It will , therefore , I trust , be found of service to the student in the acquisition of an art which is ...
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... simple sound , perfect in itself , —and a consonant , as a sound that cannot be uttered without the addition or help of a vowel . But this nomenclature and definition is imperfect as a guide and mark of the articulate sounds , whatever ...
... simple sound , perfect in itself , —and a consonant , as a sound that cannot be uttered without the addition or help of a vowel . But this nomenclature and definition is imperfect as a guide and mark of the articulate sounds , whatever ...
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... simple process of articulation , and of being prolonged to an indefinite time , without any change of tone , or serpent - like sibilation . Voice without breath is flame without fire ! alteration of the vocal organs , from the ...
... simple process of articulation , and of being prolonged to an indefinite time , without any change of tone , or serpent - like sibilation . Voice without breath is flame without fire ! alteration of the vocal organs , from the ...
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... simple conceptions of beauty- At an immature age the sense of beauty is weak and confused and re- quires an excess of coloring to catch the attention It then prefers extravagance and rant to justness- a gross false wit to the engaging ...
... simple conceptions of beauty- At an immature age the sense of beauty is weak and confused and re- quires an excess of coloring to catch the attention It then prefers extravagance and rant to justness- a gross false wit to the engaging ...
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accelerando accented Adrastus antithesis arms articulation beauty blood breath brow Brutus Cæsar Cassius character Christian close common compound inflections dark death delivery diphthongal distinct doth ducats earth elementary sounds emphasis of force emphasis of sense EXAMPLES exercise expression falling inflection feeling gesture give Godfrey of Bouillon grace hand Harfleur hath heard heart heaven Helon high pitch honor hope human voice Intonation king language legato light live Lochinvar Lord marked melody ment mercy middle pause mind nature Netherby never noble o'er orator passage passion perfect practice presto pronominal phrase prosodial quired reading rest rhetorical pauses rhythm rising inflection Roche Rome rule sentence Shaks Shylock solemn soul speak speaker speech spirit style syllables system of Elocution tears thee thought tion tone tonic sound utterance Venice verse voice vowel weep word
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Página 358 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath ; it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Página 288 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 337 - He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill...
Página 319 - Lochiel, Lochiel ! beware of the day ; For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal. 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Página 282 - Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green...
Página 282 - Take the wings Of morning, and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Página 324 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried, " Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 326 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me About my monies, and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug ; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe...
Página 308 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Página 174 - From wandering on a foreign strand ! — If such there breathe, go, mark him well ; For him no minstrel raptures swell,; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim ; Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch...