The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good DeliveryJ. Richardson, 1826 - 213 էջ |
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... expression that belongs to it . May this result be expected without whom this particular has been left to chance , may be said to cover the defect of an ungraceful modulation by high- er and nobler excellences ; but assuredly they ...
... expression that belongs to it . May this result be expected without whom this particular has been left to chance , may be said to cover the defect of an ungraceful modulation by high- er and nobler excellences ; but assuredly they ...
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... . ...... 69 74 77 79 83 CHAPTER III . EXERCISES IN SPEAKING , FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIR- ING A VARIED AND SUITABLE EXPRESSION . Preliminary Remarks ... 87 The Narrative , the Argumentative , and the Meditative manner CONTENTS . xi.
... . ...... 69 74 77 79 83 CHAPTER III . EXERCISES IN SPEAKING , FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIR- ING A VARIED AND SUITABLE EXPRESSION . Preliminary Remarks ... 87 The Narrative , the Argumentative , and the Meditative manner CONTENTS . xi.
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... EXPRESSION . The first of these constitutes a distinct deli- very ; the second makes it significant ; and the third , by adding manner , earnestness , and feeling , renders it impressive . The art of Reading , by means of which ...
... EXPRESSION . The first of these constitutes a distinct deli- very ; the second makes it significant ; and the third , by adding manner , earnestness , and feeling , renders it impressive . The art of Reading , by means of which ...
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... expression , employs , for this purpose , a characteristic manner for every species of discourse , and every change of passion . These , from their nature , admit not of an adequate description - they can be taught only by example . Yet ...
... expression , employs , for this purpose , a characteristic manner for every species of discourse , and every change of passion . These , from their nature , admit not of an adequate description - they can be taught only by example . Yet ...
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... EXPRESSION . There is no composition in music , however perfect as to key and melody , but in or- der to do justice to its author , will require something more than an exact adherence to tune and time . It is this which gives music its ...
... EXPRESSION . There is no composition in music , however perfect as to key and melody , but in or- der to do justice to its author , will require something more than an exact adherence to tune and time . It is this which gives music its ...
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The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the ... Benjamin Humphrey Smart Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1826 |
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Abraham Slender Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood breath Cæsar called clause clouds cohobate Conclusive Accents consonant coward Delight denote Disjunctive Accents downward accent dread ELOCUTION emphatic accent emphatic modulation extempo Exultation fair Falstaff father feeling Fenton force give hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words Justice Shallow letter live looks màn mány mark mastiff meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind Modulative Accents Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels palatal passions Pity plain modulation PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader reading relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds slides Solemnity soul speak speaker Spithridates Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllable tale of tale tences thee thing thou thought Tom Long tone triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue voice VOICE CONSONANTS words youth
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Էջ 85 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Էջ 82 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Էջ 196 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon.
Էջ 116 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Էջ 82 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Էջ 93 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Էջ 80 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Էջ 182 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Էջ 60 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Էջ 116 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.