A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private LearnersSorin & Ball, 1845 - 331 pagini |
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Pagina 6
... feet , lower limbs , head , trunk , hands , & c . , and point- ing out many faults often committed by public speakers . In the Appendix a short chapter is de- voted to the Elocution adapted to the 6 CALDWELL'S MANUAL OF ELOCUTION .
... feet , lower limbs , head , trunk , hands , & c . , and point- ing out many faults often committed by public speakers . In the Appendix a short chapter is de- voted to the Elocution adapted to the 6 CALDWELL'S MANUAL OF ELOCUTION .
Pagina 49
... under this head ; but having now obtained a distinct idea of its nature , without delaying at this point to set forth its useful applications , shall pass to consider another of the attributes 5 OF THE TIME OF THE VOICE . 49.
... under this head ; but having now obtained a distinct idea of its nature , without delaying at this point to set forth its useful applications , shall pass to consider another of the attributes 5 OF THE TIME OF THE VOICE . 49.
Pagina 56
... head of Emphasis ; but its recurrence is not sufficiently frequent to suggest in relation to it any system of practice . There is still another form of stress which consists simply in the addition of force to the natural con- crete ...
... head of Emphasis ; but its recurrence is not sufficiently frequent to suggest in relation to it any system of practice . There is still another form of stress which consists simply in the addition of force to the natural con- crete ...
Pagina 62
... head to foòt . 4. By hónor , and dishonor ; by évil report and goòd report ; as de- ceivers , and yet true ; as únknown , and yet well known ; as dying , and behold we live ; as chástened , and not killed ; as sorrowful , yet always ...
... head to foòt . 4. By hónor , and dishonor ; by évil report and goòd report ; as de- ceivers , and yet true ; as únknown , and yet well known ; as dying , and behold we live ; as chástened , and not killed ; as sorrowful , yet always ...
Pagina 70
... head of Emphasis . 5. The mere form in which the question is stated does not always determine whether it is Direct or Indirect . Thus , the question , - " Did you see him or his brother ? " — has two meanings , according as or is ...
... head of Emphasis . 5. The mere form in which the question is stated does not always determine whether it is Direct or Indirect . Thus , the question , - " Did you see him or his brother ? " — has two meanings , according as or is ...
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Pagina 144 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Pagina 174 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pagina 131 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Pagina 110 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Pagina 129 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Pagina 165 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Pagina 112 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say better?
Pagina 210 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Pagina 150 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Pagina 174 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.