A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking; Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples ...A. H. Maltby, 1830 - 344 páginas |
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... earth to tremble . " Were these men mistaken , in estimating highly the advan- tages of an impressive delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of argu- ment , in the learning of their times ...
... earth to tremble . " Were these men mistaken , in estimating highly the advan- tages of an impressive delivery ? OR ARE WE , who disregard them ? Were they deficient in matter , in power of argu- ment , in the learning of their times ...
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... Earth that entomb'st all that my heart holds dear . His attempts were fruitless . Hold off your hands gentlemen . The sounds of horses hoofs were heard at a distance . The songs of the Gondoliers alone broke the stillness . What want'st ...
... Earth that entomb'st all that my heart holds dear . His attempts were fruitless . Hold off your hands gentlemen . The sounds of horses hoofs were heard at a distance . The songs of the Gondoliers alone broke the stillness . What want'st ...
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... . A boundless song bursts from the grove . It was a union of hearts as well as hands . Earth's ample breast . He searched the house for it . It hurts me , Thou hurt'st his feelings . On entering the palace the 52 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
... . A boundless song bursts from the grove . It was a union of hearts as well as hands . Earth's ample breast . He searched the house for it . It hurts me , Thou hurt'st his feelings . On entering the palace the 52 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
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... earth , as it is in heaven . Give us this day our dai - ly bread , and forgive us our trespasses as we for - give them that tres- pass against us . And lead us not into temptation : but deliver us from e - vil . For thine is the king ...
... earth , as it is in heaven . Give us this day our dai - ly bread , and forgive us our trespasses as we for - give them that tres- pass against us . And lead us not into temptation : but deliver us from e - vil . For thine is the king ...
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... earth , Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it . Ye have angel's faces , but heaven knows your hearts : I am the most unhappy woman living . EXAMPLE 4. Deep sorrow . " Oh my son Absalom , my son , my son Absalom , would God I had died ...
... earth , Or felt the flatteries that grow upon it . Ye have angel's faces , but heaven knows your hearts : I am the most unhappy woman living . EXAMPLE 4. Deep sorrow . " Oh my son Absalom , my son , my son Absalom , would God I had died ...
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceive cern concrete consonants degree delivery described discourse discrete downward slide earth effect elementary sounds Elocution Elocutionist emphasis emphatic employed equal wave example exercise expression eyes falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony nature nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall rising ditone rising slide semitone sentence short simple melody soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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Página 109 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Página 173 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Página 149 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Página 148 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes, That...
Página 147 - I an itching palm ! You know that you are Brutus that speak this, Or, by the gods, this speech were else your last.
Página 162 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land. Those...
Página 161 - Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave...
Página 149 - Over the Caspian, then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid-air : So frowned the mighty combatants, that Hell Grew darker at their frown...