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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... eye . Nay , I have heard every student do this in a long succession of speakers , where the pieces averaged ten or fifteen minutes in delivery . I have been led by these circumstances to point out this defect to my class , and have ...
... eye . Nay , I have heard every student do this in a long succession of speakers , where the pieces averaged ten or fifteen minutes in delivery . I have been led by these circumstances to point out this defect to my class , and have ...
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... eye hath seen such scare - crows . " This is , as the reader will perceive , an extract from Falstaff's ragged regiment ; the whole of which , if dra- matically read , and little effect can be given to it by a merely plain reading ...
... eye hath seen such scare - crows . " This is , as the reader will perceive , an extract from Falstaff's ragged regiment ; the whole of which , if dra- matically read , and little effect can be given to it by a merely plain reading ...
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... eye des- | cending from the Δ Δ hill sur- veys .. Δ .. A .. 7 Where Thames a- | mong the | wanton | vallies | strays . Δ .. Δ .. Δ .. A .. Δ The poetry which preceded the revolution of 1688 , is superior in its rythm , as well as in ...
... eye des- | cending from the Δ Δ hill sur- veys .. Δ .. A .. 7 Where Thames a- | mong the | wanton | vallies | strays . Δ .. Δ .. Δ .. A .. Δ The poetry which preceded the revolution of 1688 , is superior in its rythm , as well as in ...
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... eye the variety of the rythm which distin- guishes the verse of these great masters of the lyre : but it must be read as it is scored in order to do them “ fair justice ; " to show how appropriate a vehicle it is , for the glorious ...
... eye the variety of the rythm which distin- guishes the verse of these great masters of the lyre : but it must be read as it is scored in order to do them “ fair justice ; " to show how appropriate a vehicle it is , for the glorious ...
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... eye by inter- vening matter . Before we produce examples under these respective heads , we would observe , that the important part of all words , ( where they consist of more syllables than one , ) is the accented syllable ; and the ...
... eye by inter- vening matter . Before we produce examples under these respective heads , we would observe , that the important part of all words , ( where they consist of more syllables than one , ) is the accented syllable ; and the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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 hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural 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 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 tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
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Página 111 - 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.
Página 182 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Página 133 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water, seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Página 147 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Página 111 - 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 147 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet, entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's...
Página 150 - 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 85 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil the better artist: in the one, we most admire the man; in the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Página 47 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.