A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private LearnersSorin & Ball, 1845 - 331 páginas |
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... positions assigned to those who have the action , the utterance , and the power of speech to stir men's blood ? We see the same , if we look at the great moral movements of the day . Whenever the eyes of the public centre on any human ...
... positions assigned to those who have the action , the utterance , and the power of speech to stir men's blood ? We see the same , if we look at the great moral movements of the day . Whenever the eyes of the public centre on any human ...
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... position by birth and profession little suited to command the respect of the most aristocratic country in Europe - the son of an actor , the manager himself of a theatre - he came into that parliament which was enlightened by the vast ...
... position by birth and profession little suited to command the respect of the most aristocratic country in Europe - the son of an actor , the manager himself of a theatre - he came into that parliament which was enlightened by the vast ...
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... position of the lips that produces the fault of articulation called Mouthing . * Before leaving this section , the learner should be certain . that he has the exact sound of each of the alphabetic elements fully at his command ; and ...
... position of the lips that produces the fault of articulation called Mouthing . * Before leaving this section , the learner should be certain . that he has the exact sound of each of the alphabetic elements fully at his command ; and ...
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... position , and to use chiefly for the production of sound the abdominal and in- tercostal muscles , this will be found a most healthful exer- cise . It should not follow immediately a hearty meal , nor be preceded or followed by ...
... position , and to use chiefly for the production of sound the abdominal and in- tercostal muscles , this will be found a most healthful exer- cise . It should not follow immediately a hearty meal , nor be preceded or followed by ...
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... position , as presented in the third form . The Prepared Cadence , which for the sake of uniformity may be designated the eighth form , is that which in good delivery is often heard at the close of a subject - whether of a paragraph ...
... position , as presented in the third form . The Prepared Cadence , which for the sake of uniformity may be designated the eighth form , is that which in good delivery is often heard at the close of a subject - whether of a paragraph ...
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Página 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.
Página 130 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Página 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.
Página 130 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests: in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze, or gale, or storm. Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime; The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible: even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 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.
Página 147 - 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 honors, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 171 - And weltering in his blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 192 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.