"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional Expression |
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... never bring his rules into spontaneous application . He may apply them , or fancy that he applies them , in the reading of selected sentences , but beyond this he cannot carry them a step , without feeling them an incumbrance and a ...
... never bring his rules into spontaneous application . He may apply them , or fancy that he applies them , in the reading of selected sentences , but beyond this he cannot carry them a step , without feeling them an incumbrance and a ...
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... Never to separate words , in any case , That are less separable than those you join ; And , which imports the same , not to combine Such words together as do not relate So closely as the words you separate . " The subject of Antithesis ...
... Never to separate words , in any case , That are less separable than those you join ; And , which imports the same , not to combine Such words together as do not relate So closely as the words you separate . " The subject of Antithesis ...
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... never , & c . , ef , em , en , ex , & c . , pro- nounced twinty , Ĭver , nĭver , if , im , în , ix , & c . — Vowel 4 , long instead of short , as in guess , smell , & c . , pronounced guehss , smēhll , & c . — Vowel 4 , before R , as No ...
... never , & c . , ef , em , en , ex , & c . , pro- nounced twinty , Ĭver , nĭver , if , im , în , ix , & c . — Vowel 4 , long instead of short , as in guess , smell , & c . , pronounced guehss , smēhll , & c . — Vowel 4 , before R , as No ...
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... never utter a purely oral yowel . XI . DISTINCTION BETWEEN VOWELS AND ARTICULATIONS . 112. Before proceeding to illustrate further the appli- cation of our Numerical Notation of Vowels , it is nec- cessary to explain the distinction ...
... never utter a purely oral yowel . XI . DISTINCTION BETWEEN VOWELS AND ARTICULATIONS . 112. Before proceeding to illustrate further the appli- cation of our Numerical Notation of Vowels , it is nec- cessary to explain the distinction ...
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... never be pressed into the bed of the lower jaw ; the tongue should never touch the lips , or be protruded between the teeth : it should be rarely seen , and , when visible , the less the better . root of the tongue should be depressed ...
... never be pressed into the bed of the lower jaw ; the tongue should never touch the lips , or be protruded between the teeth : it should be rarely seen , and , when visible , the less the better . root of the tongue should be depressed ...
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Page 202 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he is a Christian; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down (The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
Page 198 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 201 - Thou tremblest ; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand. Even such a man, so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in look, so woe-begone, Drew Priam's curtain in the dead of night...
Page 224 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 181 - As a sick girl. Ye gods ! it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.
Page 192 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable, and humour'd thus Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
Page 168 - 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?
Page 160 - I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.
Page 204 - Would he were fatter ; but I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Page 173 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...