"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional Expression |
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... simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions Transposition of accent for emphasis PART SECOND.— INFLEXION . Essential characteristics of speaking tones Tones constitute a natural language 192-193 75 1-2 3-4 76 7-11 III . NOTATION OF THE ...
... simple inflexions Pitch of the inflexions Transposition of accent for emphasis PART SECOND.— INFLEXION . Essential characteristics of speaking tones Tones constitute a natural language 192-193 75 1-2 3-4 76 7-11 III . NOTATION OF THE ...
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... simple ; at the same time extensive and obvious in their applica- tion . These are PRINCIPLES rather than rules , and it is the highest business of philosophy to find out such . Principles alone are worthy of the student's care . These ...
... simple ; at the same time extensive and obvious in their applica- tion . These are PRINCIPLES rather than rules , and it is the highest business of philosophy to find out such . Principles alone are worthy of the student's care . These ...
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... simple Principle involves at once a knowledge of more than half the rules for Inflexion with which Elocutionists have bewildered their students . The mind can grasp this principle and carry it along without effort through all the ...
... simple Principle involves at once a knowledge of more than half the rules for Inflexion with which Elocutionists have bewildered their students . The mind can grasp this principle and carry it along without effort through all the ...
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... simple movements with one accent , or impulse of stress , produces two compound tones , which express the same sentiments with a suggestive reference to the antithesis of the utterance . No great observation was necessary to discover ...
... simple movements with one accent , or impulse of stress , produces two compound tones , which express the same sentiments with a suggestive reference to the antithesis of the utterance . No great observation was necessary to discover ...
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... simple tones . It is no less true in Elocution than in physics , that the brightest light casts the deep- est shadow . The light of emphasis on any word throws a shade of subordination on all allied words , the darker and more con ...
... simple tones . It is no less true in Elocution than in physics , that the brightest light casts the deep- est shadow . The light of emphasis on any word throws a shade of subordination on all allied words , the darker and more con ...
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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...