The Art of Elocution, Or, Logical and Musical Reading and Declamation: With an Appendix, Containing a Copious Practice in Oratorical, Poetical, and Dramatic Reading and Recitation ; the Whole Forming a Complete Speaker, Well Adapted to Private Pupils, Classes, and the Use of Schools |
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... Deep called unto deep . At times , the black volume of clouds over - head seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed ...
... Deep called unto deep . At times , the black volume of clouds over - head seemed rent asunder by flashes of lightning that quivered along the foaming billows , and made the succeeding darkness doubly terrible . The thunders bellowed ...
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... deep - toned thunders roll , Low hollow moans proclaim his deep - souled woe . 7 Now , the form of the mouth in uttering these lines , must , from the prevalence of the tonic o , be rotund ; and the quality of voice must be orotund ...
... deep - toned thunders roll , Low hollow moans proclaim his deep - souled woe . 7 Now , the form of the mouth in uttering these lines , must , from the prevalence of the tonic o , be rotund ; and the quality of voice must be orotund ...
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... deep bosom of the ocean TM buried . All are but parts of one harmonious whole , Whose body nature is and God the soul ! Shaks . Pope . With woful measures , wan Despair , ។ Low sullen sounds , his grief beguiled . Collins . The stars ...
... deep bosom of the ocean TM buried . All are but parts of one harmonious whole , Whose body nature is and God the soul ! Shaks . Pope . With woful measures , wan Despair , ។ Low sullen sounds , his grief beguiled . Collins . The stars ...
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... deep and solemn effect that shall secure the attention , respect and sympathy of his auditors . The figurative and sublime language of the Old Testament must not be uttered , ( as it too frequently is , ) in the familiar and undignified ...
... deep and solemn effect that shall secure the attention , respect and sympathy of his auditors . The figurative and sublime language of the Old Testament must not be uttered , ( as it too frequently is , ) in the familiar and undignified ...
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... the gladsome lark Warbles his heav'n - tuned song ; the lulling brook Murmurs more gently down the deep - worn glen ; While from yon roof O'ermounts the mist ! whose curling RHYTHMICAL READING . 163 Sabbath Morn (Grahame)
... the gladsome lark Warbles his heav'n - tuned song ; the lulling brook Murmurs more gently down the deep - worn glen ; While from yon roof O'ermounts the mist ! whose curling RHYTHMICAL READING . 163 Sabbath Morn (Grahame)
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