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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... heart , " and wield at will the fierce democracie , " must ha wit , and words , and worth , Action and utterance , and the power of speech , To stir men's blood ! " Thus , " doubly armed , " the orator rises. 12 ART OF ELOCUTION .
... heart , " and wield at will the fierce democracie , " must ha wit , and words , and worth , Action and utterance , and the power of speech , To stir men's blood ! " Thus , " doubly armed , " the orator rises. 12 ART OF ELOCUTION .
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... than was ever won by conquest and the sword — the victory of mind over mind , the triumph of the intellect of one man over the understandings and the hearts of thousands . Such is the triumph of the perfect ORATOR ; -a INTRODUCTION . 13.
... than was ever won by conquest and the sword — the victory of mind over mind , the triumph of the intellect of one man over the understandings and the hearts of thousands . Such is the triumph of the perfect ORATOR ; -a INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... hearts of kings- It is an attribute to God himself ' And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . I Therefore Jew Tho ' justice be thy plea consider this That in the course of justice TM none of us Should ...
... hearts of kings- It is an attribute to God himself ' And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice . I Therefore Jew Tho ' justice be thy plea consider this That in the course of justice TM none of us Should ...
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... heart is broken ! Alas , my friend ! how much I pity you ! How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! PARENTHESIS . - PARENTHETICAL MEMBERS . Strictly speaking , a parenthesis is an interruption ** or suspension of the sense of the ...
... heart is broken ! Alas , my friend ! how much I pity you ! How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! PARENTHESIS . - PARENTHETICAL MEMBERS . Strictly speaking , a parenthesis is an interruption ** or suspension of the sense of the ...
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... heart break : Go show your slaves how choleric you are , And make your bondmen tremble . Must I budge ? Must I observe you ? Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humour ? - It is , in fact , this pitch , ( the octave , ) that lends ...
... heart break : Go show your slaves how choleric you are , And make your bondmen tremble . Must I budge ? Must I observe you ? Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humour ? - It is , in fact , this pitch , ( the octave , ) that lends ...
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