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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... reason , distinguishes man from the brute ; all men must use it , whether well or ill , in the daily concerns of their lives , or in more public affairs , and in a more extensive arena : and the advantages of a system for doing it well ...
... reason , distinguishes man from the brute ; all men must use it , whether well or ill , in the daily concerns of their lives , or in more public affairs , and in a more extensive arena : and the advantages of a system for doing it well ...
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... reason I have classed them as separate tonic sounds ; the one pure , the other mixed . † It is necessary to observe , that in adopting the nomen clature of the elementary sounds , propounded by Dr. Rush , I have thought it advisable to ...
... reason I have classed them as separate tonic sounds ; the one pure , the other mixed . † It is necessary to observe , that in adopting the nomen clature of the elementary sounds , propounded by Dr. Rush , I have thought it advisable to ...
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... reason - able , plaus - ible . prone - ness , navig - able , divid - ible . supine - ness , avail - able , feas - ible . lazi - ness , respect - able , incompat - ible . costli - ness , multitudi - nous . opprobri - ous . glori - ous ...
... reason - able , plaus - ible . prone - ness , navig - able , divid - ible . supine - ness , avail - able , feas - ible . lazi - ness , respect - able , incompat - ible . costli - ness , multitudi - nous . opprobri - ous . glori - ous ...
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... reason about abstractions , but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . Now here the second short sentence is intimately connected with , and in its relation to the sense , forms part of ...
... reason about abstractions , but the great mass of mankind can never feel an interest in them . They must have images . Now here the second short sentence is intimately connected with , and in its relation to the sense , forms part of ...
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... reason about it only by sym- bols . We use the word , but we have no image of the thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words , indeed ; but they are merely instruments of his art , not ...
... reason about it only by sym- bols . We use the word , but we have no image of the thing : and the business of poetry is with images , and not with words . The poet uses words , indeed ; but they are merely instruments of his art , not ...
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accelerando accented Adrastus antithesis arms beauty blood breath brow Brutus burst Cæsar called Cassius cataphracts character Christian compound inflections dark death deep delivery diphthongal doth ducats earth Elocution emphasis of force emphasis of sense EXAMPLES exercise expression eyes falling inflection feeling gesture give Godfrey of Bouillon grace hand Harfleur hath heart heaven high pitch honor hope human voice Intonation king language legato light live Lochinvar Lord maestoso marked MEDON melody mercy middle pitch mind nature Netherby never night o'er parenthesis passage passion pause phatic pity presto pronominal phrase prose prosodial prosodians reading rest rhythm rising inflection Roche rule sentence Shaks Shylock sight solemn soul sound speak speaker speech spirit staccato style sweet swell syllables tears thee thought tion tone tonic utterance Venice verse waves weep word