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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... thou play true for thyself to - morrow . If thy riches have taken wings and left thee , do not weep thy life away ; but be up and doing , and retrieve the loss by new energies and action . If an unfortunate bargain has deranged thy ...
... thou play true for thyself to - morrow . If thy riches have taken wings and left thee , do not weep thy life away ; but be up and doing , and retrieve the loss by new energies and action . If an unfortunate bargain has deranged thy ...
Page 95
... thou mayst reach it if thou wilt . If another has been false to thee , do not thou increase the evil by being false to thyself . Do not say the world hath lost its poetry and beauty ; ' tis not so ; and even if it be so , make thine own ...
... thou mayst reach it if thou wilt . If another has been false to thee , do not thou increase the evil by being false to thyself . Do not say the world hath lost its poetry and beauty ; ' tis not so ; and even if it be so , make thine own ...
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... thou fallen ! Apostrophe - as : Sweet sleep ! how have I frighted thee ! Daughter of Jove ! relentless power ! Pity and sorrow - as : Alas ! my friend ! woe is me ! and the like - are marked with the rising inflection . ( Except always ...
... thou fallen ! Apostrophe - as : Sweet sleep ! how have I frighted thee ! Daughter of Jove ! relentless power ! Pity and sorrow - as : Alas ! my friend ! woe is me ! and the like - are marked with the rising inflection . ( Except always ...
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... thou come here to whine ? To outface me with leaping in her grave ? " Hamlet , act iv . , sc . 1 . Dost thou come here to whine . And , unless 136 ART OF ELOCUTION .
... thou come here to whine ? To outface me with leaping in her grave ? " Hamlet , act iv . , sc . 1 . Dost thou come here to whine . And , unless 136 ART OF ELOCUTION .
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... thou come here to whine . And , unless the voice reach the octave in these lines , the pas- sionate contempt intended to be conveyed will be lost ; and the scornful question will be changed into a common interrogation , expecting a ...
... thou come here to whine . And , unless the voice reach the octave in these lines , the pas- sionate contempt intended to be conveyed will be lost ; and the scornful question will be changed into a common interrogation , expecting a ...
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