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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... 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.
... 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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... thousands cannot sanctify their errors ; nor can the daily practice of thousands change folly into wisdom , any more than it can cor- rupt mischievous horrible yellow to mischiev ' - ous , or ev ' - ious , to horrable , to yallow ...
... thousands cannot sanctify their errors ; nor can the daily practice of thousands change folly into wisdom , any more than it can cor- rupt mischievous horrible yellow to mischiev ' - ous , or ev ' - ious , to horrable , to yallow ...
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... thousand pardons ! " I venture to say , it did so hap- pen , that persons had a single office divided between them who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves - they knew not how - pigging together ...
... thousand pardons ! " I venture to say , it did so hap- pen , that persons had a single office divided between them who had never spoke to each other in their lives ; until they found themselves - they knew not how - pigging together ...
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... thousand ghosts shriek at once on the hollow wind . Such language as this must not be delivered as common prose ; but the speaker's Elocution must be swelling , exalted , dignified ; in fine , elevated to the level of the composition ...
... thousand ghosts shriek at once on the hollow wind . Such language as this must not be delivered as common prose ; but the speaker's Elocution must be swelling , exalted , dignified ; in fine , elevated to the level of the composition ...
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... thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the ground- / Hark . the Gaul is at her gates ! " Other Romans shall arise , Heedless of a soldier's name ; Sounds , not arms PRACTICE . - RHYTHMICAL READING . 189 Boadicea (Cowper)
... thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the ground- / Hark . the Gaul is at her gates ! " Other Romans shall arise , Heedless of a soldier's name ; Sounds , not arms PRACTICE . - RHYTHMICAL READING . 189 Boadicea (Cowper)
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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