A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ; Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private Learners |
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... positions assigned to those who have the action , the utterance , and the power of speech to stir men's blood ? We see the same , if we look at the great moral movements of the day . Whenever the eyes of the public centre on any human ...
... positions assigned to those who have the action , the utterance , and the power of speech to stir men's blood ? We see the same , if we look at the great moral movements of the day . Whenever the eyes of the public centre on any human ...
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... position by birth and profession little suited to command the respect of the most aristocratic country in Europe - the son of an actor , the manager himself of a theatre - he came into that parliament which was enlightened by the vast ...
... position by birth and profession little suited to command the respect of the most aristocratic country in Europe - the son of an actor , the manager himself of a theatre - he came into that parliament which was enlightened by the vast ...
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... position of the lips that produces the fault of articulation called Mouthing . * Before leaving this section , the learner should be certain that he has the exact sound of each of the alphabetic elements fully at his command ; and when ...
... position of the lips that produces the fault of articulation called Mouthing . * Before leaving this section , the learner should be certain that he has the exact sound of each of the alphabetic elements fully at his command ; and when ...
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... position , and to use chiefly for the production of sound the abdominal and in- tercostal muscles , this will be found a most healthful exer- cise . It should not follow immediately a hearty meal , nor be preceded or followed by ...
... position , and to use chiefly for the production of sound the abdominal and in- tercostal muscles , this will be found a most healthful exer- cise . It should not follow immediately a hearty meal , nor be preceded or followed by ...
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... position , as presented in the third form . The Prepared Cadence , which for the sake of uniformity may be designated the eighth form , is that which in good delivery is often heard at the close of a subject - whether of a paragraph ...
... position , as presented in the third form . The Prepared Cadence , which for the sake of uniformity may be designated the eighth form , is that which in good delivery is often heard at the close of a subject - whether of a paragraph ...
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Page 111 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 142 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 172 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 129 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 108 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 128 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 169 - And weltering in his blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Page 127 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Page 128 - Dark-heaving, boundless, endless and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 148 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.