The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for the Improvement of Youth, in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays: I. On Elocution. II. On Reading Works of Taste |
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... serving the height of voice which is proper to each , and en- deavouring to change it as Nature directs . In the same composition there may be frequent occasion to alter the height of the voice , in passing from one part to another ...
... serving the height of voice which is proper to each , and en- deavouring to change it as Nature directs . In the same composition there may be frequent occasion to alter the height of the voice , in passing from one part to another ...
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... serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive nothing but an unmeaning succession of detached syllables . Accent may be applied either to long or to short syllables ...
... serves to distinguish from each other the words of which a sentence is composed : without it , the ear would perceive nothing but an unmeaning succession of detached syllables . Accent may be applied either to long or to short syllables ...
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... serves to unite words , and form them into sentences . By giving the several parts of a sentence their proper utterance , it discovers their mutual dependance , and conveys their full import to the mind of the hearer . It is in the ...
... serves to unite words , and form them into sentences . By giving the several parts of a sentence their proper utterance , it discovers their mutual dependance , and conveys their full import to the mind of the hearer . It is in the ...
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... serve to mark the divisions of a discourse , should be distinguished in the same manner . Emphasis may also serve to intimate some allusion , to ex- press surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For example : While expletives their ...
... serve to mark the divisions of a discourse , should be distinguished in the same manner . Emphasis may also serve to intimate some allusion , to ex- press surprise , or to convey an oblique hint . For example : While expletives their ...
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... serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHAP . II . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one ...
... serves for the law of life , and not for the ostentation of science . CHAP . II . WITHOUT a friend the world is but a wilderness . A man may have a thousand intimate acquaintances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one ...
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Page 91 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 155 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious I slew him.
Page 229 - Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 248 - Or call up him that left half told The Story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 254 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners: But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Page 245 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 242 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 244 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 335 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law.
Page 250 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.