Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ... with Directions for Strengthening and Modulating the Voice ... to which is Added, a Complete System of the Passions; Showing how They Effect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of Shakespeare |
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... Othello in Shakspeare : Then must you speak Of one , that loved , not wisely , but too well . Shakspeare . Because in this passage the words , not wisely but too well , form a distinct class , and cannot be distinctly apprehended but by ...
... Othello in Shakspeare : Then must you speak Of one , that loved , not wisely , but too well . Shakspeare . Because in this passage the words , not wisely but too well , form a distinct class , and cannot be distinctly apprehended but by ...
Page 134
... Othello . In this passage , the shot of accident and the dart of chance , being only different words for the same thing , the word or conjoins them ; and to avoid any impli- cation that they may mean different things , the same ...
... Othello . In this passage , the shot of accident and the dart of chance , being only different words for the same thing , the word or conjoins them ; and to avoid any impli- cation that they may mean different things , the same ...
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... Othello says to Desdemona- 1 Perdition catch my soul but I do love thee- it is equivalent to saying , I actually and really love thee , -in contradistinction to the appearance of love , which so often supplies the place of the reality ...
... Othello says to Desdemona- 1 Perdition catch my soul but I do love thee- it is equivalent to saying , I actually and really love thee , -in contradistinction to the appearance of love , which so often supplies the place of the reality ...
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... Othello . If after every tempest come such calms , May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas Olympus high , and duck again as low As hell's from heav'n ! If it were now to die ...
... Othello . If after every tempest come such calms , May the winds blow till they have waken'd death ! And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas Olympus high , and duck again as low As hell's from heav'n ! If it were now to die ...
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... Othello . Seems , madam ! nay , it is : I know not seems , " Tis not alone my inky cloak , good mother , Nor customary suits of solemn black , Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath ; No , nor the fruitful river in the eye , Nor the ...
... Othello . Seems , madam ! nay , it is : I know not seems , " Tis not alone my inky cloak , good mother , Nor customary suits of solemn black , Nor windy suspiration of forc'd breath ; No , nor the fruitful river in the eye , Nor the ...
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accented syllable adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetic object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma connexion convey couplet Demosthenes different inflexions distinction distinguish emphasis emphatic words example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflexion flexion following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflexion of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive period phasis phatic pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose punctuation question reader reading require the falling requires the rising rising inflexion Rule seems semicolon Shaks Shakspeare's short pause single word slide soul sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator stress substantive syllable taste tence thee thing thou tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse whole Winter's Tale