Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading and Public Speaking. I260Rochester, N.Y. : 1843 |
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... feel our subject thoroughly , and to speak without fear , are the only rules of eloquence . " It is certain , that in order to be eloquent , we must surrender ourselves to the spirit that stirs within us , and the " mouth " must speak ...
... feel our subject thoroughly , and to speak without fear , are the only rules of eloquence . " It is certain , that in order to be eloquent , we must surrender ourselves to the spirit that stirs within us , and the " mouth " must speak ...
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... control over the modulations of his voice ; his gestures must be natural and graceful ; and he must speak under the influence of deep feeling , emanating from its appropri . ate fountain , the heart . correct and elegant . ELOCUTION 19.
... control over the modulations of his voice ; his gestures must be natural and graceful ; and he must speak under the influence of deep feeling , emanating from its appropri . ate fountain , the heart . correct and elegant . ELOCUTION 19.
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... feel that , to them , for a time , are committed the future orators of the land . We had rather have a child , even of the other sex , return to us from a school , a first rate reader , than 3 * ELOCUTION . 29 Cato's Soliloquy.
... feel that , to them , for a time , are committed the future orators of the land . We had rather have a child , even of the other sex , return to us from a school , a first rate reader , than 3 * ELOCUTION . 29 Cato's Soliloquy.
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... feel that we had a far better pledge for the intelligence and talent of our child . The accomplishment , in its perfection , would give more plea- sure . The voice of song is not sweeter than the voice of eloquence . And there may be ...
... feel that we had a far better pledge for the intelligence and talent of our child . The accomplishment , in its perfection , would give more plea- sure . The voice of song is not sweeter than the voice of eloquence . And there may be ...
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... feel that my soul is deliver'd To pain - it shall not be its slave . There is many a pang to pursue me ; They may crush , but they shall not contemn : They may torture , but shall not subdue me , ' Tis of thee that I think - not of them ...
... feel that my soul is deliver'd To pain - it shall not be its slave . There is many a pang to pursue me ; They may crush , but they shall not contemn : They may torture , but shall not subdue me , ' Tis of thee that I think - not of them ...
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Page 120 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed ; and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 255 - Take the wings Of morning — and the Barcan desert pierce, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings...
Page 104 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony : who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth; as which of you shall not ? With this I depart, — that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.
Page 101 - Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep ; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord ! be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
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Page 141 - While the Union lasts we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise. God grant that, on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind.
Page 83 - Taught by the heavenly muse to venture down The dark descent and up to re-ascend, Though hard and rare ; thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovereign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 254 - Yet a few days and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being shall thou go To mix forever with the elements — To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns...
Page 149 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder, in the direst degree; All several sins, all used in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all 'Guilty! guilty!
Page 102 - 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 : 'tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their color fly ; And that same eye, whose bend doth awe the world, Did lose his lustre.