Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading and Public Speaking. I260Rochester, N.Y. : 1843 |
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... heads , Vowels , Sub - Vowels , and Aspirates . The voice , as well as the articulation , may be greatly im- proved by the practice of pronouncing these elements . The voice should be exercised on each element separately , and then , on ...
... heads , Vowels , Sub - Vowels , and Aspirates . The voice , as well as the articulation , may be greatly im- proved by the practice of pronouncing these elements . The voice should be exercised on each element separately , and then , on ...
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... head must not be thrown back nor forward . His shoulders should neither be elevated nor drawn down . The right hand should be more frequently used than the left . Gestures should be made both from the elbow , and from the shoulder ...
... head must not be thrown back nor forward . His shoulders should neither be elevated nor drawn down . The right hand should be more frequently used than the left . Gestures should be made both from the elbow , and from the shoulder ...
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... head , and in the utmost confusion , Satyrus , one of the most excellent ac- tors of those times , who was his friend , met him ; and having learned from himself the cause of his being so much de- jected , he assured him that the evil ...
... head , and in the utmost confusion , Satyrus , one of the most excellent ac- tors of those times , who was his friend , met him ; and having learned from himself the cause of his being so much de- jected , he assured him that the evil ...
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... head and face , that he might not be in a condition to go abroad . It was there , by the help of a small lamp , he composed his admirable orations , which were said by those who envied him , to smell of the oil , to imply they were too ...
... head and face , that he might not be in a condition to go abroad . It was there , by the help of a small lamp , he composed his admirable orations , which were said by those who envied him , to smell of the oil , to imply they were too ...
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... heads into the sky ! How huge you are ! how mighty and how free ! 2. Ye are the things that tower , that shine - whose smile Makes glad whose frown is terrible - whose forms , Robed or unrobed , do all the impress wear Of awe divine ...
... heads into the sky ! How huge you are ! how mighty and how free ! 2. Ye are the things that tower , that shine - whose smile Makes glad whose frown is terrible - whose forms , Robed or unrobed , do all the impress wear Of awe divine ...
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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...
Page 101 - Whether to deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
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.