Macleod's First text-book of elocution1881 |
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Page iv
... speaking , in which , somehow , he is freed from all necessity of thinking about commas , pauses , or inflexions . This mental training is what the Natural System of Elocution pro- poses to give ; and , as a humble contribution to aid ...
... speaking , in which , somehow , he is freed from all necessity of thinking about commas , pauses , or inflexions . This mental training is what the Natural System of Elocution pro- poses to give ; and , as a humble contribution to aid ...
Page v
... speaking . It is opposed to all " spouting " and " rant- ing " . It teaches us how to say the commonest , every- day words , as well as those which declare the highest thoughts and feelings . Elocution may be said to be the universal ...
... speaking . It is opposed to all " spouting " and " rant- ing " . It teaches us how to say the commonest , every- day words , as well as those which declare the highest thoughts and feelings . Elocution may be said to be the universal ...
Page vii
... speaking and his reading . Indeed , so per- nicious is his new habit that it often affects even his speaking , and destroys its natural mode of expression . The first step then towards Elocution must be to regain Introduction . vii.
... speaking and his reading . Indeed , so per- nicious is his new habit that it often affects even his speaking , and destroys its natural mode of expression . The first step then towards Elocution must be to regain Introduction . vii.
Page viii
... speaking may not be a perfect way of expressing his thought - sometimes far from it ; yet , as regards Elocution , it will be in advance of his reading , because his voice , in speaking , declares his thoughts more accu- rately . It is ...
... speaking may not be a perfect way of expressing his thought - sometimes far from it ; yet , as regards Elocution , it will be in advance of his reading , because his voice , in speaking , declares his thoughts more accu- rately . It is ...
Page ix
... speaking , he has not yet taken the first step towards true reading . The lamentable , school - boy whine , or mincing spouting , is sure evidence of bad or insufficient training . It is a great mistake to delay the study of Elocution ...
... speaking , he has not yet taken the first step towards true reading . The lamentable , school - boy whine , or mincing spouting , is sure evidence of bad or insufficient training . It is a great mistake to delay the study of Elocution ...
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Bagnet beautiful beneath black crows blood blow brave brow cheek child cried dark dead dear death Donatello door Elocution eyes face falchion FALSTAFF father fear fell frae friends Gelert glory gown grave hair hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre honour Inchcape Rock Jackdaw kind permission king kissed lady Lapstone Lars Porsena LAUN Launcelot light lips living Lochinvar look lord master Miss Ophelia morning mother never Nevermore night o'er permission of Messrs Peter Quince play poor pray PRINCE H pupil Pyramus QUIN reading round sarpint silent smile song sorrow soul sound speak steed stood sweet sword tears tell thee thought Topsy Twas utterance voice waves wild wind words Yarrow young
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Page 165 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee ; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
Page 153 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace and nothing said; But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 119 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 100 - BREATHES there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, " This is my own my native land " ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand ! If such there breathe, go, mark him well...
Page 103 - River where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Nethe'rby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For. a laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 159 - Tis now the very witching time of night When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Page 145 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread — Stitch — stitch — stitch ! In poverty, hunger, and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, — Would that its tone could reach the Rich ! She sang this " Song of the Shirt !
Page 105 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 65 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 158 - ... thing you make of me. You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood ! do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, you cannot play upon me.