A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private LearnersSorin & Ball, 1845 - Počet stran: 331 |
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Strana 58
... changes of pitch produced by striking the different keys of the piano are called discrete changes of pitch . The same may be produced by drawing a bow across the differ- ent strings of a viol . The space between these successive notes ...
... changes of pitch produced by striking the different keys of the piano are called discrete changes of pitch . The same may be produced by drawing a bow across the differ- ent strings of a viol . The space between these successive notes ...
Strana 67
... change in phrase- ology , the same line be repeated with the rising slide of the third or fifth on each syllable , it will at once ap- pear to the ear to take the character of sneering interroga- tion . From this it may be confidently ...
... change in phrase- ology , the same line be repeated with the rising slide of the third or fifth on each syllable , it will at once ap- pear to the ear to take the character of sneering interroga- tion . From this it may be confidently ...
Strana 69
... Can you even imagine they will be listened to ? Such interrogations open with a rising slide of a fifth or octave , but immediately change to the deep downward concrete , or the direct wave - soon to be INTERROGATIVE INTONATION . 69.
... Can you even imagine they will be listened to ? Such interrogations open with a rising slide of a fifth or octave , but immediately change to the deep downward concrete , or the direct wave - soon to be INTERROGATIVE INTONATION . 69.
Strana 87
... changes of pitch ; and however the order of the concrete tones may at first seem to vary , they will all be found reducible to the six following combinations . Where two or more successive notes occupy the same place of radical pitch ...
... changes of pitch ; and however the order of the concrete tones may at first seem to vary , they will all be found reducible to the six following combinations . Where two or more successive notes occupy the same place of radical pitch ...
Strana 91
... changes in pitch as heard in speech , are limited only by the compass of the natural voice of the speaker . In common reading , and in ordinary discourse , what may properly be called the Middle Pitch of the voice is em- ployed ; and ...
... changes in pitch as heard in speech , are limited only by the compass of the natural voice of the speaker . In common reading , and in ordinary discourse , what may properly be called the Middle Pitch of the voice is em- ployed ; and ...
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Strana 144 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Strana 174 - 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...
Strana 131 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Strana 110 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Strana 129 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Strana 165 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Strana 112 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say better?
Strana 210 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Strana 150 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Strana 174 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.