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 17
... direct appeals to the popular ear ; the vast interests involved in questions which are discussed in our ecclesiastical assemblies , and which may well call forth the orator's best powers ; and last , not least , they see the pulpit ...
... direct appeals to the popular ear ; the vast interests involved in questions which are discussed in our ecclesiastical assemblies , and which may well call forth the orator's best powers ; and last , not least , they see the pulpit ...
Strana 18
... direct in the correct delivery of what is forcible in thought and expression ; and as an art , to the ability practically to exe- cute that which is dictated by a well - instructed taste . This presents the general subject in a twofold ...
... direct in the correct delivery of what is forcible in thought and expression ; and as an art , to the ability practically to exe- cute that which is dictated by a well - instructed taste . This presents the general subject in a twofold ...
Strana 19
... direct . " He who arms him- ancient Rhetoricians , He invades their un- It is generally admitted , that few persons can safely rely , for the effect of their discourses , solely on a favorable combination of circumstances , or on their ...
... direct . " He who arms him- ancient Rhetoricians , He invades their un- It is generally admitted , that few persons can safely rely , for the effect of their discourses , solely on a favorable combination of circumstances , or on their ...
Strana 24
... direct gifts of nature , carry them into the practice of oratory . So will he even who is already in public life — in the habit , it may be , of daily public speaking - by such private prac- tice find the graces of gesture imperceptibly ...
... direct gifts of nature , carry them into the practice of oratory . So will he even who is already in public life — in the habit , it may be , of daily public speaking - by such private prac- tice find the graces of gesture imperceptibly ...
Strana 47
... the rugged rocks The ragged rascal ran . Examples not unlike the foregoing can be found on every page of many books . The teacher should not fail to direct the special attention of the learner to their SENTENCES . 47.
... the rugged rocks The ragged rascal ran . Examples not unlike the foregoing can be found on every page of many books . The teacher should not fail to direct the special attention of the learner to their SENTENCES . 47.
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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.