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 32
... occurs , by the pro- nunciation of which it is believed the learner will , without much difficulty , discover the true element intended . The way in which this is to be done , is to arrest the voice in the very act of uttering the ...
... occurs , by the pro- nunciation of which it is believed the learner will , without much difficulty , discover the true element intended . The way in which this is to be done , is to arrest the voice in the very act of uttering the ...
Strana 36
... occur in our language nearly so often as its appropriate sign pre- sents itself to the eye . 6. The atonics , including the mutes and aspirates , - take the name we give them from the fact of their being destitute of vocality in their ...
... occur in our language nearly so often as its appropriate sign pre- sents itself to the eye . 6. The atonics , including the mutes and aspirates , - take the name we give them from the fact of their being destitute of vocality in their ...
Strana 37
... occur . This must be learned from Dictionaries , and by observing the best usage . But when this is done , the learner has but to employ his already disciplined organs in the execution of what usage and taste shall dictate . * Sheridan ...
... occur . This must be learned from Dictionaries , and by observing the best usage . But when this is done , the learner has but to employ his already disciplined organs in the execution of what usage and taste shall dictate . * Sheridan ...
Strana 38
... occur in speech , though not such as are heard in the pronunciation of the names of the graphic characters composing our alphabet . When once , then , the learner has them at command , he can rarely fail in his articulation for want of ...
... occur in speech , though not such as are heard in the pronunciation of the names of the graphic characters composing our alphabet . When once , then , the learner has them at command , he can rarely fail in his articulation for want of ...
Strana 39
... occur in our language , are really difficult of utterance , and may be appropriately exhibited here for the express pur- pose of practice on them . - The following list will be found to contain all the difficult combinations that can occur ...
... occur in our language , are really difficult of utterance , and may be appropriately exhibited here for the express pur- pose of practice on them . - The following list will be found to contain all the difficult combinations that can occur ...
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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.