A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard UniversityA.H. Maltby, 1832 - 346 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... instances , the public money was coined in their name and their salaries frequently exceeded those of a Minister of State in modern Europe . By these facts , we are made acquainted with the opinions of nations who carried the art of ...
... instances , the public money was coined in their name and their salaries frequently exceeded those of a Minister of State in modern Europe . By these facts , we are made acquainted with the opinions of nations who carried the art of ...
Pàgina 15
... instance , it should be prosecuted alone , as a distinct branch of the art , and prosecuted until perfection in it is attained . Indeed the secret of success in learning the art of de- livery , consists in attending to one thing at once ...
... instance , it should be prosecuted alone , as a distinct branch of the art , and prosecuted until perfection in it is attained . Indeed the secret of success in learning the art of de- livery , consists in attending to one thing at once ...
Pàgina 20
... instance , water appears to be perfectly simple ; but it can be divided into two airs , called hydro- gen and oxygen . The first of these is highly inflamma- ble , and if set fire to , burns with a bright bluish flame : the other will ...
... instance , water appears to be perfectly simple ; but it can be divided into two airs , called hydro- gen and oxygen . The first of these is highly inflamma- ble , and if set fire to , burns with a bright bluish flame : the other will ...
Pàgina 26
... GE , for example , the sound of the element a is the same as that of the name of the letter , but this is not the case in the word A - LL . In the latter instance , a different element is expressed by the 26 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
... GE , for example , the sound of the element a is the same as that of the name of the letter , but this is not the case in the word A - LL . In the latter instance , a different element is expressed by the 26 GRAMMAR OF ELOCUTION .
Pàgina 27
... instance , a different element is expressed by the letter A : a different one is again heard in the word A - RM . In the word wh - i - ch , none of the sounds of the names of the letters are heard . Every language , to be perfect for ...
... instance , a different element is expressed by the letter A : a different one is again heard in the word A - RM . In the word wh - i - ch , none of the sounds of the names of the letters are heard . Every language , to be perfect for ...
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived cern concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
Passatges populars
Pàgina 164 - British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of universal emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the...
Pàgina 135 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water, seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Pàgina 149 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round: Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound ; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings.
Pàgina 113 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes...
Pàgina 153 - Shylock, we would have moneys : ' you say so ; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold : moneys is your suit. What should I say to you ? Should I not say ' Hath a dog money ? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats...
Pàgina 177 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, Howe'er you come to know it, answer me: Though you untie the winds and let them fight Against the churches; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodged and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Pàgina 49 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Pàgina 152 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him. Round he throws his baleful eyes, That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate.
Pàgina 165 - When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
Pàgina 86 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one we most admire the man, in the other the work. Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity, Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion, Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence.