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 4
... means intended as a substitute for your valuable work . In what I have said of that work , I have only dis- charged a debt of public justice , and told what I believe to be the truth ; I confess it has been with pleasure , be- cause I ...
... means intended as a substitute for your valuable work . In what I have said of that work , I have only dis- charged a debt of public justice , and told what I believe to be the truth ; I confess it has been with pleasure , be- cause I ...
Pàgina 17
... means are a SERIES OF PRACTICAL ELEMENTARY EXERCISES , which shall constitute a sort of gymnastics of the voice . These must be practiced - and persevered in . If the training , the methods of which will be pointed out * Austin's ...
... means are a SERIES OF PRACTICAL ELEMENTARY EXERCISES , which shall constitute a sort of gymnastics of the voice . These must be practiced - and persevered in . If the training , the methods of which will be pointed out * Austin's ...
Pàgina 35
... means than explosion can the vowels be rendered particularly distinct and impressive ? 7. Which of the vowel sounds are susceptible of pro- longation ? 8. What are the circumstances which should attend the prolonged utterance of the ...
... means than explosion can the vowels be rendered particularly distinct and impressive ? 7. Which of the vowel sounds are susceptible of pro- longation ? 8. What are the circumstances which should attend the prolonged utterance of the ...
Pàgina 37
... means of in- creasing their force . Each element is separated by a horizontal line from the rest of the word , as Th - ou , & c . Though the consonant elements cannot be uttered with as much explosive force as the vowels , they are yet ...
... means of in- creasing their force . Each element is separated by a horizontal line from the rest of the word , as Th - ou , & c . Though the consonant elements cannot be uttered with as much explosive force as the vowels , they are yet ...
Pàgina 49
... mean or unquestionable action . He was amiable , * respectable , formidable , unbeara- ble , intolerable , unmanageable , terrible . He was branded as a traitor . Thou prob'st my wound , instead of healing it . Now set the teeth and ...
... mean or unquestionable action . He was amiable , * respectable , formidable , unbeara- ble , intolerable , unmanageable , terrible . He was branded as a traitor . Thou prob'st my wound , instead of healing it . Now set the teeth and ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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.