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 5
... sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to display it in this Grammar . The dis- course of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as re- vealing to us the Ultima Thule of their ...
... sense in which we possess it in the works of Steele and Rush , or in which I have endeavored to display it in this Grammar . The dis- course of Quinctilian on the voice , may be considered as re- vealing to us the Ultima Thule of their ...
Pàgina 6
... sense of the importance of delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on the case of Demosthenes , with his half shaven head , his cave , and his practice on the sea shore , though they are an emphatic record ...
... sense of the importance of delivery , is strongly dis- closed in their history . I will not dwell on the case of Demosthenes , with his half shaven head , his cave , and his practice on the sea shore , though they are an emphatic record ...
Pàgina 7
... sense of the value of time , and of the relative importance of their studies ? Look at their sublime devotion to their pursuit . Had they formed mistaken notions of their art ? Their unrivalled suc- cess in it , is the best answer to ...
... sense of the value of time , and of the relative importance of their studies ? Look at their sublime devotion to their pursuit . Had they formed mistaken notions of their art ? Their unrivalled suc- cess in it , is the best answer to ...
Pàgina 16
... sense to such a degree , that it is difficult to collect the general meaning , much more the precise ideas , contained in what is read or spoken . If a person would have a more impressive conviction of the truth of these remarks than ...
... sense to such a degree , that it is difficult to collect the general meaning , much more the precise ideas , contained in what is read or spoken . If a person would have a more impressive conviction of the truth of these remarks than ...
Pàgina 55
... intended to subserve the purpose of exercise of the articulating organs , and that therefore sense and connection have not been regarded in devising them . RECITATION FOURTH . ELOCUTION is the art of so employing SENTENCES . 55.
... intended to subserve the purpose of exercise of the articulating organs , and that therefore sense and connection have not been regarded in devising them . RECITATION FOURTH . ELOCUTION is the art of so employing SENTENCES . 55.
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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.