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 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 100.
Pàgina 15
... , or to reading , will show that a good articulation is very uncommon . The attentive listener has to complain , that letters , words , and sometimes , considerable portions of sentences , are pro- nounced Articulation,
... , or to reading , will show that a good articulation is very uncommon . The attentive listener has to complain , that letters , words , and sometimes , considerable portions of sentences , are pro- nounced Articulation,
Pàgina 17
... words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of confusion . They should neither be abridged nor prolong- ed , nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be ...
... words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of confusion . They should neither be abridged nor prolong- ed , nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be ...
Pàgina 18
... word MAN , it appears to a hearer unaccustomed to a scientific consideration of speech , to be one sound , not capable of division . It is evident to such person that an effort of the organs of utterance has been made , and that such ...
... word MAN , it appears to a hearer unaccustomed to a scientific consideration of speech , to be one sound , not capable of division . It is evident to such person that an effort of the organs of utterance has been made , and that such ...
Pàgina 19
... word MAN comes upon his ear as a single impulse , and is contemplated as a single and indivisible sound . It is not at all to be expected that the person in question , should perceive that there are in this single word three distinct ...
... word MAN comes upon his ear as a single impulse , and is contemplated as a single and indivisible sound . It is not at all to be expected that the person in question , should perceive that there are in this single word three distinct ...
Pàgina 20
... word MAN , elements ; because they are the simplest possible sounds into which the word can be resolved . An element is the simplest known form of a thing : for instance , water appears to be perfectly simple ; but it can be divided ...
... word MAN , elements ; because they are the simplest possible sounds into which the word can be resolved . An element is the simplest known form of a thing : for instance , water appears to be perfectly simple ; but it can be divided ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and ... Jonathan Barber Visualització completa - 1832 |
A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and ... Jonathan Barber Visualització completa - 1832 |
A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and ... Jonathan Barber Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity eyes falling ditone falling slide father fifth force forcible give Harfleur hast hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals Jesus 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 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 word Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ
Passatges populars
Pàgina 113 - 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.
Pàgina 113 - 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?
Pàgina 184 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world.
Pàgina 50 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
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 altar of slavery, — 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 87 - the greater genius ; Virgil the better artist : in the " one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the " work. Homer hurries us with a commanding " impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive " majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion ; " Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, " like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden " overflow ; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a
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 184 - In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of Thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.