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 páginas |
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... thought it would be useful . To what has been thus obtained , and is here acknowledg- ed , I have added whatever my own observation and indus- try have enabled me to collect . Above all , I have endeavor- ed to adapt the whole to the ...
... thought it would be useful . To what has been thus obtained , and is here acknowledg- ed , I have added whatever my own observation and indus- try have enabled me to collect . Above all , I have endeavor- ed to adapt the whole to the ...
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... 246 249 256 258 261 265 267 270 272 • · 275 279 281 283 285 290 295 Plunket's Speech , 302 Execution of the Earl of Argyle , 306 Thoughts in a place of worship , 310 Dog and Water Lily , The Deluge , Hohenlinden , 2 CONTENTS . 13.
... 246 249 256 258 261 265 267 270 272 • · 275 279 281 283 285 290 295 Plunket's Speech , 302 Execution of the Earl of Argyle , 306 Thoughts in a place of worship , 310 Dog and Water Lily , The Deluge , Hohenlinden , 2 CONTENTS . 13.
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... thought by the indolent somewhat irksome ; but the diligent student may assure himself that more is not required than he will find substantially useful in familiarizing his ear with the real sounds of his language , in giving him an ...
... thought by the indolent somewhat irksome ; but the diligent student may assure himself that more is not required than he will find substantially useful in familiarizing his ear with the real sounds of his language , in giving him an ...
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... thought . Things are described as they are in themselves , not as related to us as beings susceptible of emotion . In those parts which are restricted to such description , and in which no word has emphatic import above another , the ...
... thought . Things are described as they are in themselves , not as related to us as beings susceptible of emotion . In those parts which are restricted to such description , and in which no word has emphatic import above another , the ...
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... thought in their artificial clau- ses , and threatened destruction to the flowing harmony and expansive energy of English prose . The following is a striking example of the formal construction we , have alluded to . " Homer was the ...
... thought in their artificial clau- ses , and threatened destruction to the flowing harmony and expansive energy of English prose . The following is a striking example of the formal construction we , have alluded to . " Homer was the ...
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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
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.