A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private LearnersSorin & Ball, 1845 - 331 sider |
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... excellence in vocal great advantage over others - that of pre- expression that can be desired . The se - senting both branches of the subject in cond part of the work takes up the sub - the same volume , which must prove a ject of ...
... excellence in vocal great advantage over others - that of pre- expression that can be desired . The se - senting both branches of the subject in cond part of the work takes up the sub - the same volume , which must prove a ject of ...
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... excellence . From the N. York Commercial Advertiser . ELOCUTION FOR SCHOOLS . - Professor Caldwell , of Dickinson college , Carlisle , ( Pa . ) has prepared a practical " Manual of Elocution , " including voice and ges- ture , designed ...
... excellence . From the N. York Commercial Advertiser . ELOCUTION FOR SCHOOLS . - Professor Caldwell , of Dickinson college , Carlisle , ( Pa . ) has prepared a practical " Manual of Elocution , " including voice and ges- ture , designed ...
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... excellence ; but it is sufficient to au- thorize another attempt at setting forth this difficult subject , that no one of them presumes to bring in a claim to perfec- tion . Neither does the present work ; though it has at least one ...
... excellence ; but it is sufficient to au- thorize another attempt at setting forth this difficult subject , that no one of them presumes to bring in a claim to perfec- tion . Neither does the present work ; though it has at least one ...
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... excellence was attained in its management , it was duly appreciated . This science has also been studied by many of England's most eminent orators . Mr. Pitt learned elocution under the tuition of his noble and eloquent father ; and it ...
... excellence was attained in its management , it was duly appreciated . This science has also been studied by many of England's most eminent orators . Mr. Pitt learned elocution under the tuition of his noble and eloquent father ; and it ...
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... excellence in oratory ; but the power of execution can be learned only by practice . If it can be acquired by other means , the author of this Manual has not discovered them . On practice , and on that alone , we rely in the work before ...
... excellence in oratory ; but the power of execution can be learned only by practice . If it can be acquired by other means , the author of this Manual has not discovered them . On practice , and on that alone , we rely in the work before ...
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Side 144 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Side 174 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Side 131 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Side 110 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; 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 ? It was.
Side 129 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Side 165 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Side 112 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say better?
Side 210 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Side 150 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Side 174 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.