Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ...: To which is Added a Complete System of the Passions, Showing how They Affect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body. Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of Shakespeare |
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... reader to some passages where he could scarcely fail to adopt it upon certain words , and perceive the justness of the distinction . I was confirmed in my opinion by reflecting that à priori , and independently on actual practice ...
... reader to some passages where he could scarcely fail to adopt it upon certain words , and perceive the justness of the distinction . I was confirmed in my opinion by reflecting that à priori , and independently on actual practice ...
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... , Granting , 371 Gratitude , Curiosity 372 Promising , Veneration 373 Respect , Desire , Commendation 374 Exhorting 375 Complaining , Fatigue 376 Sickness 377 PREMONITION TO THE READER . Ir may not , perhaps CONTENTS . XV.
... , Granting , 371 Gratitude , Curiosity 372 Promising , Veneration 373 Respect , Desire , Commendation 374 Exhorting 375 Complaining , Fatigue 376 Sickness 377 PREMONITION TO THE READER . Ir may not , perhaps CONTENTS . XV.
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... READER . Ir may not , perhaps , be improper to inform the Reader , that if he wishes fully to understand the fol- lowing Work , he must first apply himself closely to the acquiring of a just idea of the two radical dis- tinctions of the ...
... READER . Ir may not , perhaps , be improper to inform the Reader , that if he wishes fully to understand the fol- lowing Work , he must first apply himself closely to the acquiring of a just idea of the two radical dis- tinctions of the ...
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... reader , in some mea- sure , to point for himself : for this purpose , it will , in the first place , be necessary ... reading ; but whether this modulation of the voice relates to all the points , or to the interrogation , exclamation ...
... reader , in some mea- sure , to point for himself : for this purpose , it will , in the first place , be necessary ... reading ; but whether this modulation of the voice relates to all the points , or to the interrogation , exclamation ...
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... reader to pause much more frequently , than the most correct and accurate writ- ers or printers give him leave but I must again ... reading and speaking in pub- lick , if we would wish to pronounce with justness , energy , and ease . An ...
... reader to pause much more frequently , than the most correct and accurate writ- ers or printers give him leave but I must again ... reading and speaking in pub- lick , if we would wish to pronounce with justness , energy , and ease . An ...
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ablative absolute adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetick object cadence Cæsar cæsura Cicero comma commencing connected convey couplet Demosthenes different inflections distinction distinguish emphasis emphatick words Euboea example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflection flection following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflection of voice interrogative words kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone marked meaning mind modifying words monotone musick nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive perfect sense period phasis pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose publick punctuation question reader reading require the falling require the rising rising inflection Rule seems semicolon shew short pause single words slide soul sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator stress substantive syllable taste tence thee thing thou tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse whole Winter's Tale
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Page 329 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Page 336 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not seems. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Page 315 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 328 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 322 - The spinsters -and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 318 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 283 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 172 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 321 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance; And so am I for Phebe.
Page 336 - My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of — willow, An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it...