The American Elocutionist: Comprising Lessons in Enunciation, Exercises in Elocution, and Rudiments of Gesture. With a Selection of New Pieces for Practice in Reading and Declamation and Engraved Illustrations in Attitude and Action .... |
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Page 67
... hath sought the brake ; The small birds will not sing aloud , The springing trout lies still ; So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud , That swathes , as with a purple shroud , Benledi's distant hill . " " There breathed no wind their ...
... hath sought the brake ; The small birds will not sing aloud , The springing trout lies still ; So darkly glooms yon thunder cloud , That swathes , as with a purple shroud , Benledi's distant hill . " " There breathed no wind their ...
Page 89
... hath lent her aid , and tried her power upon the passions ; when the voice of singing men , and the voice of singing women , with the sound of the viol and the lute , have broke in upon his soul , and , in some tender notes , have ...
... hath lent her aid , and tried her power upon the passions ; when the voice of singing men , and the voice of singing women , with the sound of the viol and the lute , have broke in upon his soul , and , in some tender notes , have ...
Page 103
... - by our holy vòw , By our prayers and many tears , By the mercy that endéars Spare him : -he our love hath shar'd : — Spare him , as thou wouldst be spared ! 6. I conjure you by that which you profèss , INFLECTION . 103.
... - by our holy vòw , By our prayers and many tears , By the mercy that endéars Spare him : -he our love hath shar'd : — Spare him , as thou wouldst be spared ! 6. I conjure you by that which you profèss , INFLECTION . 103.
Page 104
... hath made me . 10. Perish the man whose mind is backward now ! 11. And when I mount , alive may I not light , If I ... hath receiv'd eight thousand nobles , In name of lendings for your highness ' sòldiers ; The which he hath detain'd ...
... hath made me . 10. Perish the man whose mind is backward now ! 11. And when I mount , alive may I not light , If I ... hath receiv'd eight thousand nobles , In name of lendings for your highness ' sòldiers ; The which he hath detain'd ...
Page 105
... hath no farther scope Than for his lineal royalties , and to beg Enfranchisement immediate on his knees : Which on thy royal party granted once , His glittering arms he will commend to rust , His barbed steeds to stables , and his heart ...
... hath no farther scope Than for his lineal royalties , and to beg Enfranchisement immediate on his knees : Which on thy royal party granted once , His glittering arms he will commend to rust , His barbed steeds to stables , and his heart ...
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accented action appropriate arising articulation attention beauty blank verse cadence Cæsar character circumflex clauses commencing common common metre connexion cuckoo declamation diphthong distinct effect elocution emotion emphasis emphatic England English language enunciation error example exemplified exer EXERCISE expression Fair lords falchion falling inflection fault feeling feet force forcible gesture give Glengyle grace grave habit hand hath heart Heaven honour iambus Ireland king language learner letter liberty light lord Lucca manner meaning mind moderate movement natural never noble o'er observed orthoepy passage pause Pecksniff peculiar phatic piece pitch poetry position practice preceding produce pronounced pronunciation prose pupils reading requires rising inflection Roman senate rule Ruph sentence sentiment slide slow sound South Carolina speaker speaking speech spirit spondee style sword syllables tence thee thou thought Tigg tion tone trochee true unaccented utterance verse voice Walker's words