The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good Delivery |
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... happiness , however various the road , is the great occupation of all the dwellers on the earth . 2. To hear complaints with patience , even when complaints are váin , is one of the duties of friendship . 3. True charity is not a meteor ...
... happiness , however various the road , is the great occupation of all the dwellers on the earth . 2. To hear complaints with patience , even when complaints are váin , is one of the duties of friendship . 3. True charity is not a meteor ...
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... happiness , and the crimes which occasion the mísery - of - mankind : originate in that silent and secret recess of thought , which is hidden from every human eye . 3. How many young persons have set out in the world with excellent ...
... happiness , and the crimes which occasion the mísery - of - mankind : originate in that silent and secret recess of thought , which is hidden from every human eye . 3. How many young persons have set out in the world with excellent ...
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... happier , shocks all common sènse . 10. For love of nóvelty , the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious ... happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great nature's favourites ; a wealth That ne'er ...
... happier , shocks all common sènse . 10. For love of nóvelty , the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious ... happiness That even above the smiles and frowns of fate Exalts great nature's favourites ; a wealth That ne'er ...
Page 63
... happiness of others with envy and repíning , who has few sources of satisfaction within himself , and who looks abroad only for subjects of dislike , anxiety or apprehénsion , must necessarily be unhappy even under the MODULATION , 63 ...
... happiness of others with envy and repíning , who has few sources of satisfaction within himself , and who looks abroad only for subjects of dislike , anxiety or apprehénsion , must necessarily be unhappy even under the MODULATION , 63 ...
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... happiness ; and , in the last place , considering that the happiness of another world is to be the happiness of the whole mán : who that has formed an idea of the infinite va- riety in the pleasures here alluded to , can ques- tion but ...
... happiness ; and , in the last place , considering that the happiness of another world is to be the happiness of the whole mán : who that has formed an idea of the infinite va- riety in the pleasures here alluded to , can ques- tion but ...
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Abraham Slender Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood breath Cæsar called clause clouds cohobate Conclusive Accents consonant coward Delight denote Disjunctive Accents downward accent dread ELOCUTION emphatic accent emphatic modulation extempo Exultation fair Falstaff father feeling Fenton force give hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words Justice Shallow letter live looks màn mány mark mastiff meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind Modulative Accents Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels palatal passions Pity plain modulation PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader reading relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds slides Solemnity soul speak speaker Spithridates Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllable tale of tale tences thee thing thou thought Tom Long tone triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue voice VOICE CONSONANTS words youth
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Page 85 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Page 82 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 196 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon.
Page 116 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Page 82 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Page 93 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Page 80 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 182 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Page 60 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 116 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.