The Orator's Manual: A Practical and Philosophical Treatise on Vocal Culture, Emphasis and Gesture, Together with Selections for Declamation and Reading |
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... Once more : any number of rules all of which must be applied with as little forethought as in speaking , must be few ; otherwise the mind will be so burdened in trying to recall them that it will not be able to act readily in using them ...
... Once more : any number of rules all of which must be applied with as little forethought as in speaking , must be few ; otherwise the mind will be so burdened in trying to recall them that it will not be able to act readily in using them ...
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... once fairly entered upon a course of instruction such as has been described . 11. A word now as to the efficacy of such instruction and of such methods of imparting it . Of course some will be skeptical with reference to them . In fact ...
... once fairly entered upon a course of instruction such as has been described . 11. A word now as to the efficacy of such instruction and of such methods of imparting it . Of course some will be skeptical with reference to them . In fact ...
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... once to that of i in it . o in no . With the teeth apart as in ah , but the lips pushed over them , forming an oval in front , the cheeks slightly drawn in , the lower jaw thrust forward , and the tongue drawn back , form the sound just ...
... once to that of i in it . o in no . With the teeth apart as in ah , but the lips pushed over them , forming an oval in front , the cheeks slightly drawn in , the lower jaw thrust forward , and the tongue drawn back , form the sound just ...
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... once to that of i in in . ou in our . Begin with the position of o in on , and pass at once to that of oo in ooze . u in up . With the teeth as near together as in e in eve , the lips apart in a natural position , the tongue relaxed and ...
... once to that of i in in . ou in our . Begin with the position of o in on , and pass at once to that of oo in ooze . u in up . With the teeth as near together as in e in eve , the lips apart in a natural position , the tongue relaxed and ...
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... once emphasized is repeated soon after , the emphasis , unless there be some special reason for directing attention again to the same thought , is transferred to some other word or clause ; e . g . 1. Jesus asked them , saying , What ...
... once emphasized is repeated soon after , the emphasis , unless there be some special reason for directing attention again to the same thought , is transferred to some other word or clause ; e . g . 1. Jesus asked them , saying , What ...
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Common terms and phrases
abdomen abrupt arms Aspirate audience blood brave breast breath Cæsar circumflex clause close conditional mood death downward earth elbow emphasis emphatic England express expulsive falling inflection father feel Finger gesture fingers force gentlemen George Croly gesture give glory grave Greece guttural hand heart heaven helmet of Navarre honor idem idem idem imperative mood Ireland liberty lift light lips Lochinvar long con look Lord loud median stress medium pitch melody move movement nation Netherby never noble o'er orotund pauses position principle prone pure rising inflection Roman Semitonic sentence side slide slow soft sound Spartacus sustained syllables tell Terminal Stress thee thou thought tion tone tr R C uttered voice vowel W tr waist wave words wrist во Ꭱ Ꮯ
Popular passages
Page 78 - I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me: For I can raise no money by vile means: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Page 102 - The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 309 - Yet a few days and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course ; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Page 70 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance : praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Page 309 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 273 - He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone, He swam the Eske river where ford there was none; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bridesmen, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all.
Page 170 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 306 - Arve and Arveiron at thy base Rave ceaselessly; but thou, most awful Form! Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought: entranced in prayer 1...
Page 286 - Strike ! till the last armed foe expires ! Strike ! for your altars and your fires ! Strike ! for the green graves of your sires ; God, and your native land...
Page 110 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,