The public school speaker and reader, ed. by J.E. CarpenterJoseph Edwards Carpenter 1869 |
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... Poet and the Rose ... 67. The Mourning Mother of the Dead Blind ... Mrs. E. B. Browning ... 240 68. The Burial of Moses 69. A Dream ... ... Mrs. C. F. Alexander . 242 William Allingham ... 244 ... Bayard Taylor 235 ...
... Poet and the Rose ... 67. The Mourning Mother of the Dead Blind ... Mrs. E. B. Browning ... 240 68. The Burial of Moses 69. A Dream ... ... Mrs. C. F. Alexander . 242 William Allingham ... 244 ... Bayard Taylor 235 ...
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... poet , and the elocutionist an orator . There must , however , always remain a wide gulf between the two . which no mere theoretical knowledge can bridge over . To be able to speak and read well — that is , with a graceful and elegant ...
... poet , and the elocutionist an orator . There must , however , always remain a wide gulf between the two . which no mere theoretical knowledge can bridge over . To be able to speak and read well — that is , with a graceful and elegant ...
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... poet can read poetry properly : at any rate only those who are perfectly imbued with the poetic feeling can do so . Given all these qualifications , and action , voice , and gesture will follow naturally and spontaneously ; the electric ...
... poet can read poetry properly : at any rate only those who are perfectly imbued with the poetic feeling can do so . Given all these qualifications , and action , voice , and gesture will follow naturally and spontaneously ; the electric ...
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... poet becomes passionate or emotional . 2. If the poetry be written correctly , every word should have the same accent as in prose , but as many of our best poets have accented words that change their accent when used as verbs or nouns ...
... poet becomes passionate or emotional . 2. If the poetry be written correctly , every word should have the same accent as in prose , but as many of our best poets have accented words that change their accent when used as verbs or nouns ...
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... poets , so that what we hear pronounced by them gives infi- nitely more pleasure than when we only read it . I think I may affirm , that a very indifferent speech , well delivered , will have a greater effect than the best , if ...
... poets , so that what we hear pronounced by them gives infi- nitely more pleasure than when we only read it . I think I may affirm , that a very indifferent speech , well delivered , will have a greater effect than the best , if ...
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