New Elocution and Voice CultureVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1857 - 504 pages |
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... soul , may justly be drawn from the nature of the Supreme Being , whose justice , wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this great point . Immediately after expressing the last particular , pause for a moment and let the voice ...
... soul , may justly be drawn from the nature of the Supreme Being , whose justice , wisdom , and veracity , are all concerned in this great point . Immediately after expressing the last particular , pause for a moment and let the voice ...
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... soul as dauntless ' mid the storm Of daily life , a heart as warm And pure as breast e'er wore . 8. Hush ! -Mark ! -a deep sound strikes like a rising knell . 9. We are some of us very fond of knowledge , and upt to value ourselves upon ...
... soul as dauntless ' mid the storm Of daily life , a heart as warm And pure as breast e'er wore . 8. Hush ! -Mark ! -a deep sound strikes like a rising knell . 9. We are some of us very fond of knowledge , and upt to value ourselves upon ...
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... soul are expressed . EXERCISE IX . ANTITHESIS . Antithesis is founded upon contrast , expressed or in- plied . It occurs in a sentence in which two or more words are opposed to each other in meaning . Words , that express opposite ideas ...
... soul are expressed . EXERCISE IX . ANTITHESIS . Antithesis is founded upon contrast , expressed or in- plied . It occurs in a sentence in which two or more words are opposed to each other in meaning . Words , that express opposite ideas ...
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... ages shall circle away , And still the vast waters above thee shall roll ; Earth loses thy pattern , forever and aye ; O , sailor boy ! sailor boy ! peace to thy soul . 9. The cloud - capt towers , the gorgeous 10 VOCAL CULTURE . 47.
... ages shall circle away , And still the vast waters above thee shall roll ; Earth loses thy pattern , forever and aye ; O , sailor boy ! sailor boy ! peace to thy soul . 9. The cloud - capt towers , the gorgeous 10 VOCAL CULTURE . 47.
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... soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise the genius , and to mend the heart ; To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er the scene , and be what they behold ; - For this the tragic muse first trod the stage : Commanding tears ...
... soul by tender strokes of art ; To raise the genius , and to mend the heart ; To make mankind in conscious virtue bold , Live o'er the scene , and be what they behold ; - For this the tragic muse first trod the stage : Commanding tears ...
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Absalom arms art thou Bethsaida blessing blood brave breast breath brow Brutus Cæsar Catiline character cheer Chorazin Cicero cold dare dark dead death Demosthenes DIPHTHONGAL earth ELIZA COOK ELOCUTION eloquence eternal EXAMPLES EXERCISE Explosive Radical Stress express eyes father fear feel fire flowers force forever friends gesture give glory grave hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven honor hope hour human labor liberal opening life-boat lips living look Lord man-th manner mind mouth nature never night noble o'er open vowel sounds passage passion pause peace pitch poor pupil pure tone rest rise slave sleep smile soul speak speaker spirit stood studding sail subvocals sweet swell syllable tears tell thee thine thing thou hast thought thy serpent tone trembling truth utter virtue voice wave wind words youth Zenaida Dove
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Page 58 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful, thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ? The wide, th' unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it.
Page 54 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace! But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! 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...
Page 304 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.
Page 328 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 250 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 59 - I go, and it is done ; the bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan ; for it is a knell That summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
Page 63 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo. there was a great earthquake ; and the sun became black as sackcloth . of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Page 336 - 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...
Page 54 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary; but when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house ! Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?
Page 319 - Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony : who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth ; as which of you shall not? With this I depart; that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.