A system of elocution based upon grammatical analysisT. Laurie, 1869 - 432 pages |
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... principles of the system are entirely new . The principle of every mode of utterance , from the easiest colloquy to the sublimest eloquence , is deduced from concise reasoning and common sense . The Publisher leaves the book with ...
... principles of the system are entirely new . The principle of every mode of utterance , from the easiest colloquy to the sublimest eloquence , is deduced from concise reasoning and common sense . The Publisher leaves the book with ...
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... principles of ethics . The language of intense passion is uniform in its pauses , manner , and in- flections , in whatever tongue it may be uttered , and whether the individual that utters it be learned or illiterate . If this be true ...
... principles of ethics . The language of intense passion is uniform in its pauses , manner , and in- flections , in whatever tongue it may be uttered , and whether the individual that utters it be learned or illiterate . If this be true ...
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... not the province of the elocutionist to propound artificial rules , but to allow art to take care of itself , and to rid from an incubus a spontaneous principle of nature which art has sophisticated 8 A SYSTEM OF ELOCUTION .
... not the province of the elocutionist to propound artificial rules , but to allow art to take care of itself , and to rid from an incubus a spontaneous principle of nature which art has sophisticated 8 A SYSTEM OF ELOCUTION .
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William Stewart Ross. incubus a spontaneous principle of nature which art has sophisticated and abused . We wish we had some term less hackneyed than rules for the few simple formula we propound . In our system we observe nature , and ...
William Stewart Ross. incubus a spontaneous principle of nature which art has sophisticated and abused . We wish we had some term less hackneyed than rules for the few simple formula we propound . In our system we observe nature , and ...
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... principles ' . In poetry generally , and in passages of rhetorical force and grandeur , it is necessary to adopt more decided tones and inflections . Then , a full tone ( see diatonic scale , p . 14 ) should contradistinguish ...
... principles ' . In poetry generally , and in passages of rhetorical force and grandeur , it is necessary to adopt more decided tones and inflections . Then , a full tone ( see diatonic scale , p . 14 ) should contradistinguish ...
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Page 45 - How like a fawning publican he looks ! I hate him for he Is a Christian : But more, for that, in low simplicity, He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
Page 81 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts : not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Page 139 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Page 385 - Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
Page 390 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on : 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the " Nervii: Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 348 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false; at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Page 386 - Who is here so base, that would be a bondman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude, that would not be a Roman ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended.
Page 347 - The orchard walls are high, and hard to climb; And the place death, considering who thou art, If any of my kinsmen find thee here.
Page 51 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, "To tempt the dangerous gloom; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. "Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Page 45 - O curse of marriage, That we can call these delicate creatures ours, And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapour of a dungeon, Than keep a corner in the thing I love, For others