The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 pages |
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Page 54
... seems to form the beginning , the middle , and end of oratory . The extent and variety of gesture has a wider range than many are aware of : for it comprehends the action and position of all the parts of the body ; of the head , the ...
... seems to form the beginning , the middle , and end of oratory . The extent and variety of gesture has a wider range than many are aware of : for it comprehends the action and position of all the parts of the body ; of the head , the ...
Page 61
... seems also naturally to as- cend ; and when the voice makes the falling inflexion , or lowers its tones , the gesture follows it by a cor- responding descent ; and in the level and monotonous pronunciation of the voice , the gesture seems ...
... seems also naturally to as- cend ; and when the voice makes the falling inflexion , or lowers its tones , the gesture follows it by a cor- responding descent ; and in the level and monotonous pronunciation of the voice , the gesture seems ...
Page 73
... seem to be moved with nothing but what directly af- fects themselves : if their own private affairs sustain no damage ; if their own little designs succeed to their wish ; if their own grovelling pleasures are not interrupted ; they ...
... seem to be moved with nothing but what directly af- fects themselves : if their own private affairs sustain no damage ; if their own little designs succeed to their wish ; if their own grovelling pleasures are not interrupted ; they ...
Page 79
... seems made to no end , and lives to no purpose . He cannot engage himself in any employment , or pro- fession , because he will never have diligence enough to follow it he can succeed in no undertaking , for he will never pursue it ; he ...
... seems made to no end , and lives to no purpose . He cannot engage himself in any employment , or pro- fession , because he will never have diligence enough to follow it he can succeed in no undertaking , for he will never pursue it ; he ...
Page 88
... seem to speak or to plead , but as it happened to Pericles , to lighten and thun- der . But I should never have done , were I to in- dulge the pleasure I feel in expatiating upon this sub- ject . What adds infinitely to the dignity of ...
... seem to speak or to plead , but as it happened to Pericles , to lighten and thun- der . But I should never have done , were I to in- dulge the pleasure I feel in expatiating upon this sub- ject . What adds infinitely to the dignity of ...
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Page 223 - And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Page 221 - The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 180 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
Page 300 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung...
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Page 298 - Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of broil and battle ; And therefore little shall I grace my cause In speaking for myself. Yet, by your gracious patience...
Page 301 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 292 - The East, in a like intercourse with the West, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find, a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad or manufactures at home.
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Page 81 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.