The Practice of Elocution, Or A Course of Exercises for Acquiring the Several Requisites of a Good DeliveryJ. Richardson, 1826 - 213 páginas |
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... rate of utterance for being longer or shorter , and one which requires the instantaneous junction of the following con- sonant , and is therefore of necessity always short . The former , whether short or long , is an open vowel ; the ...
... rate of utterance for being longer or shorter , and one which requires the instantaneous junction of the following con- sonant , and is therefore of necessity always short . The former , whether short or long , is an open vowel ; the ...
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... sentence within a sentence , must be kept as clear as possible from the principal sentence , by a low tone of voice , by accents approaching a level , and generally by a quicker rate of utterance . The power of lowering the voice , and ...
... sentence within a sentence , must be kept as clear as possible from the principal sentence , by a low tone of voice , by accents approaching a level , and generally by a quicker rate of utterance . The power of lowering the voice , and ...
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... speaking , the tone of voice is generally low , the pauses frequent , and the rate of utterance tardy . The eyes are frequently upward , or cast upon the ground , and only di- rected to the auditors when something in the way of ...
... speaking , the tone of voice is generally low , the pauses frequent , and the rate of utterance tardy . The eyes are frequently upward , or cast upon the ground , and only di- rected to the auditors when something in the way of ...
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... rate of utterance ; though in hatred and malicé it will often be slow and drawling . With regard to gesture , it will be performed with a tension of the muscles pro- portioned to the strength of the passion , and should scarcely be ...
... rate of utterance ; though in hatred and malicé it will often be slow and drawling . With regard to gesture , it will be performed with a tension of the muscles pro- portioned to the strength of the passion , and should scarcely be ...
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... rate of utterance even and moderate ; the head is frequently shaken slowly ; the eyes are alternately raised and cast down , and the hands accompany them with a correspondent and somewhat languid motion , being lifted slowly , and then ...
... rate of utterance even and moderate ; the head is frequently shaken slowly ; the eyes are alternately raised and cast down , and the hands accompany them with a correspondent and somewhat languid motion , being lifted slowly , and then ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Slender Anger ARGUMENTATIVE MANNER beauty blood breath Cæsar called clause clouds cohobate Conclusive Accents consonant coward Delight denote Disjunctive Accents downward accent dread ELOCUTION emphatic accent emphatic modulation extempo Exultation fair Falstaff father feeling Fenton force give hand happiness heard heart heaven honour Indignation Interrogative Words Justice Shallow letter live looks màn mány mark mastiff meaning MEDITATIVE MANNER merely modulative mind Modulative Accents Narrative manner nature o'er Open vowels palatal passions Pity plain modulation PLAINTIVE EXPRESSION Plaintive manner pleasures pride Prince Henry pronounced pupil rate of utterance reader reading relaxes rises Scorn sentence SHAKSPEARE shut sounds slides Solemnity soul speak speaker Spithridates Suspensive and Conclusive sweet syllable tale of tale tences thee thing thou thought Tom Long tone triphthong unaccented syllables upward Vehemence VEHEMENT EXPRESSION virtue voice VOICE CONSONANTS words youth
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Página 85 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Página 82 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 196 - With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon.
Página 116 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Página 82 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Página 93 - Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Página 80 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Página 182 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Página 60 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 116 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.