The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers,: And Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking. : To which is Prefixed An Essay on ElocutionJ. Johnson, 1785 - 405 pàgines |
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Pàgina xv
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the conftruction of the Eng- lifh language , or in the laws of harmony . In ac- centing words , the general cuftom and a good , car are the best guides : only it may be observed that that ...
... poffible ; a rule which has no foundation in the conftruction of the Eng- lifh language , or in the laws of harmony . In ac- centing words , the general cuftom and a good , car are the best guides : only it may be observed that that ...
Pàgina xviii
... poffible to the manner in which we diftinguish one word from another in converfation ; for in familiar difcourse we fcarcely ever fail to exprefs ourfelves emphati- cally , and feldom place the emphafis impro- perly . With respect to ...
... poffible to the manner in which we diftinguish one word from another in converfation ; for in familiar difcourse we fcarcely ever fail to exprefs ourfelves emphati- cally , and feldom place the emphafis impro- perly . With respect to ...
Pàgina xx
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public speaker has occafion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII . Acquire ...
... poffible that all the varieties of fentiment , which a public speaker has occafion to introduce , fhould be properly expreffed by one melodious tone and cadence , employed alike on all occafions and for all purposes ? RULE VII . Acquire ...
Pàgina xxv
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a grammar it would be poffible for any one to instruct himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators , by defcribing to ...
... poffible in any degree to execute this defign , I cannot think , that from fuch a grammar it would be poffible for any one to instruct himself in the use of the language . All endeavours therefore to make men Orators , by defcribing to ...
Pàgina 11
... poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not so much as take warning ? ALTHOUGH men are accufed for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own ftrength . It is in men as in foils ...
... poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice , when they will not so much as take warning ? ALTHOUGH men are accufed for not knowing their own weakness , yet perhaps as few know their own ftrength . It is in men as in foils ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 375 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood ! Over thy wounds now do I prophesy...
Pàgina 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Pàgina 213 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Pàgina 327 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Pàgina 402 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus , ever fair and young , Drinking joys did first ordain : Bacchus...
Pàgina 376 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Pàgina 274 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Pàgina 255 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pàgina 378 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Pàgina 395 - tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. But 'tis not so above: There is no shuffling; there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell'd, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence.