A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for Schools, Academies and Colleges, as Well as for Private LearnersSorin & Ball, 1845 - 331 pàgines |
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Pàgina 84
... advances a knight , His eye big with vengeance and fate ? " If the learner does not on this passage spontaneously ex- press the quality of voice here described , it will at least indicate to him one of the principal sentiments of which ...
... advances a knight , His eye big with vengeance and fate ? " If the learner does not on this passage spontaneously ex- press the quality of voice here described , it will at least indicate to him one of the principal sentiments of which ...
Pàgina 130
... advances on us , And envies us even Lybia's sultry deserts . Fathers , pronounce your thoughts ; are they still fixed To hold it out and fight it to the last ? Or are your hearts subdued at length , and wrought , By time and ill success ...
... advances on us , And envies us even Lybia's sultry deserts . Fathers , pronounce your thoughts ; are they still fixed To hold it out and fight it to the last ? Or are your hearts subdued at length , and wrought , By time and ill success ...
Pàgina 163
... , where advances a knight , His eye big with vengeance and fate ? 3. Then first , with amazement , fair Imogene found , That a stranger was placed by her side ; His air was terrific , he uttered no sound ; EXPRESSION . 163.
... , where advances a knight , His eye big with vengeance and fate ? 3. Then first , with amazement , fair Imogene found , That a stranger was placed by her side ; His air was terrific , he uttered no sound ; EXPRESSION . 163.
Pàgina 230
... advance of the other , a swaggering theatrical air is presented , entirely inconsistent with the simplicity of the positions suited to the orator . ( See Figs . 8 , 9. ) 5. The pointing of the toes straight forward , or not turning them ...
... advance of the other , a swaggering theatrical air is presented , entirely inconsistent with the simplicity of the positions suited to the orator . ( See Figs . 8 , 9. ) 5. The pointing of the toes straight forward , or not turning them ...
Pàgina 231
... advance or retire , when on the stage , by a step of only moderate length - something less than the ordi- nary ... advance from the first position of either foot - is made by passing into the first position of the opposite foot ; and the ...
... advance or retire , when on the stage , by a step of only moderate length - something less than the ordi- nary ... advance from the first position of either foot - is made by passing into the first position of the opposite foot ; and the ...
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ; Designed for ... Merritt Caldwell Visualització completa - 1852 |
A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for ... Merritt Caldwell Visualització completa - 1845 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 144 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Pàgina 174 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pàgina 131 - The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Pàgina 110 - Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss ; Ah, that maternal smile, it answers yes ! I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Pàgina 129 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate!
Pàgina 165 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Pàgina 112 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well. For mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way, you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say better?
Pàgina 210 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Pàgina 150 - This fellow's of exceeding honesty, And knows all qualities, with a learned spirit, Of human dealings. If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I 'ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune.
Pàgina 174 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.