Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ... with Directions for Strengthening and Modulating the Voice ... to which is Added, a Complete System of the Passions; Showing how They Effect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of ShakespeareCadell and Davis, 1815 - 354 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 8
Page 299
... Winter's Tale LOVE . Love is not ill defined by Aaron Hill , when he calls it , desire kept temperate by reverence : it is , he says , a conscious and triumphant swell of hope , intimi- dated by respectful apprehension of offending ...
... Winter's Tale LOVE . Love is not ill defined by Aaron Hill , when he calls it , desire kept temperate by reverence : it is , he says , a conscious and triumphant swell of hope , intimi- dated by respectful apprehension of offending ...
Page 300
... Winter's Tale . 0 , hear me breathe my life Before this ancient sir , who , it should seem , Hath some time lov'd : I take thy hand ; 300 ELEMENTS OF.
... Winter's Tale . 0 , hear me breathe my life Before this ancient sir , who , it should seem , Hath some time lov'd : I take thy hand ; 300 ELEMENTS OF.
Page 301
... Winter's Tale . Love complaining . Ay , Proteus , but that life is alter'd now ; I have done penance for contemning love , Whose high imperious thoughts have punish'd me , With bitter fasts , with penitential groans , With nightly tears ...
... Winter's Tale . Love complaining . Ay , Proteus , but that life is alter'd now ; I have done penance for contemning love , Whose high imperious thoughts have punish'd me , With bitter fasts , with penitential groans , With nightly tears ...
Page 329
... Winter's Tale , Jealousy increasing . Go to , go to . How she holds up the neb , the bill to him , And arms her with the boldness of a wife To her allowing husband ! Gone already ; Inch - thick , knee deep , o'er head and ears a fork'd ...
... Winter's Tale , Jealousy increasing . Go to , go to . How she holds up the neb , the bill to him , And arms her with the boldness of a wife To her allowing husband ! Gone already ; Inch - thick , knee deep , o'er head and ears a fork'd ...
Page 330
... Winter's Tale . Attempt to hide Jealousy . Her . Are you mov'd , my lord ? Leo . No , in good earnest.- How sometimes nature will betray its folly , Its tenderness ; and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms ! Looking on the lines Of ...
... Winter's Tale . Attempt to hide Jealousy . Her . Are you mov'd , my lord ? Leo . No , in good earnest.- How sometimes nature will betray its folly , Its tenderness ; and make itself a pastime To harder bosoms ! Looking on the lines Of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accented syllable adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetic object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma connexion convey couplet Demosthenes different inflexions distinction distinguish emphasis emphatic words example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflexion flexion following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflexion of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive period phasis phatic pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose punctuation question reader reading require the falling requires the rising rising inflexion Rule seems semicolon Shaks Shakspeare's short pause single word slide soul sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator stress substantive syllable taste tence thee thing thou tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse whole Winter's Tale