An Illustration of the Principles of Elocution ...Websters and Skinners, 1828 - 300 pages |
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... rest . Before or after an emphatic pause . tone . 1 - key - note . The diatonic scale indicates all the pitches of the human voice . These consist of eight notes , five tones , and two semi- tones . A knowledge of these notes , tones ...
... rest . Before or after an emphatic pause . tone . 1 - key - note . The diatonic scale indicates all the pitches of the human voice . These consist of eight notes , five tones , and two semi- tones . A knowledge of these notes , tones ...
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... rest or pause is introduced , and the remaining measure is filled with unaccented syllables : so that there shall be in each foot , really or artificially , one ac- cented , and one or more unaccented syllables . And as every accented ...
... rest or pause is introduced , and the remaining measure is filled with unaccented syllables : so that there shall be in each foot , really or artificially , one ac- cented , and one or more unaccented syllables . And as every accented ...
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... rest , I am happy . ( aside ) Well , Mr. Belcour , ' tis a rough sample you have had of my countrymen's spirit ; but I trust , you'll not think the worse of them for it . Bel . Not at all , not at all ; I like them the better . Was I ...
... rest , I am happy . ( aside ) Well , Mr. Belcour , ' tis a rough sample you have had of my countrymen's spirit ; but I trust , you'll not think the worse of them for it . Bel . Not at all , not at all ; I like them the better . Was I ...
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... rest , she had been freed : that she had heard say , that her good mistress had de- sired the agent to give her also some little provision ground upon the plantation , but that this had never been done : and that she had sold all the ...
... rest , she had been freed : that she had heard say , that her good mistress had de- sired the agent to give her also some little provision ground upon the plantation , but that this had never been done : and that she had sold all the ...
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... rest . All therefore are at some hour or another fond of companions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who will relieve them from solitude , without con- demning them to vigilance and caution . We are most inclined to love ...
... rest . All therefore are at some hour or another fond of companions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who will relieve them from solitude , without con- demning them to vigilance and caution . We are most inclined to love ...
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arms art thou battle beauty behold blessings blood Blush Blushington bosom brave bright character circumflex dark dead dead rise dear death delight diatonic scale Dinah divine Duke of Berri earth Elocution emphasis fame fate father fear feel fire freedom Friendly Hall genius give glory grave Greece hand happiness heard heart heaven honour hope hour house of Bourbon human inflection Julius Cæsar labour lady land liberty light living long quantity look Lord mighty mind moral morning nation nature never night o'er ocean orthoepy passion patriot pause peace phatic pitch pleasure pride pronounced proud racter reading render rising Samian wine scene semitone shore soul sound speak spirit Star-spangled Banner sword syllables taste tears thee things thou thought throne tion tone triumph unto virtue voice wave wild wish words young youth
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Page 89 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 59 - Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
Page 107 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 94 - On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 147 - House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not, Sir ; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation...
Page 129 - Lochiel, Lochiel, beware of the day ! For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal ! "Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 94 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 213 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 95 - Join voices all ye living Souls: Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light dispels...
Page 263 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand The tempest gather'd o'er her.