Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the Improvement of Youth in Reading and SpeakingEzra Collier, 1825 - 372 pages |
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... whole weight of his body on the right leg ; the other just touching the ground , at the distance at which it would naturally fall , if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight , and braced ...
... whole weight of his body on the right leg ; the other just touching the ground , at the distance at which it would naturally fall , if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it . The knees should be straight , and braced ...
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... the elbow backwards , nor suffer it to approach to the side ; but while the hand and lower joint of the arm are curving towards the shoulder , the whole arm , with the elbow , forming nearly an angle of a square , OF GESTURE . 15.
... the elbow backwards , nor suffer it to approach to the side ; but while the hand and lower joint of the arm are curving towards the shoulder , the whole arm , with the elbow , forming nearly an angle of a square , OF GESTURE . 15.
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... whole speech ; the next lesson , two or three more , and so on to the rest . This will excite emulation , and give the teacher an oppor- tunity of ranking them according to their merit . C SECTION III , Rules for expressing , with ...
... whole speech ; the next lesson , two or three more , and so on to the rest . This will excite emulation , and give the teacher an oppor- tunity of ranking them according to their merit . C SECTION III , Rules for expressing , with ...
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... whole human frame besides . The change of colour ( in white people ) shows , by turns , anger by redness , and sometimes by paleness , fear likewise by paleness , and shame by blushing . Every feature contributes its part . The mouth ...
... whole human frame besides . The change of colour ( in white people ) shows , by turns , anger by redness , and sometimes by paleness , fear likewise by paleness , and shame by blushing . Every feature contributes its part . The mouth ...
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... whole play can be represented without a word spoken . The following are , I believe , the principal passions , hu- mours , sentiments , and intentions which are to be expressed by speech and action . And I hope it will be allowed by he ...
... whole play can be represented without a word spoken . The following are , I believe , the principal passions , hu- mours , sentiments , and intentions which are to be expressed by speech and action . And I hope it will be allowed by he ...
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Page 186 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 330 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, ) That hath not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit, and upon this charge Cry, "God for Harry! England and Saint George!
Page 333 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman ? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak, for him have I offended. Who is here so...
Page 337 - 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...
Page 322 - Was parmaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villanous salt-petre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 190 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white. Here files of pins extend their shining rows, Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billets-doux.
Page 222 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 213 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 324 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, "Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly * death itself awakes...
Page 223 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out 140 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...