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 Seiten |
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... thefe rules with perfeverance , till you have ac- quired ftrength and energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
... thefe rules with perfeverance , till you have ac- quired ftrength and energy of speech . BUT in obferving this rule , beware of running into the extreme of vociferation . We find this fault chiefly among thofe , who , in contempt and ...
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... thefe would neither be proper nor agree- able in fpeaking ; but the exercise will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
... thefe would neither be proper nor agree- able in fpeaking ; but the exercise will give you fuch a command of voice , as is fcarcely to be ac- quired by any other method . Having repeated this experiment till you can speak with ease at ...
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... Thefe faults , and all others of the fame nature , must be corrected in the pronunciation of a gentleman who is fuppofed to have feen too much of the world , to retain the peculiari- ties of the diftrict in which he was born . RULE V ...
... Thefe faults , and all others of the fame nature , must be corrected in the pronunciation of a gentleman who is fuppofed to have feen too much of the world , to retain the peculiari- ties of the diftrict in which he was born . RULE V ...
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... thefe must be expreffed in reading , by a very diftinct emphasis on each part of the oppofition . The following inftances are of this kind : ANGER may glance into the breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . An ...
... thefe must be expreffed in reading , by a very diftinct emphasis on each part of the oppofition . The following inftances are of this kind : ANGER may glance into the breast of a wife man ; but refts only in the bofom of fools . An ...
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... Thefe faults are ftrong- ly characterised in Churchill's cenfure of Moffop . WITH ftudied improprieties of fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach . To epithets allots emphatic ftate , Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like ...
... Thefe faults are ftrong- ly characterised in Churchill's cenfure of Moffop . WITH ftudied improprieties of fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach . To epithets allots emphatic ftate , Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 298 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.