The Art of Speaking: Containing, I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly the Principal Passions and Humours, ... II. Lessons Taken from the Ancients and Moderns ...T. Longman, T. Field, C. Dilly, W. Goldsmith, D. Ogilvy and J. Speare, 1792 - 373 Seiten |
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... nature unaffifted could form the eminent speaker , where were the ufe of art or culture ; which yet no one pretends to queftion ? Art is but nature improved upon and refined . And before improvement is applied , genius is but a mafs of ...
... nature unaffifted could form the eminent speaker , where were the ufe of art or culture ; which yet no one pretends to queftion ? Art is but nature improved upon and refined . And before improvement is applied , genius is but a mafs of ...
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... Nature has given to every emotion of the mind its proper outward expreffion , in fuch manner , that what fuits one , can- not , by any means , be accommodated to another . Children at three years of age exprefs their grief in a tone of ...
... Nature has given to every emotion of the mind its proper outward expreffion , in fuch manner , that what fuits one , can- not , by any means , be accommodated to another . Children at three years of age exprefs their grief in a tone of ...
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... nature fixes the outward expreffion of every intention or fentiment of the mind . Art only adds gracefulness to what nature leads to . As nature has determined , that man fhall walk on his feet , not his hands : Art teaches him to walk ...
... nature fixes the outward expreffion of every intention or fentiment of the mind . Art only adds gracefulness to what nature leads to . As nature has determined , that man fhall walk on his feet , not his hands : Art teaches him to walk ...
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... nature expreffes them . Tranquillity , or apathy , appears by the compofure of the countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , with out the exertion of any one muscle . The countenance open ; the forehead fmooth ; the ...
... nature expreffes them . Tranquillity , or apathy , appears by the compofure of the countenance , and general repose of the body and limbs , with out the exertion of any one muscle . The countenance open ; the forehead fmooth ; the ...
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... Nature formed her almost an angel , and fhe , with infinite pains , makes herfelf a monkey . Therefore this fpecies of affectation is easily imitated , or taken off . Make as many , and as ugly grimaces , motions , and gestures , aş can ...
... Nature formed her almost an angel , and fhe , with infinite pains , makes herfelf a monkey . Therefore this fpecies of affectation is easily imitated , or taken off . Make as many , and as ugly grimaces , motions , and gestures , aş can ...
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Accus AFFECT againſt APOL APPREHENS arms becauſe body Caius Verres confequence confiderable CONT CONTEMPT dead death defign defire Diodotus doft Doub enemy ENQU expreffed eyes faid fame father fear fecure feem feen fenfe fentence feven fhall fhew fhould fleep fome fometimes foon foul fpeaker fpeaking fpeech ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure Ghoft Ghoſt Greece GRIEF hand heaven himſelf honour hope HORROR Humph Iago INTR INTREAT itſelf Jugurtha king leaſt lefs loft Longh look manner matter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf NARRA Nick Bottom Numidia occafion orator ourſelves paffage paffions perfon Peter Quince PITY pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Pray prefent QUEST Quintilian raiſe reafon REMON rife Roman ſay Scythians ſhall Shyl Shylock ſpeak ſpoken ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought TION uſed VENERA VEXAT voice whofe whoſe wife words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 115 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood.
Seite 92 - 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.
Seite 100 - To sigh for ribands if thou art so silly, Mark how they grace Lord Umbra or Sir Billy. Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus or on Gripus
Seite 44 - Our words flow from us in a smooth continued stream, without those strainings of the voice, motions of the body, and majesty of the hand, which are so much celebrated in the orators of Greece and Rome. We can talk of life and death in cold blood, and keep our temper in a...
Seite 93 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Seite 240 - With eyes darting fury, and a countenance distorted with cruelty, he orders the helpless victim of his rage to be stripped, and rods to be brought ; accusing him, but without the least shadow of evidence, or even of suspicion, of having come to Sicily as a spy.
Seite 210 - I'll look up; My fault is past. But, O, what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?
Seite 276 - Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage And plunge us in the flames? or from above Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us?
Seite 93 - 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.
Seite 145 - 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...