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King's College Lectures on Elocution: Or, The Physiology and Culture of ... Charles John Plumptre Visualização integral - 1881 |
King's College Lectures on Elocution: Or, The Physiology and Culture of ... Charles John Plumptre Visualização integral - 1881 |
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able accent acquire action appear articulation attention beauty become breath called cause character Church classes close common course delivery direct distinct effect elocution emotions English especially expression eyes fact falling feeling frequently give given hand hear heard heart human Illustrations important inflection instruction kind language larynx lecture less letter light lips look lungs manner means mind mouth muscles musical nature never notes object observe occasion once organs passage passions pauses persons position practice present principles produced pronounced pronunciation proper reader reading reference regard remarks requires result rising rule sense sentence sound speaker speaking speech success syllable termed thou thought tion tone true usually utterance various vocal voice vowel whole words
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Página 147 - All places that the eye of heaven visits, Are to a wise man ports and happy havens : Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Página 139 - You may as well go stand upon the beach, And bid the main flood bate his usual height ; You may as well use question with the wolf, Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ; You may as well forbid the mountain pines To wag their high tops, and to make no noise, When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven ; You may as well do any thing most hard, As seek to soften that, — than which what's harder?
Página 151 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 162 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? — I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 152 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life, but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. I was born free as Caesar ; so were you : We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Página 145 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not 'seems.' 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Página 149 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Página 120 - twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation ! How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done...
Página 153 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark...
Página 165 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.