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... speaking according to some established standard of excellence ; and is naturally subdivided as follows : 1. Articulation and pronunciation . 2 Inflection and modulation . 3. Emphasis . 4. Gesture and Action . 1. The importance of ...
... speaking according to some established standard of excellence ; and is naturally subdivided as follows : 1. Articulation and pronunciation . 2 Inflection and modulation . 3. Emphasis . 4. Gesture and Action . 1. The importance of ...
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... speak in the celebrated Group of the Laocoon . * Nothing can be more absurd and unnatural than that a boy should stand motionless while he is pro- nouncing the most impassioned language , or , in a care- less or awkward position , with ...
... speak in the celebrated Group of the Laocoon . * Nothing can be more absurd and unnatural than that a boy should stand motionless while he is pro- nouncing the most impassioned language , or , in a care- less or awkward position , with ...
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... speaking of ourselves , in con- tradistinction to others , or when giving utterance to some pathetic sentiment , the right hand should be placed on the left breast . When anything low is men- tioned , the eye and hand should be directed ...
... speaking of ourselves , in con- tradistinction to others , or when giving utterance to some pathetic sentiment , the right hand should be placed on the left breast . When anything low is men- tioned , the eye and hand should be directed ...
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... speaking , the arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or ...
... speaking , the arms must hang naturally by the sides , unless what is spoken by one , is of such importance as to excite agita- tion and surprise in the other ; or he may , with propriety , occasionally stand with his arms folded , or ...
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... Speak , father ! " once again he cried , 66 ' If I may yet be gone ! And " -but the booming shots replied , And fast the flames roll'd on . Upon his brow he felt their breath , And on SELECTIONS IN VERSE . 19 Coleridge Soul Casabianca.
... Speak , father ! " once again he cried , 66 ' If I may yet be gone ! And " -but the booming shots replied , And fast the flames roll'd on . Upon his brow he felt their breath , And on SELECTIONS IN VERSE . 19 Coleridge Soul Casabianca.
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Popular passages
Page 18 - God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 260 - I am no orator, as Brutus is : But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him. For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood : I only speak right on ; I tell you that which you yourselves do know ; Show you sweet Caesar's wounds, poor, poor dumb mouths, And bid them speak for me...
Page 21 - The wide, th' unbounded prospect, lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in, must be happy.
Page 258 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 62 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 260 - What private griefs they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it : they are wise and honourable, And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you.
Page 169 - The torrent roar'd, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried ' Help me, Cassius, or I sink...
Page 258 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world ; now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 154 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past...
Page 28 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...