Select Readings for Public and Private Entertainment: Containing Choice Selections of the Most Pathetic, Gay, Humorous, Heroic, Sublime, and Patriotic Speeches and Poems, Accompanied by Explanatory Notes, Together with Appropriate Elocutionary Instructions ...G.A. Gaskell, 1885 - 320 страници |
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... called upon to do so , from any peculiar circumstance , and to read , too , as well as Garrick himself . If the young lady possesses the power of doing it , why may she not do this , with as much genuine modesty and with as much of a ...
... called upon to do so , from any peculiar circumstance , and to read , too , as well as Garrick himself . If the young lady possesses the power of doing it , why may she not do this , with as much genuine modesty and with as much of a ...
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... called a " head voice . " It is used to simulate whinings of peevishness , or the scream of baffled rage , or abject , hopeless terror . It may be cultivated and attained by practice . The Tremor Tone . This 24 ELOCUTION . Qualities of ...
... called a " head voice . " It is used to simulate whinings of peevishness , or the scream of baffled rage , or abject , hopeless terror . It may be cultivated and attained by practice . The Tremor Tone . This 24 ELOCUTION . Qualities of ...
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... called the conversational key , should be used in common conversation — in the delivery of an essay , doctrinal sermon , a plain or practical oration . The High Key is used in express- ing brisk , gay , and joyous emotions , also the ...
... called the conversational key , should be used in common conversation — in the delivery of an essay , doctrinal sermon , a plain or practical oration . The High Key is used in express- ing brisk , gay , and joyous emotions , also the ...
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... called the Fig . 20. - ADMIRATION ' sledge - hammer ' gesture , should be used in the expression of the most earnest , powerful , moving sentiments , where strong arguments are to be brought out with telling effect . This gesture was a ...
... called the Fig . 20. - ADMIRATION ' sledge - hammer ' gesture , should be used in the expression of the most earnest , powerful , moving sentiments , where strong arguments are to be brought out with telling effect . This gesture was a ...
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... called into action , such passion is depicted by the motion of the muscles , and these motions are accompanied by a strong palpi- tation of the heart . If the counte- nance be tranquil , it always denotes tran- quility in the region of ...
... called into action , such passion is depicted by the motion of the muscles , and these motions are accompanied by a strong palpi- tation of the heart . If the counte- nance be tranquil , it always denotes tran- quility in the region of ...
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Annabel Lee beauty bell blue breast breath brow called Charles Sumner Cleon Curfew DANIEL WEBSTER dark dead dear death dream Duluth earth EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Edom elocution eyes face father fear fire forever Forever-never gesture glory golden gone grave gray hair hand open head hear heard heart heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hill honor John kiss kye come hame land laugh left arm light lips live look Molly Malone mother nation never Never-forever night o'er O'Ryan oratory palm passion Piegans Pompey right arm right foot ring to-night river river Lee round SHAMUS Shandon shore Shump sing smile song soul sound speak speaker spirit stand stood sweet tears tell Tennessee thee There's thing thou thought tone Twas voice vrom wave Widow Malone wife wild word young
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Страница 300 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Страница 168 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Страница 140 - And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Страница 241 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Страница 92 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow.
Страница 50 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Страница 62 - Strike -till the last armed foe expires ; Strike — for your altars and your fires ; Strike — for the green graves of your sires ; God — and your native land...
Страница 62 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Страница 167 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me; Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Страница 264 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.