Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ... with Directions for Strengthening and Modulating the Voice ... to which is Added, a Complete System of the Passions; Showing how They Effect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of Shakespeare |
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Page 198
... Shaks , Ibid . Proverbial phrase . Shaks , Hen . IV . Part I. Act i . This last example is the parallel of that from Gay ; and it is presumed , that a judicious actor would lay the great stress , that is , the emphasis with the falling ...
... Shaks , Ibid . Proverbial phrase . Shaks , Hen . IV . Part I. Act i . This last example is the parallel of that from Gay ; and it is presumed , that a judicious actor would lay the great stress , that is , the emphasis with the falling ...
Page 315
... Shaks . Rich . II . Grief deploring Loss of Happiness . I had been happy , if the general camp , Pioneers and all , had wrong'd my love , So had I nothing known : O now for ever , Farewell the tranquil mind : farewell content , Farewell ...
... Shaks . Rich . II . Grief deploring Loss of Happiness . I had been happy , if the general camp , Pioneers and all , had wrong'd my love , So had I nothing known : O now for ever , Farewell the tranquil mind : farewell content , Farewell ...
Page 322
... Shaks . K. John . O , sir , your presence is too bold and peremptory , And majesty might never yet endure The moody frontier of a servant brow . You have good leave to leave us ; when we need Your use and counsel , we shall send for you ...
... Shaks . K. John . O , sir , your presence is too bold and peremptory , And majesty might never yet endure The moody frontier of a servant brow . You have good leave to leave us ; when we need Your use and counsel , we shall send for you ...
Page 323
... Shaks . Two Gent . of Ver . Confidence of Success in Combat . Boling . O let no noble eye profane a tear For me , if I be gor'd with Mowbray's spear : As confident as is the falcon's flight.- Against a bird , do I with Mowbray fight ...
... Shaks . Two Gent . of Ver . Confidence of Success in Combat . Boling . O let no noble eye profane a tear For me , if I be gor'd with Mowbray's spear : As confident as is the falcon's flight.- Against a bird , do I with Mowbray fight ...
Page 324
... Shaks . Hamlet . PERPLEXITY , IRRESOLUTION , ANXIETY . These emotions collect the body together as if for thoughtful consideration ; the eye - brows are con tracted , the head hanging on the breast , the eyes cast downwards , the mouth ...
... Shaks . Hamlet . PERPLEXITY , IRRESOLUTION , ANXIETY . These emotions collect the body together as if for thoughtful consideration ; the eye - brows are con tracted , the head hanging on the breast , the eyes cast downwards , the mouth ...
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accented syllable adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetic object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma connexion convey couplet Demosthenes different inflexions distinction distinguish emphasis emphatic words example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflexion flexion following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflexion of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive period phasis phatic pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose punctuation question reader reading require the falling requires the rising rising inflexion Rule seems semicolon Shaks Shakspeare's short pause single word slide soul sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator stress substantive syllable taste tence thee thing thou tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse whole Winter's Tale