 In fhort that fome of our greateft men have been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be .produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments.  A Course of Lectures on Elocution - Page xiiby Thomas Sheridan - 1803 - 185 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Sheridan - Elocution - 1762 - 298 pages
...been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be .produced but...problematical. It has been demonftrated to the entire fatisfaction of fome of the wifeft heads in thefe realms: .And readers of but moderate difcernment,... | |
 | Books - 1763 - 556 pages
...been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue , to produce effe&s by the dead letter, which can never be produced but...problematical. It has been demonftrated to the entire fatisfaclion of fome of the wifeft heads in thefe realms : and Readers of but moderate discernment,... | |
 | Jay Fliegelman - History - 1993 - 296 pages
...been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be produced but...with its accompaniments. This is no longer a mere assertion; it is no longer problematical. It has been demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of some... | |
 | Thomas Conley - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1994 - 336 pages
...been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments" (Course, p. xii). The lectures that follow define elocution as "the just and graceful management of... | |
 | Lucy Newlyn - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 432 pages
...been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments'.6 These words are taken from the Preface to Sheridan's Iectures on Elocution, the single... | |
 | Adam Fox, Daniel Woolf - History - 2002 - 300 pages
...been 246 trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments'.33 Sheridan's goal was to promote a more passionate oratory - the kind of persuasive... | |
 | Lucy Newlyn - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 436 pages
...that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead lerter, which can never be produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments'. These words are taken from the Preface to Sheridan's Lictures on Elacution, the single most important... | |
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