The Sixth Progressive Reader, Or Oratorical Class-book: With a Treatise on Elocution, EtcO'Shea, 1873 - 474 pages |
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... sense of his subject ; and , what is worst of all , it leads him into what is called a tone . Every person's voice should fill the place where he speaks ; but , if it exceed its natural key , it will be nei- ther sweet , nor soft , nor ...
... sense of his subject ; and , what is worst of all , it leads him into what is called a tone . Every person's voice should fill the place where he speaks ; but , if it exceed its natural key , it will be nei- ther sweet , nor soft , nor ...
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... sense and meaning of them . This , however , is frequently owing to defect in the organs of speech , or a too great tremulation or flutter of the animal spirits ; but oftener to a bad habit which he has not attempted to correct ...
... sense and meaning of them . This , however , is frequently owing to defect in the organs of speech , or a too great tremulation or flutter of the animal spirits ; but oftener to a bad habit which he has not attempted to correct ...
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... sense of the passage and the meaning of the author , or to the points or stops in □ just method of punctuation ; or in always beginning a sentence with a high voice , and , on the contrary , concluding it with a low one , or always ...
... sense of the passage and the meaning of the author , or to the points or stops in □ just method of punctuation ; or in always beginning a sentence with a high voice , and , on the contrary , concluding it with a low one , or always ...
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... sense , weight , and propriety of every sentence he has occasion to read , and of every emphatical word contained therein . This will not only operate as an advantage to himself , but be a double one to those who hear him ; for it will ...
... sense , weight , and propriety of every sentence he has occasion to read , and of every emphatical word contained therein . This will not only operate as an advantage to himself , but be a double one to those who hear him ; for it will ...
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... sense , subject , and spirit of his author . It is very requisite that similar directions should be given to every young gentleman destined to read or speak in public , that he may constantly avoid a mono- tony in pronunciation ; that ...
... sense , subject , and spirit of his author . It is very requisite that similar directions should be given to every young gentleman destined to read or speak in public , that he may constantly avoid a mono- tony in pronunciation ; that ...
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Page 219 - And his drooped head sinks gradually low, — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him, — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won. He heard it, but he heeded not, — his eyes Were with his heart, 'and that was far away.
Page 218 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 219 - I see before me the Gladiator lie: He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 111 - ... may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced...
Page 111 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union...
Page 429 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
Page 129 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing, on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? xiii.
Page 94 - Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation — the last arguments to which kings resort.
Page 139 - 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...
Page 217 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...