Vocal and Action-language Culture and ExpressionLee and Shepard, 1884 - 234 páginas |
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... sentences , much obscured the sense and meaning of what he spoke . In one of his efforts , at length disheartened , he forsook the as- sembly . Eunomous , an old man , upbraided him for his lack of courage against the popular outcry ...
... sentences , much obscured the sense and meaning of what he spoke . In one of his efforts , at length disheartened , he forsook the as- sembly . Eunomous , an old man , upbraided him for his lack of courage against the popular outcry ...
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... sentence of the tenth paragraph of the tenth leaf . How easy that would be ! Above all , how natural ! " Proper instruction only tells a man how to do a thing ; the speaker himself must do it when he must , not before . In man as we ...
... sentence of the tenth paragraph of the tenth leaf . How easy that would be ! Above all , how natural ! " Proper instruction only tells a man how to do a thing ; the speaker himself must do it when he must , not before . In man as we ...
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... sentences grammatically or rhetorically . The caution should be raised here that effective delivery cannot be secured in a few weeks ' training . Many will spend years to acquire a tolerable ease in Greek or Latin composition , but ...
... sentences grammatically or rhetorically . The caution should be raised here that effective delivery cannot be secured in a few weeks ' training . Many will spend years to acquire a tolerable ease in Greek or Latin composition , but ...
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... sentences when speaking extemporaneously . 6. — QUALIFICATIONS OF THE Orator . Under this head we can only hint at the orator's qualifica- tions , without pretending to give an adequate discussion of the subject . To many it may only ...
... sentences when speaking extemporaneously . 6. — QUALIFICATIONS OF THE Orator . Under this head we can only hint at the orator's qualifica- tions , without pretending to give an adequate discussion of the subject . To many it may only ...
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... sentence , but correctly emphasized , the speaker re - states himself , and the audience is no longer in doubt . Usually the word that expresses the most , when separated from the rest of the sentence , is the one that reveals the ...
... sentence , but correctly emphasized , the speaker re - states himself , and the audience is no longer in doubt . Usually the word that expresses the most , when separated from the rest of the sentence , is the one that reveals the ...
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Página 149 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Página 193 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet. That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 149 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Página 155 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was fam'd with more than with one man?
Página 109 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 194 - You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
Página 193 - For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Página 176 - Rip recollected. The very character of the people seemed changed. There was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity.
Página 228 - Morn and eve, night and day, Have I piloted your bay, Entered free and anchored fast at the foot of Solidor. Burn the fleet and ruin France? That were worse than fifty Hogues! Sirs, they know I speak the truth! Sirs, believe me there's a way! Only let me lead the line, Have the biggest ship to steer, Get this Formidable...
Página 194 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm • To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo for evermore!