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... give a brief summary of its scope , and to mention a few of the uses to which it may be applied . Elocution does not consist in mere imitation of the voice and manner of the teacher , nor in the learning to recite pieces as a parrot ...
... give a brief summary of its scope , and to mention a few of the uses to which it may be applied . Elocution does not consist in mere imitation of the voice and manner of the teacher , nor in the learning to recite pieces as a parrot ...
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... give flexibility to the wrists - a most essential condition in gesture . A good exercise for acquiring the difficult art of let- ting the arms hang loosely from the shoulders and just where the attraction of gravitation takes them ...
... give flexibility to the wrists - a most essential condition in gesture . A good exercise for acquiring the difficult art of let- ting the arms hang loosely from the shoulders and just where the attraction of gravitation takes them ...
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... give rest . Combine with these exercises in Poise some of the " Calisthenic Gesturings " given further on . STEPS FROM RIGHT FOOT POSITION : - 1. Step to the front , having the left foot follow , and take the same relative position to ...
... give rest . Combine with these exercises in Poise some of the " Calisthenic Gesturings " given further on . STEPS FROM RIGHT FOOT POSITION : - 1. Step to the front , having the left foot follow , and take the same relative position to ...
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... Give it next with the gestures terminating imme- diately after the emphases , as follows : I tell you , though you ( g ) , though the whole WORLD ( g ) , though an ANGEL from HEAVEN ( g ) , were to declare the truth of it , I wOULD NOT ...
... Give it next with the gestures terminating imme- diately after the emphases , as follows : I tell you , though you ( g ) , though the whole WORLD ( g ) , though an ANGEL from HEAVEN ( g ) , were to declare the truth of it , I wOULD NOT ...
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... Give them thus : Commencing with Initial Movement , carry the right hand through a double curve represented by an elong- ated S reversed , terminating directly overhead , and , as in the other movements , with a quick turn of the hand ...
... Give them thus : Commencing with Initial Movement , carry the right hand through a double curve represented by an elong- ated S reversed , terminating directly overhead , and , as in the other movements , with a quick turn of the hand ...
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abdominal ad ag ALICE CARY angels arms articulation Arytenoid Muscle aspirates bell Billy blow body breast breath Cæsar Calisthenic Cartilage combinations Coriolanus dark elements elocution Epiglottis exercises eyes face fall fingers front gesture given giving the syllables glottis go jo golden grace hand head heard heart heaven Julius Cæsar la la la larynx light lips look lungs Milly monophthongs mother mouth movement muscles Neptany never night o'er oblique Othello pause phatic physical expression pitch position practice production of tone resonant right foot Ring rise sentence Shakespeare short vocal side sing sleep slide smile soft soft palate song soul speak speaker student of elocution sub-vocals sweet tell thee There's thou throat Thyroid Cartilage tion tongue Trachea Twas vocal ligaments Voice Culture whisper wind words
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Page 301 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 213 - The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say "This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 234 - Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 233 - The gay will laugh / When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 68 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 174 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 235 - This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea...
Page 144 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 168 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 200 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold: There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins; Such harmony is in immortal souls; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we...