Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of Reading and Speaking, and Designed for the Development and Cultivation of Both Body and Mind, in Accordance with the Nature, Uses, and Destiny of Man : Illustrated by Two Or Three Hundred Choice Anecdotes, Three Thousand Oratorical and Poetical Readings, Five Thousand Proverbs, Maxims and Laconics, and Several Hundred Elegant Engravings |
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Page iii
... sing ical Department . The following is an extract from freely without irritating my throat . My voice has its natural tone and compass ; and I have the de- Resolved , That we consider his system exceedinglightful prospect of soon ...
... sing ical Department . The following is an extract from freely without irritating my throat . My voice has its natural tone and compass ; and I have the de- Resolved , That we consider his system exceedinglightful prospect of soon ...
Page vii
... singing , or working , there should be a perfect harmony and co - operation of the Organic Nerves , Respiratory Nerves , and Motary Nerves ; hence , the volun- tary effort must be made from the abdomen , where is the great centre of ...
... singing , or working , there should be a perfect harmony and co - operation of the Organic Nerves , Respiratory Nerves , and Motary Nerves ; hence , the volun- tary effort must be made from the abdomen , where is the great centre of ...
Page ix
... singing and blowing . The wind - pipe is like its nosle , the lungs like the sides , and the ab- dominal and dorsal muscles , like its handles ; of course , to blow with ease and power , one must take hold of the handles ; to speak and sing ...
... singing and blowing . The wind - pipe is like its nosle , the lungs like the sides , and the ab- dominal and dorsal muscles , like its handles ; of course , to blow with ease and power , one must take hold of the handles ; to speak and sing ...
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... singing , there should be no rising of the shoulders , or heaving of the bosom , both tend to error and ill health . Beware of using the lungs , as it is said ; let them act , as they are acted upon by the lower muscles . Notes . 1 ...
... singing , there should be no rising of the shoulders , or heaving of the bosom , both tend to error and ill health . Beware of using the lungs , as it is said ; let them act , as they are acted upon by the lower muscles . Notes . 1 ...
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... singing ever re- light first strikes the eye , and not only ap- quire . pears projecting , but much nearer . Thus , 22. Irregulars . A , I , U , and Y , some - too , in composition , the sublime and pathetic times have this sound : as ...
... singing ever re- light first strikes the eye , and not only ap- quire . pears projecting , but much nearer . Thus , 22. Irregulars . A , I , U , and Y , some - too , in composition , the sublime and pathetic times have this sound : as ...
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Page 303 - ... The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud...
Page 238 - She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 299 - His hair is crisp and black and long his face is like the tan, His brow is wet with honest sweat, he earns whate'er he can. And looks the whole world in the face, for he owes not any man.
Page 242 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 287 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 202 - The poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot Sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead. That is the grasshopper's : he takes the lead In summer luxury — he has never done With his delights, for when tired out with fun, He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
Page 287 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 254 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 286 - Clearness, force and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Page 276 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.