The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers, Disposed Under Proper Heads for the Improvement of Youth, in Reading and Speaking. To which are Prefixed Two Essays: I. On Elocution. II. On Reading Works of Taste |
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... persons , who do not daily experience the ad- vantages of the former , and the inconveniences of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point ...
... persons , who do not daily experience the ad- vantages of the former , and the inconveniences of the latter . The great difficulty is , not to prove that it is a desirable thing to be able to read and speak with propriety , but to point ...
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... persons find it difficult to articulate the letter 7 ; others , the simple sounds expressed by r , s , th , sh . But the instance of defective articulation which is most common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the ...
... persons find it difficult to articulate the letter 7 ; others , the simple sounds expressed by r , s , th , sh . But the instance of defective articulation which is most common , and therefore requires particular notice , is the ...
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... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is a uniformly rapid ...
... persons , who have not studied the art of speaking , have a habit of uttering their words so rapidly , that this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a considerable time at first : for where there is a uniformly rapid ...
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... person . This is the case , for example , in Shakspeare's " All the World's a Stage , " & c . , and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies * . * See Book vii , Chap . 18 and 23 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words ...
... person . This is the case , for example , in Shakspeare's " All the World's a Stage , " & c . , and in his description of the Queen of the Fairies * . * See Book vii , Chap . 18 and 23 , of this work . RULE IV . Pronounce your words ...
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... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ; and it can only be the effect of ...
... persons read with an improper emphasis , or with no emphasis at all ; that is , with a stupid monotony . Much study and pains are neces- sary in acquiring the habit of just and forcible pronuncia- tion ; and it can only be the effect of ...
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Page 91 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 155 - As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious I slew him.
Page 229 - Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne: Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 248 - Or call up him that left half told The Story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 254 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners: But I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Page 245 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 242 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 244 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 335 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law.
Page 250 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge him thy greater ; sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.