The Sixth Progressive Reader, Or Oratorical Class-book: With a Treatise on Elocution, EtcO'Shea, 1873 - 474 Seiten |
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... common conversation : but in these , if the pro- Lunciation be in other respects just , decent , and proper , and especially if the subject be weighty or intricate , it is more excusable , and is frequently overlooked . An irregular or ...
... common conversation : but in these , if the pro- Lunciation be in other respects just , decent , and proper , and especially if the subject be weighty or intricate , it is more excusable , and is frequently overlooked . An irregular or ...
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... common fault is that of reading or speaking with what is called a tone . There is not any habit more easy to be contracted than this , nor more difficult to be conquered . This unnatural tone in read- ing and speaking is very various ...
... common fault is that of reading or speaking with what is called a tone . There is not any habit more easy to be contracted than this , nor more difficult to be conquered . This unnatural tone in read- ing and speaking is very various ...
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... common faults of a bad pronunciation . We now proceed , in the second place , to point out how a bad pronunciation is to be avoided . And to this end , it will be exceedingly proper that a person should not read in too loud nor in too ...
... common faults of a bad pronunciation . We now proceed , in the second place , to point out how a bad pronunciation is to be avoided . And to this end , it will be exceedingly proper that a person should not read in too loud nor in too ...
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... common conversation , we speak in a natural voice , with proper accent and em- phasis ; yet , so soon as we begin to read or talk of reli- gion , or speak in public , we should immediately assume a stiff , awkward , unnatural tone . If ...
... common conversation , we speak in a natural voice , with proper accent and em- phasis ; yet , so soon as we begin to read or talk of reli- gion , or speak in public , we should immediately assume a stiff , awkward , unnatural tone . If ...
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... common fault , and most liable to be committed , and arises from the want of a thorough knowledge of the sense , and the writer's ideas for , if the reader or speaker be not perfectly acquainted with the exact construction and full ...
... common fault , and most liable to be committed , and arises from the want of a thorough knowledge of the sense , and the writer's ideas for , if the reader or speaker be not perfectly acquainted with the exact construction and full ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent Admetus Ajalon ALCESTIS arms army behold black crows blessing blood breath brow Cæsars cæsura Catholic Catiline Church clouds coral hills coral strand crown dark death deep Demosthenes dread earth empire enemy England eternal EXAMPLES eyes falling inflection fear feel gentlemen give glory Grattan grave Greece hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven holy Holy Alliance honor hope human Ireland justice king Kingdom of Ireland land liberty light live Lochinvar look Lord Mayflower ment nations nature never night noble o'er Parliament pass passions pause peace perish principles pronounced pronunciation Quintilian religion rising inflection Roman Roman empire Rome ruin RULE sense sentence sentiments slave soul speak speech spirit stand strong struggle sword syllable thee things thou throne tion tone truth Union verse virtue voice Warren Hastings waves words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 94 - Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation — the last arguments to which kings resort.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...