Pulpit Elocution: Comprising Remarks on the Effect of Manner in Public Discourse; the Elements of Elocution, Applied to the Reading of the Scriptures, Hymns, and Sermons ...W.F. Draper & brother, 1853 - 413 Seiten |
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... rise to impressive force of manner , falls short , not merely of eloquent effect , but of true and manly expression . Freedom , appropriateness , grace , are all inferior to this master quality . An energetic speaker will force his way ...
... rise to impressive force of manner , falls short , not merely of eloquent effect , but of true and manly expression . Freedom , appropriateness , grace , are all inferior to this master quality . An energetic speaker will force his way ...
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... rise or fall beyond a certain note , and which neces- sarily give a measured correspondence of parts to all sen- tences , alike ; gliding up at one clause and down at another , in a regularly alternating see - saw of sound , which ...
... rise or fall beyond a certain note , and which neces- sarily give a measured correspondence of parts to all sen- tences , alike ; gliding up at one clause and down at another , in a regularly alternating see - saw of sound , which ...
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... Rise , with thy yellow waves , and mantle her distress ! " Repose , Solemnity , and Sublimity . Evening . Milton . " Now came still evening on ; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beast ...
... Rise , with thy yellow waves , and mantle her distress ! " Repose , Solemnity , and Sublimity . Evening . Milton . " Now came still evening on ; and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad : Silence accompanied ; for beast ...
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... rise , In his own image to the skies . " ] . Moderate Force.t Serenity . [ Exemplified in Verse . ] Scene after a Tempest.- Bryant . " It was a scene of peace ; — and like a spell Did that serene and golden sunlight fall Upon the ...
... rise , In his own image to the skies . " ] . Moderate Force.t Serenity . [ Exemplified in Verse . ] Scene after a Tempest.- Bryant . " It was a scene of peace ; — and like a spell Did that serene and golden sunlight fall Upon the ...
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... rise to a new and higher pitch , at the beginning of every sentence or paragraph , and gradually fall in the successive clauses or sentences . Correct reading varies the pitch according to the connection existing between sentences , and ...
... rise to a new and higher pitch , at the beginning of every sentence or paragraph , and gradually fall in the successive clauses or sentences . Correct reading varies the pitch according to the connection existing between sentences , and ...
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action appropriate art thou audience beauty become Behold body breath character Cicero Circumflex cultivation culture darkness death deep Demosthenes discourse divine earnest earth effect elocution elocutionist eloquence emotion Empassioned emphasis eternal exercise expression false father fault feeling force genuine gesture give glory glottis grace habit hand hath hearers heart heaven human human voice hymn impart impressive influence inspiring Isaiah language light living Lord manner mannerist ment mind Minor Third moderate modes mould Movement natural ness o'er orator Orotund Quality Pathos Pitch poetry practice praise preacher public speaking pulpit Pure Tone Radical Stress reading render sacred Scripture Semitone sentiment sing solemn soul sound speaker speaking speech spirit student style Subdued sublime Subtonics taste thee thine things thou thought tion tone trait true truth unto utterance vivid vocal vocal ligaments voice whole word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 249 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Seite 207 - Having, then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Seite 170 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Seite 214 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Seite 248 - Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye Sons of Light, Angels...
Seite 328 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Seite 297 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Seite 307 - They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Seite 276 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Seite 197 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.