A Course of Lectures on ElocutionO. Penniman & Company, 1803 - 185 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 14
Seite 4
... cuftom , the caufe of the general defect complained of , will be apparent : and it must be obvious that whilft the influence of that custom continues , it must produce the fame effects , and no amendment is to be expected . That a ...
... cuftom , the caufe of the general defect complained of , will be apparent : and it must be obvious that whilft the influence of that custom continues , it must produce the fame effects , and no amendment is to be expected . That a ...
Seite 6
... cuftom , to manifeft and communicate , not only all the ideas which pafs in the mind , but alfo all its operations , affections , and paffions ? Is it to be wondered at that fuch an un- natural manner of delivery , fhould either produce ...
... cuftom , to manifeft and communicate , not only all the ideas which pafs in the mind , but alfo all its operations , affections , and paffions ? Is it to be wondered at that fuch an un- natural manner of delivery , fhould either produce ...
Seite 7
... cuftom may be counteracted , for the immediate relief of fuch as are labouring under the effects of its bad influences and afterwards fhew how it may be wholly fubverted ; fo that the rifing , and future generations may no longer be ...
... cuftom may be counteracted , for the immediate relief of fuch as are labouring under the effects of its bad influences and afterwards fhew how it may be wholly fubverted ; fo that the rifing , and future generations may no longer be ...
Seite 9
... cuftom has establish- ed ; and which are communicated through differ- ent organs : the one through the eye , by means of written characters ; the other , through the ear , by means of articulate founds and tones . But these two kinds of ...
... cuftom has establish- ed ; and which are communicated through differ- ent organs : the one through the eye , by means of written characters ; the other , through the ear , by means of articulate founds and tones . But these two kinds of ...
Seite 27
... cuftom of pronounc- ing it ; and in making fuch a diftinction between the fyllables , of which words are composed , that the ear fhall without difficulty acknowledge their number ; and perceive at once , to which fyllable each letter ...
... cuftom of pronounc- ing it ; and in making fuch a diftinction between the fyllables , of which words are composed , that the ear fhall without difficulty acknowledge their number ; and perceive at once , to which fyllable each letter ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent againſt alfo alſo amongſt animal anſwer arifes articulation becauſe beſt cafe compofed confequently confider confonant courfe courſe cuftom defects delivery difcourfe diftinction diſcourſe diſtinguiſhing effential elocution emotions emphafis expreffed expreffion faid falfe fame faults feem fenfe fentences fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhort fhould fi'n figns fimple firft firſt fome foon fource fpeaking ftate ftops fubject fuch fufficient fure furniſhed fyllables gefture habit hearers himſelf human voice ideas impoffible inftance inftruct itſelf juſt language leaſt lefs mafters manifeft manner marks meaning meaſure mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferved occafion paffions pains paufes pauſes perfons pitch poffible prefent pronounced pronunciation proportion purpoſe reafon refpect reft rule ſeveral ſpeak ſpeaker ſpeech ſtand ſtate ſtops ſuch tences thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tones ufual underſtanding underſtood uſe utterance vifible voice vowel whilft whofe words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 73 - Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue : but if you mouth it, as many of your players do, I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines.
Seite 83 - How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman ? Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Seite ix - ... endeavouring to communicate new fimple ideas by definitions ; or .that of attempting to paint founds. ALL writers feem to be under the influence of one -common delufion, that by the help of words alone, they can communicate all that paffes in their minds.
Seite 91 - Emphasis is of two kinds, simple and complex. Simple, when it serves to point out only the plain meaning of any proposition ; complex, when, besides the meaning, it marks also some affection or emotion of the mind ; or gives a meaning to words, which they would not have in their usual acceptation.
Seite 134 - ... part of his complicated frame ; as the operations of these are attended with an infinite variety of emotions in the mind, both in kind and degree ; it is clear, that...
Seite 18 - ... the want of early attention in masters, to correct small faults in the beginning, which increase and gain strength with years; beside bad habits contracted from imitation of particular persons, or the contagion of example, from a general prevalence of a certain tone or chant in reading or reciting, peculiar to each school, and regularly transmitted, from...
Seite xii - In fhort that fome of our greateft men have been trying to do that with the pen, which can only be performed by the tongue; to produce effects by the dead letter, which can never be .produced but by the living voice, with its accompaniments.
Seite 181 - The office of a public speaker is, to instruct, to please, and to move. If he does not instruct, his discourse is impertinent; and if he does not please, he will not have it in his power to instruct, for he will not gain attention ; and if he does not move, he will not please, for where there is no emotion, there can be no pleasure. To move, therefore, should be the first great object of every public speaker...
Seite 39 - GODS. each their own idioms, which uniformly prevail in those countries, but almost every county in England, has its peculiar dialect. Nay in the very metropolis two different modes of pronunciation prevail, by which the inhabitants of one part of the town, are distinguished from those of the other. One is current in the city, and is called the cockney; the other at the court-end, and is called the polite pronunciation. As amongst these various dialects, one must have the preference, and become fashionable,...
Seite 88 - But if we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteoufnefs.