the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. 30. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven -Ossian. -Shakespeare. 32. 'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now 33. How like a fawning publican he looks, -Prentice. 34. Let the woman demand the same exactness of manners from the man that he demands of her. If woman offends against chastity, she goes down forever; but man offends against chastity, and yet with unblushing countenance, stalks over the land with uplifted head. Here society is at fault. That act that will banish woman from society, in the name of high heaven, let it banish man from society. C. 35. Tell me I hate the bowl, I loathe, abhor, my very soul 37. Hurrah! the life-boat clashes on, But cheered by hope, the seaman cope With the billows single-handed, They are all in the life-boat. Hurrah! they're afloat By the live-boat! Cheer the life-boat! Swims round the purple peaks remote. 41. If thou said'st I am not peer To any Lord in Scotland here, Lowland or Highland, far or near, EXAMPLES FOR GESTICULATIONS. 1. "I give thee in thy teeth the lie!" 5. "Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again." 6. "Thou shalt lie down with patriarchs of the infant world. 7. "We have no concessions to make, my lord." 8. "I prohibit the signing of such a paper." 9. "The Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast." PART IV. THE ART OF DELIVERY. BY VIRGIL A. PINKLEY, Conductor of the Elocutionary Department of the College of Music, Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, Graduate of the National School of Elocution and Oratory. REMARKS. DURING the past six years the author having had, perhaps, not fewer than ten thousand voices under his direction, it may be claimed, we think, with modesty, that he has, by experience, learned somewhat of the needs and desires of students throughout the country. It will be the purpose of this division of the work to respond, practically, to those demands. One of the first questions a pupil asks when a work on elocution is commended, is," does it contain selections?" They wish something more than theory and short extracts illustrative of the points as they appear. And yet, in the great majority of instances, they object to buying a separate book of selections. In all our subdivisions that will admit, after giving brief extracts bearing upon the point in question, selections in fall, emphasizing the same, are added. Many of these selections the author has publicly tested, thereby proving their popularity. Many selections, fresh and winsome in humor, pathos, impersonation, dialect, character-sketching and description, the book will be found to contain. Other selections of less modern origin which, by their ever-increasing hold upon the public favor, attest their genuine merit, are also inserted. Especial endeavor has been made by the author to make it a lucid self-instructor for those who have no teacher, or who have had but a few lessons in elocution. INTRODUCTION. Elocution is the art of the vocal and visible expression of thought. Upon the voice depends vocal expression. Upon the face, the action and the attitude, depends visible expression. Elocution is thus derived: "E," meaning out, "loqui," to speak, and "ion," the act of. Etymologically, then, elocution is the art, or the act, or the manner of speaking out. Thought is expressed or carried out along two great avenues, viz., speech and gesture. To the ear the former appeals, to the eye the latter. Elocution, in its broadest sense, means more than manner. It is quite important that one have something to say as well as to be able to say something well. The teacher of elocution, while justly laying great stress upon vocal and physical culture, should also insist on good, choice English in right rhetorical order, according to the laws of grammar. Webster, in substance, thus defines elocution: 1. Expression of thought by speech and gesture. 2. Art of delivery. 3. Diction in written and spoken discourse. Wooster, in other words, says the same. It is to the art of delivery I shall largely devote this chapter. Manner of delivery. Elocution. Voice. Matter to be delivered. {Gram. construction. Oratory. {Expression, vocal and visible. Rhet. arrangement. rhetorical. According to standard authorities the terms Elocution, Oratory, Eloquence and Rhetoric are in the main synonymous. Formerly, the most prominent division of rhetoric was what is now known as elocution. However, it has so far drifted from that position as now to be confined almost wholly to written discourse. In a restricted sense, elocution refers to the delivery of the words of another. Oratory deals more particularly with the delivery of one's own thoughts. The training in the two is identical. Eloquence means more than either. Elocution and oratory are external. They are arts. Eloquence is both external and internal. It is soul, quickened and projected by a magnetic delivery. Rhetoric is the silent theory underlying all the others. Elocution is the art of vocal and physical culture. Oratory is the application of elocution in delivering one's own words. Eloquence combines and immortalizes them all. |