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... voice and gefture in fpeaking . So that by pronunciation , the ancients underflood both Elocution and Action ; and comprehended in it the right management of the voice , looks , and gefture . To the former of thefe , viz . the right ...
... voice and gefture in fpeaking . So that by pronunciation , the ancients underflood both Elocution and Action ; and comprehended in it the right management of the voice , looks , and gefture . To the former of thefe , viz . the right ...
Page 14
... voice is too loud . This is very difagreeable to the hearer , and very inconveni- ent to the fpeaker . It will be very difagreeable to the hearers , if they be perfons of good tafte ; who will always look upon it to be the effect either ...
... voice is too loud . This is very difagreeable to the hearer , and very inconveni- ent to the fpeaker . It will be very difagreeable to the hearers , if they be perfons of good tafte ; who will always look upon it to be the effect either ...
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... voice indeed fhould fill the place where he fpeaks ; but if it exceed its natural key , it will be neither fweet ... voice is too low . This is not fo inconvenient to the speaker , but is as dif- agreeable to the hearer , as the other ...
... voice indeed fhould fill the place where he fpeaks ; but if it exceed its natural key , it will be neither fweet ... voice is too low . This is not fo inconvenient to the speaker , but is as dif- agreeable to the hearer , as the other ...
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... voice is conquered with more difficulty ; though one would imagine nothing is more easy . This manner of reading may do well enough when we are examining leafes ; perufing indentures ; or reciting acts of par- liament , where there is ...
... voice is conquered with more difficulty ; though one would imagine nothing is more easy . This manner of reading may do well enough when we are examining leafes ; perufing indentures ; or reciting acts of par- liament , where there is ...
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... voice rifes and falls by fits and starts , or when it is elevated and depreffed unnaturally or unfeafonably , without regard to fenfe or ftops ; or always beginning a fentence with a high voice , and concluding it with a low one , or ...
... voice rifes and falls by fits and starts , or when it is elevated and depreffed unnaturally or unfeafonably , without regard to fenfe or ftops ; or always beginning a fentence with a high voice , and concluding it with a low one , or ...
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Popular passages
Page 188 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 121 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 209 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness.
Page 81 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 58 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
Page 210 - Whose walls of mud scarce bear the broken door; There, where the putrid vapours, flagging, play, And the dull wheel hums doleful through the day ;— There children dwell who know no parents' care; Parents, who know no children's love, dwell there! Heart-broken matrons on their joyless bed, Forsaken wives, and mothers never wed ; Dejected widows with unheeded tears, And crippled age with more than childhood fears; The lame, the blind, and, far the happiest they ! The moping idiot, and the madman...
Page 211 - Such is that room which one rude beam divides, And naked rafters form the sloping sides; Where the vile bands that bind the thatch are seen, And lath and mud are all that lie between; Save one dull pane, that, coarsely...
Page 76 - It is like a sudden sunshine that awakens a secret delight in the mind, without her attending to it. The heart rejoices of its own accord, and naturally flows out into friendship and benevolence towards the person who has so kindly an effect upon it.
Page 180 - The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Page 177 - I'll not hurt a hair of thy head: — Go, says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; — go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.