Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 Seiten |
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... grace , at least with sufficient expression ; the speakers of our islands , as is evinced by fact , cannot with advantage de pend solely on nature . But though in our temperate climate the people are less disposed to vivacity of manner ...
... grace , at least with sufficient expression ; the speakers of our islands , as is evinced by fact , cannot with advantage de pend solely on nature . But though in our temperate climate the people are less disposed to vivacity of manner ...
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... Grace 23. Illustrations PAGE 483 449 467 505 521 No. APPENDIX . 1 Qualities of the Voice from Julius Pollux 2. Account of the Phonasci from Cresollius 553 555 · 559 3. Precepts relative to the Voice from Curius Fortunatianus 558 4 ...
... Grace 23. Illustrations PAGE 483 449 467 505 521 No. APPENDIX . 1 Qualities of the Voice from Julius Pollux 2. Account of the Phonasci from Cresollius 553 555 · 559 3. Precepts relative to the Voice from Curius Fortunatianus 558 4 ...
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... grace is added to the speech by the delivery , " he considered of little or no value the labour of any man who neglected the pronunciation and the gesture suited to the 66 11 " words . ( This last sentence is interpreted B 2 ...
... grace is added to the speech by the delivery , " he considered of little or no value the labour of any man who neglected the pronunciation and the gesture suited to the 66 11 " words . ( This last sentence is interpreted B 2 ...
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... grace to their gestures , the young orators fre- quented the palestræ ; those schools in which the various gym- nastic exercises were taught , of which dancing and the chironomia formed a part : these improved the person in ease and ...
... grace to their gestures , the young orators fre- quented the palestræ ; those schools in which the various gym- nastic exercises were taught , of which dancing and the chironomia formed a part : these improved the person in ease and ...
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... grace in a public speaker ; such modesty is much more to be desired , or is rather indispensable , in the sacred orator . When he pours out the public prayers to God , when he reads and expounds his laws ; he cannot fail to recollect ...
... grace in a public speaker ; such modesty is much more to be desired , or is rather indispensable , in the sacred orator . When he pours out the public prayers to God , when he reads and expounds his laws ; he cannot fail to recollect ...
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action actor affectation altogether ancient animi appears atque autem autres body celebrated character Cicero corporis countenance Cresol Cresollius deinde delivered delivery Demosthenes dicendi dicere digitis discourse doit elevated Elocutio eloquence enim etiam expression eyes feelings fingers geste grace hæc hand illa l'expression labour language magis manner manum manus marked mind modo modum motions motus mouvemens nature neque nihil notation object observed omnia omnis orator oratory palæstra pantomime passage passions Pathognomy perfection Plutarch Plutus pollice position primum principal gesture pronunciatio public speaker pulpit Pylades qu'il quæ quædam quam quid quidem Quint Quintilian quod quoque reading rhetorical sæpe sentiments significant gestures speaking suited sunt talents tamen tantum tion tones variety vero vocem vocis voice vultus whilst words γὰρ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῶν
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Seite 483 - But I will punish home: No, I will weep no more. In such a night To shut me out! Pour on; I will endure. In such a night as this! O Regan, Goneril! Your old kind father, whose frank heart gave all O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that.
Seite 281 - Pity it is, that the momentary beauties flowing from an harmonious elocution, cannot like those of poetry be their own record! That the animated graces of the player can live no longer than the instant breath and motion that presents them; or at best can but faintly glimmer through the memory, or imperfect attestation of a few surviving spectators.
Seite 80 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Seite 116 - The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Seite 518 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Seite 182 - Recherches d'Antiquite, gives us a curious story of the celebrated physiognomist Campanella. This man, it seems, had not only made very accurate observations on human faces, but was very expert in mimicking such as were any way remarkable. When he had a mind to penetrate into the inclinations...
Seite 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Seite 53 - Oh, against all rule, my Lord, — most ungrammatically! betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach thus, — stopping, as if the point wanted settling; — and...
Seite 38 - In just articulation the words are not to be hurried over, nor precipitated syllable over syllable: nor, as it were, melted together into a mass of confusion : they should be neither abridged, nor prolonged, nor swallowed, nor forced, and, (if I may so express it,) shot from the mouth; they should not be trailed, nor drawled...
Seite 206 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.