Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical deliveryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 - 583 Seiten |
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... tones and gestures so appropriate , that they appeared to him to be alto- gether of superior excellence . " And being persuaded how much " of ornament and grace is added to the speech by the delivery , " he considered of little or no ...
... tones and gestures so appropriate , that they appeared to him to be alto- gether of superior excellence . " And being persuaded how much " of ornament and grace is added to the speech by the delivery , " he considered of little or no ...
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... some of those signs ( tones , looks , and gestures ) , and therefore a total suppression " of those signs is of all other states apparently the most unna- 66 12 Spect . No. 407 . " tural . And this , it is to be 6 INTRODUCTION .
... some of those signs ( tones , looks , and gestures ) , and therefore a total suppression " of those signs is of all other states apparently the most unna- 66 12 Spect . No. 407 . " tural . And this , it is to be 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... determining the pitch or key - Quantity of voice to be issued Modulation — Variety and rate of utterance - Tones — their powerful effects , from Sheridan- And from Herder . CHIRONOMIA . CHAPTER I. Of the Voice . THE voice Of the Voice.
... determining the pitch or key - Quantity of voice to be issued Modulation — Variety and rate of utterance - Tones — their powerful effects , from Sheridan- And from Herder . CHIRONOMIA . CHAPTER I. Of the Voice . THE voice Of the Voice.
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... tones can effect to influ- ence the understanding , and to win the affections , depends on the power of the voice addressed to the ear . The countenance and the gesture , address their mute language to the eye . The very name of ...
... tones can effect to influ- ence the understanding , and to win the affections , depends on the power of the voice addressed to the ear . The countenance and the gesture , address their mute language to the eye . The very name of ...
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... tones to the 9 Bona enim firmaque ut volumus uti licet ; mala vel imbecilla et inhibet multa , ut in- Burgere , exclamare : et aliqua cogit , ut summittere , deflectere et rasas fauces ac latus fatiga- tum deformi cantico reficere . Sed ...
... tones to the 9 Bona enim firmaque ut volumus uti licet ; mala vel imbecilla et inhibet multa , ut in- Burgere , exclamare : et aliqua cogit , ut summittere , deflectere et rasas fauces ac latus fatiga- tum deformi cantico reficere . Sed ...
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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.