The Principles of Oral EnglishMacmillan, 1906 - 222 Seiten |
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arms articulation ascending attention attract bend blood breath called Carlyle Carver chapter clause Clavicular cnichts complex sentence compound sentence consonant consonant sounds cried dead death declarative deep Definite Interrogative delivered Descending Slide Dickens Dion Dolichos emotion emphasis Energetic Force English language Examples eyes fear fell followed Gavroche George William Curtis grammatical Guttural hand hear heard heart holy horse human voice inflections John king Lew Wallace light lips look lungs Modulation murmur nasal veil never night normal quality occurs Oliver Orotund Quality partial fall passion pauses of imperfect Perfect Fall perfect sweep phatic pitch practice produced reconcentrados rose Rufus Choate Rule for Delivery rush Second Emphatic Sweep Semi-Interrogative sentiment Serapis Shakespeare shot shout sight silence soul speaking stress is placed syllable teeth tence thee thou thought throat tion tone tongue utterance vocal expression voice wave Whisper White Company wild
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Seite 47 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Seite 125 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death...
Seite 156 - Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos...
Seite 103 - To bait fish withal: if it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew.
Seite 35 - Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me; but once put out thy light, Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.
Seite 184 - Where the lamps quiver So far in the river, With many a light From window and casement, From garret to basement, She stood, with amazement, Houseless by night. "The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver; But not the dark arch, Or the black flowing river: Mad from life's history, Glad to death's mystery, Swift to be hurl'd — Anywhere, anywhere Out of the world!
Seite 31 - If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge ? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Seite 139 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave...
Seite 120 - What sighs have been wafted after that ship ! what prayers offered up at the deserted fireside of home ! How often has the mistress, the wife, the mother, pored over the daily news, to catch some casual intelligence of this rover of the deep ! How has expectation darkened into anxiety — anxiety into dread — and dread into despair ! Alas ! not one memento shall ever return for love to cherish. All that shall ever be known, is, that she sailed from her port, « and was never heard of more ! »...
Seite 48 - Have you so soon forgotten all lessons of love and forgiveness? This is the house of the Prince of Peace, and would you profane it Thus with violent deeds and hearts overflowing with hatred?