Rhetoric of Vocal Expression: A Study of the Properties of Thought as Related to UtteranceE.J. Goodrich, 1892 - 364 pages |
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... never designed to silence the pupil , but always to enlighten and assist him . Independence of judgment on the part of the student must by all means be en- couraged . Agreement with others , even with the best critics , is not the ...
... never designed to silence the pupil , but always to enlighten and assist him . Independence of judgment on the part of the student must by all means be en- couraged . Agreement with others , even with the best critics , is not the ...
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... never be uttered . It is hoped , however , that there is here pre- sented a rational , comprehensible , and fairly consistent method of expressional analysis , which may stimulate deeper and more successful study in this most fruitful ...
... never be uttered . It is hoped , however , that there is here pre- sented a rational , comprehensible , and fairly consistent method of expressional analysis , which may stimulate deeper and more successful study in this most fruitful ...
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... never have the telling force of direct , sententious talk . The essay style in sacred eloquence has done much to remove the pulpit from the pews . Such direct and simple style as that employed by Finney , Spurgeon , Talmage , Moody ...
... never have the telling force of direct , sententious talk . The essay style in sacred eloquence has done much to remove the pulpit from the pews . Such direct and simple style as that employed by Finney , Spurgeon , Talmage , Moody ...
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... never , " it may be ( 5 ) Clothed with the weight of dignity or au- thority , even as much as by an additional formal statement of vested power ; such must have been our Lord's " Verily , verily . " ( 6 ) The tone may imply an emotional ...
... never , " it may be ( 5 ) Clothed with the weight of dignity or au- thority , even as much as by an additional formal statement of vested power ; such must have been our Lord's " Verily , verily . " ( 6 ) The tone may imply an emotional ...
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... never out of place ; and the one to which I now invite you is one of these . " Or , the same sentence , used propositionally , might contain a purpose , that could be roughly expressed as follows : " There are subjects trivial and ...
... never out of place ; and the one to which I now invite you is one of these . " Or , the same sentence , used propositionally , might contain a purpose , that could be roughly expressed as follows : " There are subjects trivial and ...
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abruptness accented action amphibrach analysis anapestic appoggiatura assertion attitude bearing breath Brutus Bunker Hill Monument business waiting Cæs cæsura CHAPTER chest circumflex clause condition connection dactylic deliberative diaphragm discrimination effect element emotional energy especially euphony example expansion expressional falling slide feeling force gesture give gliding hand hath heaven heigh-ho iambic ically impulse inflection insistent intensity interpretation intervals Julius Cæsar lines listener logical Lord measure melody ment mental mind moods of utterance movement muscles N. P. Willis natural ness noble object pantomimic paraphrase passages pause phrase poetry practical properties prose rhythms purpose reader reason relations reveal rhetorical scansion Scene Scrooge sense sentence significance simply singing soul sound speak speaker speech spondaic stress student subjective suggest syllables thee thing thou thought tion tone trochaic unaccented unto usually verse vocal expression voice volitional vowels whole words
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Page 326 - I SPRANG to the stirrup, and Joris, and he ; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three ; " Good speed ! " cried the watch, as the gatebolts undrew ; "Speed...
Page 34 - With a bare bodkin; who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 233 - Would he were fatter ; but I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Page 44 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 130 - I have of late , (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy , the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appeareth nothing to me, but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 213 - PRAISE ye the LORD: For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Page 126 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass; and there is much music, excellent 76 voice, in this little organ, yet cannot you make it speak.
Page 198 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey ? "Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 83 - It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it ; they cannot reach it.
Page 183 - There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.