Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical delivery |
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... illustrates this subject by a story from Plutarch , which he declares he had heard attested by many both Romans and Greeks . A barber at Rome had a magpie which afforded him and the neighbourhood great amusement by its imitative ...
... illustrates this subject by a story from Plutarch , which he declares he had heard attested by many both Romans and Greeks . A barber at Rome had a magpie which afforded him and the neighbourhood great amusement by its imitative ...
Page 89
... illustrates by his example the importance of expression of voice and counten- ance , in which alone it appears he was deficient . " If he who " delivers himself in a pleasing manner has arrived at the summit " of excellence , we need ...
... illustrates by his example the importance of expression of voice and counten- ance , in which alone it appears he was deficient . " If he who " delivers himself in a pleasing manner has arrived at the summit " of excellence , we need ...
Page 90
... illustrate this , when in his prosecution of Q. Gallius , he had charged him with a design to give him poison , which he dis- covered and had in his possession , and said that he would " himself produce his handwriting , attestations ...
... illustrate this , when in his prosecution of Q. Gallius , he had charged him with a design to give him poison , which he dis- covered and had in his possession , and said that he would " himself produce his handwriting , attestations ...
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... illustrate the qualities of the eloquence of the pulpit . He is speaking of Xenophon and Plato : " Their discourses had neither the nerves sunt , qui non secus quam si animus sub tegulis habitaret ; tabulatum et laquearia contue- antur ...
... illustrate the qualities of the eloquence of the pulpit . He is speaking of Xenophon and Plato : " Their discourses had neither the nerves sunt , qui non secus quam si animus sub tegulis habitaret ; tabulatum et laquearia contue- antur ...
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... illustrate by a strong picture the danger of some particular sin , and when he comes to deliver it , he should suspect that any person is present who may be supposed strongly to resemble his picture , or to be 27 Horum oratio neque ...
... illustrate by a strong picture the danger of some particular sin , and when he comes to deliver it , he should suspect that any person is present who may be supposed strongly to resemble his picture , or to be 27 Horum oratio neque ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 318 - Tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant ; Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 206 - ... haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, 'delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.