An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private LearnersRobinson, Pratt & Company, 1843 - 357 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 8
Page 12
... Speech of Robert Emmet , Brutus ' Harangue on the Death of Cesar , Antony's Oration over Cesar's Dead Body , Speech of Henry the Fifth , 304 301 Irving , 307 309 Shakspeare , 315 Shakspeare , 316 Shakspeare , 318 12 CONTENTS .
... Speech of Robert Emmet , Brutus ' Harangue on the Death of Cesar , Antony's Oration over Cesar's Dead Body , Speech of Henry the Fifth , 304 301 Irving , 307 309 Shakspeare , 315 Shakspeare , 316 Shakspeare , 318 12 CONTENTS .
Page 74
... Brutus and the rest ' , ( For Brutus is an hôn - ourable mân ; So are they all , all hôn - ourable mên ' , ) Come I to speak in Cesar's funeral` . " " A thousand of our years amount ' Scarce to a day in thine account ' . " Remarks . If ...
... Brutus and the rest ' , ( For Brutus is an hôn - ourable mân ; So are they all , all hôn - ourable mên ' , ) Come I to speak in Cesar's funeral` . " " A thousand of our years amount ' Scarce to a day in thine account ' . " Remarks . If ...
Page 77
... Brutus ' : I said an el - der soldier ' ; not a bet - ter " . Did I say bet - ter ' ? I Brutus . If you did , I care not ' . Cas . When Ce - sar lived ' , he durst not thus have moved me ' , Bru . Peace ' , peace ' ; you durst not so ...
... Brutus ' : I said an el - der soldier ' ; not a bet - ter " . Did I say bet - ter ' ? I Brutus . If you did , I care not ' . Cas . When Ce - sar lived ' , he durst not thus have moved me ' , Bru . Peace ' , peace ' ; you durst not so ...
Page 121
... Brutus . - You DID . Cassius . - I did NOT : he was but a FOOL That brought my an - swer back . STRIKE , as thou didst at CE - sar ! for I know , When thou didst hate him WORST , thou lov - dst him BET - ter Than ever thou lov - dst Cas ...
... Brutus . - You DID . Cassius . - I did NOT : he was but a FOOL That brought my an - swer back . STRIKE , as thou didst at CE - sar ! for I know , When thou didst hate him WORST , thou lov - dst him BET - ter Than ever thou lov - dst Cas ...
Page 315
... Brutus ' love to Cesar was no less than his ' . If ' , then ' , that friend demand why Brutus rose against Cesar ' , this is my answer ' : Not that I loved Cesar less ' , but that I loved Rome more ' . Had you rather Cesar were living ...
... Brutus ' love to Cesar was no less than his ' . If ' , then ' , that friend demand why Brutus rose against Cesar ' , this is my answer ' : Not that I loved Cesar less ' , but that I loved Rome more ' . Had you rather Cesar were living ...
Other editions - View all
An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners No preview available - 2020 |
An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners Samuel Kirkham No preview available - 2021 |
Common terms and phrases
accent according adopted adverb affected agreeable appear applied articulation attention beauty blank verse Brutus called Caspar Cesar character circumflex close dark dead rushes death degree Demosthenes diphthongal direct distinct earth elementary sounds elocution emphasis emphatick force employed enunciation equal wave errour examples EXERCISES expressed eyes falling inflection foregoing give given happy hath heart heaven honour horse-fly human human voice i-de illustrate important learner letter light Lochiel look Lord mân manner meaning ment mind modulation musick nature never o'er observed orthoepy perceive pitch principles pronouncing pronunciation proper publick radical and vanish reader reading Remarks rhetorical pauses rising inflection Rule SECTION semitone Sennacherib sense sentence sentiments SIMPLE SERIES soul speak speaker spirit stress subtonick superiour syllable taste tence thee thing thou thought tion tone uncle Toby unequal wave uttered variety voice vowel words