The Art of Speech ...D. Appleton, 1881 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 27
Página 20
... voice at the outset was weak , and he was a stammerer . His breath was short , his manner repulsive , and to the popular mind his hopes of becoming a noted orator were 20 THE ART OF SPEECH . - LIFE AND CHARACTEr of Demosthe-
... voice at the outset was weak , and he was a stammerer . His breath was short , his manner repulsive , and to the popular mind his hopes of becoming a noted orator were 20 THE ART OF SPEECH . - LIFE AND CHARACTEr of Demosthe-
Página 23
... voice . He excluded himself from the public for months together , devoting himself to physical disci- pline and study ; and lest he should be tempted , during these seasons , to abandon his purpose , he shaved the hair off one half his ...
... voice . He excluded himself from the public for months together , devoting himself to physical disci- pline and study ; and lest he should be tempted , during these seasons , to abandon his purpose , he shaved the hair off one half his ...
Página 25
... voice became strong , and his elocution perfect . His appearance before an audi- ence , however excited the people were , was a signal for quiet and order . It is allowed on all hands that no man ever had such control over his listeners ...
... voice became strong , and his elocution perfect . His appearance before an audi- ence , however excited the people were , was a signal for quiet and order . It is allowed on all hands that no man ever had such control over his listeners ...
Página 28
... voice , in ease and fluency of speech , Æschines decidedly outranked Demosthenes . After his defeat , schines opened a school of oratory in Rhodes , where he gained great reputation for ability in speaking . Such were the men with whom ...
... voice , in ease and fluency of speech , Æschines decidedly outranked Demosthenes . After his defeat , schines opened a school of oratory in Rhodes , where he gained great reputation for ability in speaking . Such were the men with whom ...
Página 42
... voice according to law , it may justly be deemed the common voice of our country . Well , then I was the man called for upon that day . I came forward and addressed you . " - • As already noticed , Demosthenes despatched his comparisons ...
... voice according to law , it may justly be deemed the common voice of our country . Well , then I was the man called for upon that day . I came forward and addressed you . " - • As already noticed , Demosthenes despatched his comparisons ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Acts Æschines appear Athenian Athens audience auditors Brougham Burke cause character Charles James Fox Charles Sumner Chatham Cicero common conclusion conviction Ctesiphon Curran debate Demosthenes discourse earnestness elocutionary eloquence Eschines examples expression facts feel Fénelon figure force form of argument genius Greek hearers heart Hence honor ideal orator illustration impression induction inference instance John John ix judgment knowledge language likewise literature logic Lord Lord Brougham Lord Chatham Luke Macaulay master Matt ment method mind nature never NOTE object once opponent oratory passion Patrick Henry perfect Pericles person persuade Philip Phillips Brooks Plutarch popular practice preacher preaching present proposition pulpit orator Quintilian reasoning remarked replied rhetorical Rufus Choate says secular self-possession sentence sermon soul speak speaker speech strong student style success syllogism things thought tion true truth utter viii voice Webster words writers xxvi
Pasajes populares
Página 160 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend ; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him : For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood...
Página 132 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend...
Página 147 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, — for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise!
Página 147 - States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as 'What is all this worth?
Página 147 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood.
Página 160 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Página 247 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Página 157 - The blood and spirits of Le Fevre, which were waxing cold and slow within him, and were retreating to their last citadel, the heart, — rallied back, — the film forsook his eyes for a moment ; — he looked up wishfully in my uncle Toby's face ; — then cast a look upon his boy ; — and that ligament, fine as it was, — was never broken. — Nature instantly ebbed again ; — the film returned to its place ; — the pulse fluttered, — stopped, — went on, — throbbed, — stopped again,...
Página 149 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Página 144 - Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir: it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.