School and College SpeakerWilmot Brookings Mitchell Henry Holt, 1901 - 358 páginas Includes more than 100 prose and verse selections, mainly from the 19th century, suitable for practice in public speaking. |
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... never before been printed as declamations . Nearly all of them , however , have been tested in prize - speaking contests and classroom work in Bowdoin College . To encourage the wide reading that is essential to intelli- gent and ...
... never before been printed as declamations . Nearly all of them , however , have been tested in prize - speaking contests and classroom work in Bowdoin College . To encourage the wide reading that is essential to intelli- gent and ...
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... never intended for this purpose . Such imperfect control of the breathing organs , since it sometimes allows the breath to come in spurts or more air to escape than can be vocalized , often makes the voice trembling , jerky , or wheezy ...
... never intended for this purpose . Such imperfect control of the breathing organs , since it sometimes allows the breath to come in spurts or more air to escape than can be vocalized , often makes the voice trembling , jerky , or wheezy ...
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... Never strike the lungs severely . 4. Inhale , and retain the breath , as in Exercise 1. Bend forward , letting some one pat you lightly , very lightly , upon the back ; exhale , expelling all the air at once . ( In speaking of exercises ...
... Never strike the lungs severely . 4. Inhale , and retain the breath , as in Exercise 1. Bend forward , letting some one pat you lightly , very lightly , upon the back ; exhale , expelling all the air at once . ( In speaking of exercises ...
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... never lost a word , and never did artist produce more pathetic effect . How ? By the perfection of hi articulation . ' " ' * without a voice . Good pronunciation involves ( 1 ) proper accentuation ( 2 ) correct articulation . Although ...
... never lost a word , and never did artist produce more pathetic effect . How ? By the perfection of hi articulation . ' " ' * without a voice . Good pronunciation involves ( 1 ) proper accentuation ( 2 ) correct articulation . Although ...
Página xxiv
... Never do we hear " beauty " pronounced " booty " , " few " , " foo " ; but so commonly is " duty " call dooty " , and new " , noo " , that we can say there is decided tendency in many parts of the country , especially New England , to ...
... Never do we hear " beauty " pronounced " booty " , " few " , " foo " ; but so commonly is " duty " call dooty " , and new " , noo " , that we can say there is decided tendency in many parts of the country , especially New England , to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln American arms army battle Ben Hur blood Born Boston brave breath Charles Sumner citizens civil Commodus Cuba Daniel Webster dark dead death died duty earth Edward Rowland Sill England expression eyes face faith father feet fire flag forever France freedom GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR give glory hand head hear heard heart heaven HENRY CABOT LODGE hills honor House human JOHN DAVIS LONG land Lawyer liberty light lips lives look Lord Mass Massachusetts Member of Congress mother nation never night Oxford County patriotism peace Poet President published Puritan race Republic Senator shouted side slave soldier soul sound speak speech Spoils System stand stars stood tell things thou thought tion to-day turned Union victory voice WILLIAM PIERCE FRYE words York
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Página 181 - You've fallen cold and dead. My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will; The ship is...
Página lv - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Página liv - SWEET and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea ! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me ; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon ; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon : Sleep, my little one, sleep,...
Página liii - Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Página lxxxi - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That in the course of justice none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Página 122 - Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the productions of our hands, and fail to keep in mind that we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labour and put brains and skill into the common occupations of life...
Página 122 - A ship lost at sea for many days suddenly sighted a friendly vessel. From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal: "Water, water; we die of thirst!" The answer from the friendly vessel at once came back: "Cast down your bucket where you are.
Página lv - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Página lvi - I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, Among my skimming swallows ; I make the netted sunbeams dance Against my sandy shallows. I murmur under moon and stars In brambly wildernesses ; I linger by my shingly bars ; I loiter round my cresses. And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Página lxxi - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong; I hear the Echoes through the mountains throng, The Winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity...