"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional ExpressionJ. P. Burbank, 1878 - 243 pages |
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... king , thy power can give : Shorten my days thou can'st [ with sullen sorrow | 2 st And pluck nights from me , but not lend a morrow : Thou can'st help Time to furrow me [ with age , | །། But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage ; • Thy ...
... king , thy power can give : Shorten my days thou can'st [ with sullen sorrow | 2 st And pluck nights from me , but not lend a morrow : Thou can'st help Time to furrow me [ with age , | །། But stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage ; • Thy ...
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... king , with sorrow for my crown , Throned upon straw , and mantled with the wind , For Pity my own tears have made me blind , That I might never see my children's frown ; And may - be , madness , like a friend , has thrown A folded ...
... king , with sorrow for my crown , Throned upon straw , and mantled with the wind , For Pity my own tears have made me blind , That I might never see my children's frown ; And may - be , madness , like a friend , has thrown A folded ...
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... king , " are predicates to the subject " I " understood . Thus : " I am a poor old king . " " Poor " in connection with " King " is more emphatic than " old " as it involves opposition of ideas , while any king may be old . But each of ...
... king , " are predicates to the subject " I " understood . Thus : " I am a poor old king . " " Poor " in connection with " King " is more emphatic than " old " as it involves opposition of ideas , while any king may be old . But each of ...
Page 152
... King . ' ' 6 In the next sentence , the subject " I , " being without contrast , is unemphatic ; the word " once , " having no numerical force , but only the sense of ' formerly , ' is im- plied in have maintained " " royal state " is ...
... King . ' ' 6 In the next sentence , the subject " I , " being without contrast , is unemphatic ; the word " once , " having no numerical force , but only the sense of ' formerly , ' is im- plied in have maintained " " royal state " is ...
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... King's unhappy con- dition is summed up , as he had before stated it , the only word not fully involved in the preceding lines being " over- come . " " Foolish and blind and overcome with years . " III . REPETITIONS 32. The only ...
... King's unhappy con- dition is summed up , as he had before stated it , the only word not fully involved in the preceding lines being " over- come . " " Foolish and blind and overcome with years . " III . REPETITIONS 32. The only ...
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