An Essay Upon the Action of An Orator Or His Pronunciation And Gesture
An Essay Upon the Action of An Orator Or His Pronunciation And Gesture
Borton, Francis S., 1862-1929
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" O the vile wretch, (said he) what wickedness A crime unheard of yet, in all the world. Abominable woman ! hateful lust ! Ungovernable passion ! impudence Unparalell'd ! lasciviousness extreme Neither to stand in awe of God or man ! Did she relent, or tremble, ere the night Approach'd, and Hymen's flick'ring torch Led on her guilty footsteps to his door ? Or did her daughter's injur'd bed, or walls Of her apartment, drive her from the deed ! ! G4 To speak these words in ordinary style, Without... an elevation of the voice Were to deprive them of their elegance, And force — and hetter 'twere to say, In simple language, she was base and vile, To think of marrying her son-in-law. Because, in this plain statement, figureless. No passion is required, whilst the above Demands both grace and emphasis, to please. This mode of speaking, is the same in forms Of Invocal ion ; and especially When something more than common is the cause ; As when Demosthenes, so much admir'd In this particular, for Ctesiphon Exclaims aloud, " You have not fail'd herein No, Gentlemen, by all our a, ncestors Who fought and conquered at proud Marathon !
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