Comstock's Elocution, Enlarged

CONTENTS.

ELOCUTION.

Introduction.....

Preliminary Observations..

PAGE.

Elements of the English Language.

Classification of the Elements.....

The Vowels......

The Sub-vowels...

The Aspirates....

The Postures of the Mouth..

Defective Articulation..

Lisping

Stammering..

Pitch....

Keys of the Speaking Voice.

33

38

46

47

52

53

59

63

PART II.

GESTURE.

Gesture. ...

Postures of the Body

Postures unfavorable to Vocal Delivery.....

Postures favorable to Vocal Delivery.

69

70

71

Demonstrating on the Black-board...

71

Manner of holding the Book....

72

Notation of Gesture..

73

Positions of the Feet and Lower Limbs...

76

Positions, Motions, and Elevations of the Arms..

84

Postures and motions of the Hands.....

93

The head, the Eyes, the Shoulders, and the Body. 104

The Stroke and Time of Gesture...

105

The Classification of Gesture....

108

The Preparation, Transition, and Accompaniment of

Gesture....

... 113

The Frequency, Moderation, and Intermission of Gesture. 123

The Qualities of Gesture, and the Gesture suited to

different modes of Public Speaking...

125

Significant Gestures....

129

Complex Significant Gestures.

131

Grace...

147

Synoptical Arrangement of the Notation Letters.. 150

Application of the Notation Letters..

152

Question to be answered by the Pupil...

175

PRACTICAL ELOCUTION.

PART I.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION, PITCH, FORCE,

TIME, AND GESTURE.

Exercises in Articulation, Pitch, Force, Time, and

Gesture....

183

Table of the Elements of the English Language.

183

Emphasis Melodies....

188

Interrogative Sentences.

Method of Beating Time with the Dumb-Bells.

First Period of Gesture.

193

Second Period of Gesture.

Method of Teaching Declamation...

201

Speech of Satan to his Legions, with Gestures.

201

The Miser and Plutus, with Gestures...

208

PART II.

EXERCISES IN READING AND DECLAMATION.

An Address to a Young Student.

Knox. 372

Annabel Lee......

Edgar A. Poe. 440

Antony's Oration over Cæsar's Body. Shakspeare. 368

A Psalm from Life..

· Longfellow. 461

Apostrophe to Light....

Milton. 244

Apostrophe to the Queen of France.

Burke. 225

Barbara Frietchie....

.J. G. Whittier. 510

Battle of Hohenlinden..

Bingen on the Rhine..

Mrs. Norton, 508

Bridge of Sighs...

Hood. 502

Brutus's Oration on the Death of Cæsar... Shakspeare. 266

Charge of the Light Brigade. Alfred Tennyson. 419

Character of Pitt....

. Robertson. 302

Childe Harold's Address to the Ocean.

Declaration of Independence..

Jefferson. 322

Douglas's Account of Himself.

..Home. 320

Drifting.....

T. Buchanan Read. 524

Dying Christian to his Soul.... · Alexander Pope. 462

Edward and Warwick...

. From the French 337

Eegy Written in a Country Churchyard.... . Gray. 316

Evelyn Hope...

Robert Browning. 457

Excelsior...

H. W. Longfellow. 493

Extract from a supposed Speech of John Adamus, in

support of American Independence... Webster. 379

Extract from a Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq., Before

Lord Norbury, on an Indictment for High Treason... 381

Happy Freedom of the Man whom Grace makes Free.

Industry necessary to the Attainment of Eloquence.

Ware. 339

Invocation to the New Year...

Lament of the Irish Emigrant.

Differin. 532

Liberty and Union....

Ilebster. 499

Lines supposed to have been written by Alexander

Selkirk, during his solitary abode on the Island of
Juan Fernandez..

Couper. 195

.J. G. Ilhittier. 512

Meeting of Satin, Sin, and Death.

Wilton. 355

Milton on his Loss of Sight....

E. Lloyd. 421

Morning Hymn to Mount Blanc.

Colerilge. 562

Moses Smiting the Rock...

Van Vrankin. 342

Motives to the Practice of Gentleness..

Ode on the Passions...

. Collins. 276

Oh, why Should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud.... Kinox. 500

Ossian's Address to the Sun....

Parrhasius and Captive..

Ilillis. 427

Paper..

Franklin. 341

Paul's Defence Before King Agrippa

Testament, 397

Perpetual Adoration....

Moore. 310

Pitt's Reply to Walpole....

... Lord Chatham. 335

Reception of Columbus on his return to Spain. W. Irving. 365

Scene from Pizarro...

Kotzebue. 311

Schemes of Life often Illusory.

Dr. Johnson. 375

Scott and the Veteran....

Bayard Taylor. 505

Shamus O'Brien the Bold Boy of Glingall. A Tale of 98.

Sheridan Lefanor. 516

Sheridan's Ride...

T. Buchanan Read. 522

Sincerity..

Tillotson. 359

Skipper Treson's Ride..

.J. G. Whittier, 472

Softly Murmur....

.Philip Lawrence. 433

Spartacus to the Gladiators at Capua.... Elijah Kellogg. 410

Speech of Cicero Against Verres...

Cicero. 260

Speech of Lord Chatham..

Chatham. 241

Speech of Patrick Henry...

Patrick Henry. 275

Speech of Rolla....

.R. B. Sheridan. 221

Speech of Satan to his Legions

Milton. 217

Speech of Sergeant Buzfuz....

Dickens. 544

Speech of Satan, with Gestures.

Milton. 201

Tell's Address to the Mountains.

Drake and Halleck. 344

The Angels of Buena Vista,

.J. G. Whittier. 465

The Battle of Ivry..

Macaulay. 390

The Bells...

Edgar A. Poe. 490
The Black Regiment. Port Hudson, May 27, 1863.

Geo. H. Boker. 542

The Burial of Sir John Moore...

.H. W. Longfellow. 483

The Curse of Regulus.

Anon. 478

The Destruction of Senacherib.

Byron. 351

The Diver......

Schiller. 557

The Dream of Eugene Aram.

Thomas Hood. 443

The Drowned Mariner..

Mrs. Smith. 555

The Dying Gladiator..

.H. W. Longfellow. 494

The Frenchman and the Rats.

Anon. 393

The Ghost....

. Anon. 526

The Grave of Franklin...

Miss C. H. Waterman. 321

The Heavens and the Earth show the Glory and Wisdom

of their Creator...

Goldsmith. 298

The Herinit.....

Beattie. 236
The High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire (1571.)

Jean Ingelow. 450

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