 If this were action it would not be oratory. But it cannot be action. No imagination is vivid enough for the performance. It is nothing more than a miserable, absurd, and ridiculous attempt at'imitation. If oratory cannot be gained in this way, why practice...  An Essay on the Expression of Passion in Oratory - Pagina 16door Henry Philip Tappan - 1848 - 18 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pagina’s
...uttering a soliloquy ; or in the character of satan making a speech to the fallen spirits in Pandaemonium 1 If this were action it would not be oratory. But...more than a miserable, absurd, and ridiculous attempt at'imitation. If oratory cannot be gained in this way, why practice it ? It is worse than no instruction... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pagina’s
...a soliloquy ; or in the character of satan making a speech to the fallen spirits in Pandaemonium ? If this were action it would not be oratory. But it...more than a miserable, absurd, and ridiculous attempt at'imitation. If oratory cannot be gained in this way, why practice it 1 It is worse than no instruction... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pagina’s
...a soliloquy ; or in the character of satan making a speech to the fallen spirits in Pandsemonium ? If this were action it would not be oratory. But it...more than a miserable, absurd, and ridiculous attempt at'imitation. If oratory cannot be gained in this way, why practice it 1 It is worse than no instruction... | |
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