 ... is, to select such pieces as will lead to the habit of expressing our own sentiments with unaffected interest. But what shall we think of the practice of mounting the stage and, in the character of Hannibal or Bonaparte addressing an army on the eve...  An Essay on the Expression of Passion in Oratory - Pagina 16door Henry Philip Tappan - 1848 - 18 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1848 - 780 pagina’s
...Hannibal or Bonaparte addressing an army on the eve of battle ; or in the character of Antony malcing a speech over the body of Caesar ; 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 cannot be action. No imagination... | |
 | 1848 - 786 pagina’s
...Hannibal or Bonaparte addressing an army on the eve of battle ; or in the character of Antony malcinga speech over the body of Caesar ; 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 cannot be action. No imagination... | |
 | 1848 - 792 pagina’s
...army on the eve of battle ; or in the character of Antony making a speech over the body of Cssar ; or in the character of Hamlet uttering a soliloquy...of satan making a speech to the fallen spirits in Pandemonium 1 If this were action it would not be oratory. But it cannot be action. No imagination... | |
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