| 单词 | declamation |
| 例句 | After the long, torchlit approach, walking straight into the gaze of the snarling deity, mysterious bellows reverberating off the stone, the oracular declamation from above must have been spine-chilling. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All three are talented stage actors and bring subtle shifts of emotion to even the stiffest declamations. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z In Part One, praising God as maker of "all things visible and invisible", the strings repeated an upward, galloping figure offset by snarling bassoons, fanfares of brass and voices united in declamation. L'heure espagnole/L'enfant et les sortilèges; BBC Prom 33 – review 2012-08-11T23:05:35Z Clear in declamation and clean and agile in coloratura, her voice lacked glamour and heat, qualities that are essential to this vivid and vital character. Music Review: ?Anna Bolena? ? Review 2011-10-23T23:41:09Z “Vocal lines flow from lyrical wistfulness to snappy declamations; dense big-band sonorities in the orchestra segue into lighter passages backed by a jazz rhythm section,” Mr. Tommasini wrote. The Met Will Stage Its First Opera by a Black Composer 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z But we, the audience, were lucky enough to get the chance to listen in on his declamations. Misreading Harold Bloom 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Some are pithy declamations he tweeted over the years. William Powhida, usually a force, has surprisingly thin show at Charlie James 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z But Lignadis and his troupe fully embrace declamation, which may sound a little forced to modern ears but highlights the text’s rhythmic power. ‘The Persians’ Review: Aeschylus’s Ancient Portrait of Defeat 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z As this druid high priestess, caught in a forbidden love triangle with a Roman soldier and a fellow priestess, Yoncheva can be forceful in declamation — the singing that’s more like speechifying. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z This is 12-tone music so effusive it’s downright populist, somewhat despite Sharp’s emotive declamation. Review | PostClassical Ensemble takes up new Cathedral residence with music of protest 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z His sound world is brooding, with grimly hovering drones, enhanced by electronic effects, under heated declamation. At This Summer’s Aix Festival, the Only Laughter Is Bitter 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The relationships between the characters are based mainly on sneering banter or hectic declamation—on comedy and camp. The Styleless Fakery of “Suicide Squad” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z All six singers in the program, clearly well schooled in the art of declamation by Mr. Christie, demonstrated admirable facility with the style. Music Review: ?Le Jardin de Monsieur Lully,? at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2011-09-26T21:49:55Z Though Mr. Hopkins’s words, as well as his possessions, are woven into this evening of song, dance, video and declamation, his daughter is not shy about making the leap from the individual to the cosmic. | 'The Truth: A Tragedy': Cynthia Hopkins Excavates Her Father?s Life 2010-05-14T04:08:00Z He is the American expression of what the Russians call a holy fool, a fleshing out of William Carlos Williams’s declamation, “The pure products of America go crazy.” “What a Pair of Lungs!”: Denis Johnson’s Ecstatic American Voice 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z I would say its challenges are its epic quality, its characterization, its hell-to-heaven aspects and its extreme, hyper-Romantic declamation, without which it just sounds constrained.” Garrick Ohlsson, Chopin Expert, Sets His Sights on Liszt 2012-01-13T16:22:33Z Both artists also put a premium on enunciating the German words with vivid declamation. Classical Recordings: Two CDs of Beethoven?s ?Fidelio,? From 1960 and Today 2011-10-02T02:55:23Z The highlight for me was his towering account of Schubert’s Sonata in A, in which gossamer passagework alternated with chiseled declamations. Review: Andras Schiff Turns Mischievous at Carnegie Hall 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z At Weill, it emerged with earth-rumbling intensity, as Tines wrapped his luscious voice around its punishing declamations with athletic fervor. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Because they told stories in verse, his poems — others include “The Song of Hiawatha” and “The Wreck of the Hesperus” — were popular recital pieces back in the day when dramatic declamation was a minor art. Review | Beloved, patriotic, sentimental: A look at the life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Clarinet, horn and viola fragments grew increasingly agitated in another of Dante’s texts, culminating in a dense outburst for the soprano’s apocalyptic declamation of “Now you can understand.” Review: A Dark, Haunting Work by Michael Hersch Gets a Premiere 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z After the funk declamations and punk exhibitionism of prior decades, music was representing a world that had turned inward. Yo La Tengo: Indie rock’s standard-bearer is still changing the formula, 30 years in 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z And I'm going to be an absolute taskmaster about getting proper declamation from the singers. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z In “The Supermarket,” staged at 3 p.m., the troupe paced through the aisles at Essex Street Market, delighting some shoppers and perplexing others, as Paul Pinto’s rapid-fire declamation emanated from the public-address system. Critic?s Notebook: Robert Ashley?s Legacy Assessed 2011-11-08T23:29:40Z The angular vocal lines, by contrast, hardly qualify, although they are effective in their declamation. Music: A Tortured Russian Poet's Twisted World 2011-04-05T13:30:06Z Falstaff’s declamations were magnificently delivered by the baritone Nicola Alaimo: In the first act the clarinets, bassoons, horns and trumpets joined with him in saluting his splendid belly. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z As for his singing, which extends from crooning to semi-operatic declamation, it is either gripping or overbearing, depending on your tolerance for fire-breathing harangues. Music Review: Mark Nadler Evokes Weimar Era at 54 Below 2012-10-10T22:06:43Z Where appropriate, she forsakes folk-balladry for rock declamation to convey intense emotions. Review: Stacy Sullivan Performs an Act of Remembrance 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z This is doubtless all there, but those contrasts barely register for the listener, who hears mostly bland declamation, with pretty moodiness simmering below. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Whitman then begins the prologue, singing in phrases that shift between stentorian declamations and plaintive passages. Review: The Opera ‘Crossing’ Shows Why Whitman Matters Today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Mention the war — and in France, “the war” always means ‘14-'18, not ‘39-'45 — and you will hear passionate declamations about generals, tactics, credit, blame, what might have been. 100 Years of Gratitude 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z His tenderest singing was reserved for a medley from “The Light in the Piazza,” which revealed his facility at semi-operatic declamation. Review: Matthew Morrison, in Concert, Goes Beyond Genres 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Applying his rangy voice and expressive acumen to Porter’s “Night and Day,” which he began in a hesitant, vulnerable croon that widened into passionate declamation, he sent chills down my spine. Music Review: ‘Tribute to Bobby Short’ at Lincoln Center 2013-05-16T19:53:55Z He has all the gifts and skills he needs, starting with a genuinely expressive voice that encompasses an ardent croon, a melting falsetto and quick, singsong declamation that puts him at the border of rapping. Review: Usher’s ‘Hard II Love’ Uses Regret as a Selling Point 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Piau sang with feeling, shining tone and livelier declamation than that of many English-speaking singers. Les Talens Lyriques ? review 2010-12-07T22:40:00Z Mr. Dudamel kept the scattered choral declamation and fitful orchestral stretches in sync, while making the episode seem utterly spontaneous. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Delivers a Seething ‘Otello’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The soprano line shifts from phrases of aching lyricism to chantlike declamations. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Their collaborations are stately, exalting her voice, moving from barely adorned declamation to the brawny solidarity of a march beat, with flickers of other styles. Seinabo Sey Unfurls Soul-Pop Vocals at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z But there’s not much room to move on the small Lab II platform stage, and the show defaults to rapid connivance and declamation. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Caesar’ and Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ miss big 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Compared to the Five’s preference for declamation over melody, Rubinstein’s conservative taste for tunes, ensembles, dances and identifiable arias makes “Demon” highly accessible. It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z That would be Rumer Willis, the 27-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, who refrained from the style of declamation that many pop singers nowadays adopt to demonstrate a bogus empathy. Review: Rumer Willis Poignantly Makes the Lyrics Her Own 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z But at other times he sounded uncomfortable in the louder passages forced on him by the thicker textures, and the instances of Sprechstimme — a stylized form of spoken declamation — were awkwardly rendered and crudely amplified. Schubert’s Chilly Winter Journey, Told Two Ways 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z The English songwriter and producer Sipho Ndhlovu revels in drama and desperation, with a voice that regularly leaps between grainy declamation and a tearful falsetto. Selena Gomez’s Boldly Revealing Ballad, and 9 More New Songs 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The beat heaves and erupts, the harmonies thicken and bristle with modern-jazz dissonance, and twin-guitar riffs slice crosswise against the dramatic declamation of the melody. The Playlist: David Bowie’s Unreleased Songs and a ‘Putin’ Satire 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Lippa not only wrote the words and music but also sang the title role in a fervent voice that maintained a secure balance between operatic declamation and Broadway informality. Music Review: Andrew Lippa's ‘I Am Harvey Milk’ 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Many qualities we esteem today — orchestrally accompanied recitatives, gripping declamation, colorful orchestration, a rich harmonic vocabulary — were greeted warily by a Parisian audience used to less overtly virtuosic music. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Bagby’s flexible baritone and idiosyncratic vocal style — a fluid blend of declamation and singing — suited the sermonlike spirit of these works. Music Review: Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia at the Morgan Library 2012-03-08T00:17:59Z Like most singers who rely on various degrees of declamation, Ms. Salonga was most appealing when she relaxed and sang a sweet, low-key rendition of “Someone to Watch Over Me,” accompanied by a single guitar. Music Review | Lea Salonga: Disney and ?Miss Saigon? at Caf? Carlyle 2010-03-15T06:09:00Z Many loved the lavish, tender attention to the clashing sensibilities — and declamations — of two drawling Southern archetypes. The TV Watch: ‘True Detective’ Finds Philosophical Answers by Season’s End 2014-03-10T04:11:00Z Her signature songs “The Rose,” “Wind Beneath My Wings,” and “From a Distance,” sung near the end of the show were heartfelt, full-out declamations. Review: Bette Midler Is Still Naughty and Bawdy, but Reflective, Too 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z As the orchestra roils, with restless spiraling figures, bursts of percussion and slashing brass, the characters asking the emperor for action intone their lines in stentorian, almost monotone declamations, enforced by a large chorus. Review: Rufus Wainwright’s ‘Hadrian’ Is a Step Forward, but Still Frustrating 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z A setting of Walt Whitman’s “Beginning My Studies,” as much declamation as song, it ends in understated ecstasy. New Juilliard Ensemble’s Focus! Festival Under Joel Sachs 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The language is neo-expressionist, with clusters featuring prominently, and vocal writing that ranges between speech and declamation and the most taxing coloratura. Reimann: Melusine 2010-08-19T21:30:00Z The other fine singers, each also heard in solo declamations, were Ryland Angel, countertenor; James Taylor, tenor; and Tyler Duncan, baritone. Review: Bach at St. Paul’s, and the Fictional Relative, P.D.Q., at Town Hall 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Rei’s declamations capture its pride and its lament, while the guitarist Marc Ribot builds a blazing, dystopian billow around her. The Playlist: Kamasi Washington Releases a Blast of ‘Truth’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The third movement is a scherzo featuring a dazzling vocal cadenza, from metallic throat singing to aggressive declamation. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW at Zankel Hall 2014-05-11T20:28:02Z The arc of the pharaoh’s reign is recounted in spoken passages by Zachary James, whose towering presence and booming declamations feel thrillingly neither of this time nor world. Review: The Met’s ‘Akhnaten’ Takes a Post-Grammys Victory Lap 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Those weaknesses included an intellectual superficiality and a passion for political declamation — “magpie sermonizing,” as Spitz calls it — that often rendered him boring to others, particularly his first wife, the actress Jane Wyman. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Nuance is not much favored in this age of declamation, of all or nothing, of presumption of guilt, of refusal to compromise. A Time of Unease and Challenge for Democracy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The opening credits of “Chariots of Fire” roll as a bunch of young runners progress in slow motion across a glum beach in Scotland, as a lazy, beat-backed tune rises to a magisterial declamation. Vangelis, the Greek ‘Chariots of Fire’ composer, dies at 79 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z The longer he enraptures them with his declamation, the longer he stays alive. Philippe Lacôte honors Ivory Coast's legacy of storytelling with 'Night of the Kings' 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z She sounded careful and deliberate at first, with a tone of declamation that underscored the size of her audience, the 800,000 present in person and the almost 30 million watching at home. Perspective | What made Amanda Gorman's poem so much better than other inaugural verse 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z There are artists who speak in pithy quips and those who give Mount Sinai-style declamations. Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction: 'I consider myself a late bloomer' 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Cooper-Jones did the right thing, setting an example of brave cordiality in an age of facile declamation. Opinion | ‘Let Freedom Ring’ From Georgia 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The histrionic gesture or declamation just wasn’t in him.” Opinion | On the anniversary of D-Day, a reminder of true leadership 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Writing on the Observer website, James Jorden called him “impressive” and said “he demonstrated absolute security in the part’s heavy declamation and a smooth legato in the character’s love scenes.” Tenor moves out of Anna Netrebko’s shadow 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Favourite track: Knobheads on Quiz Shows – an accurate and wryly observed declamation on the increase in crass stupidity, and how unembarrassed people are to be ignorant. Suede, Earl Sweatshirt and the Lovely Eggs: readers on their albums of 2018 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Such figures cast declamations of America’s greatness, and the politicians who make them, in a new light. Does inequality cause suicide, drug abuse and mental illness? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Ama is on the speech and debate team, and did declamation as a junior, where she read another person’s story. EXCHANGE: Survivor of coup wants to celebrate diversity 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Mr. ya Toivo’s declamation at the Pretoria courthouse where he was tried helped draw international attention to his — and the Namibian — cause. Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Namibian independence leader imprisoned with Nelson Mandela, dies at 92 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Indeed, it helps explain the unnerving fusillade of tweets, declamations, and policy announcements that we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks. Donald Trump Is the “TV Reality” President 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z When I was a schoolboy, I memorized the Gettysburg Address for a declamations competition. A Point of View: Who should sit in the House of Lords? - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z True, but only words, pretty enough for declamation class, but from a president who insists he must lead from behind, expensive at the price. PRUDEN: Dealing with mad dogs 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Declamation usurped the vacant place of argument in his speech, and the declamation became acrid. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Bonaventura’s declamations were in vain, and the struggle in the Order continued, until it ejected its stricter members as heretics, as we shall see when we come to consider the Spiritual Franciscans and the Fraticelli. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z But Swinburne seemed unconscious of it all, and whilst he paced up and down the room, pouring out bursts of passionate declamation, faint electric sparks played round the wavy masses of his luxuriant hair.... Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It was a quiet, thoughtful, searching sermon, without dogmatism and with no trace of declamation. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z This is rather declamation than narration, and those among the learned who value antiquity have found the art of realizing not the externals but the spirit of the past. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His last posts were those of librarian at the Industrial Museum and professor of declamation at the Conservatoire in Brussels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z All this seems ridiculous to us; but it had come straight down as an almost inviolable "classic tradition" from the ancient Greek drama, which had been more a series of declamations than a vital play. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z In these masterpieces of eloquent declamation, the building of houses was brought up to be tried according to Mr. Ruskin's self-constructed canons of æsthetic and architectural morality. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There were no attempts at oratory, no flights of rhetoric, no simulated passion, no declamation, but just earnest, lucid talk. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z I believe you were interested in my declamation. Edward Hoare, M.A. A record of his life based upon a brief autobiography 2012-03-28T02:00:25.040Z Himerius is more of a poet than a rhetorician, and his declamations are valuable as giving prose versions or even the actual words of lost poems by Greek lyric writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Nero’s was an evil nature, hypocritical, vain, frivolous, prodigiously given to declamation and display; a blending of false intellect, profound wickedness, cruel and artful egotism carried to an incredible degree of refinement and subtlety.... The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He maintained that poetical and musical declamation were subject to the same rules. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z The specious reasoning and showy declamations of a score of Alisons will never destroy these facts. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Others unpacked their hearts with words in tyrannicide declamations and imitations of Greek tragedy. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Other subjects of study were rhetoric, declamation, a modicum of history, and also logic, metaphysics, and ethics. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z In declamation he held rank among the best; but in mathematics there were several superior. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z Beethoven's playing was the most distinct and intelligible declamation, such, perhaps, as in the same high degree can only be studied in his works. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z The very title-page immediately carried off the first edition, and the acute reasoning, brilliant declamation, and classic style of this vigorous but immature production gave currency to three editions at the end of four months. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z After bringing forward, to our confusion, the declamation concerning bloodshed, Kautsky later on follows Marx and Engels in criticizing the indecision of the Commune. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z There is nothing in any modern declamation on the rights of men, or rights of women, that would make Aristotle ashamed of his Politica. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z I believe I made tolerable progress in most branches which I attended to while in this school; but there was one thing I could not do—I could not make a declamation. Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z There were none of those abrupt changes which the composer frequently admitted in some of his other works, with the view of giving a loftier flight to the declamation. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z Nor did he overlay the solid parts of his oratory with the lighter graces of declamation, nor smother them under a redundancy of poetical illustration. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z She missed the readings, the soft declamation of the musical voice; for, left more alone than ever, her mind brooded without distraction on the past and the tangled possibilities of the future. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z From pamphleteering he took to declamation, and, like many another, became convinced by his own discourse. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Again and again during the last six months, by brilliant declamations or by astounding statement, he had filled his court to the last inch. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The passage in A minor, which prepares the conclusion, demands, particularly in those parts where the violins answer the wind-instruments, little breaks of the time, which the subject and the declamation render indispensable. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z The declamation of Burke and the ambition of Napoleon had frightened the isle from its propriety. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z I had but little conception of his candor, was almost totally ignorant of his power to render the simple complex and the plain obscure by the mutilation of metaphor and the incoherence of inspired declamation. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z She sang last time a scene from Gluck's Alcestis, which was the finest piece of musical declamation, of a grandly tragic sort, that I can conceive. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Every long declamation was a duet, the prompter's rapid undertone charging along beneath the actor's voice like a horse beneath its rider. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z I regard the Stoic declamations on suicide as an instance of the latter sort. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z His speeches might be set down merely as rare specimens of elocution or declamation, but for one peculiarity. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Aphorism and declamation have, indeed, rarely been absent from the tragedy of any period or nation, but they were especially delightful to the taste of the Augustan era. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Rolling sentences, of the copybook, flowed out of him; declamations too vague to be understood were delivered with the vigor of a prophet. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The subjects were chiefly dogmatical; and if a moral theme was introduced, their sermons betrayed no knowledge of mankind: they were mostly common-place declamation, deficient in precision and just discrimination. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z On the other hand, there seems to have been more opportunity both for action and for oratorical declamation. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Here lies his strength; for a single apposite fact outweighs, with the mass of men, a whole volume of abstract reasoning or florid declamation. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Little of early aphorism, however, or of the later obscurity and confusion remains; these are replaced, sometimes indeed by a hackneyed declamation, but often by natural and fluent dialogue. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z For much of this declamation Rossini substituted singing; for endless monologues and dialogues supported by a few chords, concerted pieces connected and supported by a brilliant orchestral accompaniment. The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School 2012-01-11T03:00:28.790Z You overlook the worst corruption, the worst oppression, in your leaders if only they gild it with military fanfaronade and declamation about bravery and destiny and patriotism. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z When the party reached the great colonnades there were exclamations; there was even declamation, Mrs. Preston having been fitted by nature for that. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The declamations were obtained principally from a book called "The Kentucky Preceptor," which volume Mrs. Crawford gave me as a souvenir of my visit. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Rowe's declamations and laments, immeasurably inferior in all respects, differ essentially from Racine's in that they fail to disclose psychological moments and emotional crises. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z He will not finish without some lofty declamation which may be the culminating splendour of the effort. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z He made progress in the arts of dancing, singing, declamation, and fencing, and even in those days he became familiar with the creations of Shakespeare. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z Mrs. Preston had a deep rich voice, and slow enunciation; her simplest sentences, therefore, often took on the tone of declamation, and when she held forth at any length, it was like a Gregorian chant. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z The exercises consisted of the varieties offered at this day at the average seminary or school—declamations and dialogues or debates. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Given a theme that had a current theatrical interest, and Massinger's declamation and Fletcher's pathos came nimbly to the task, and almost at their very best. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z These ancient histories, no doubt, furnish ample matter for declamation. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z It was a chant rather than a declamation. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z We shall not attempt to reply to these declamations by any counter declamation. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z On the other hand, public opinion—so-called—misled by the wild declamations of an irreconcilable press, never succeeded in formulating against us more than the vague charges devised by Jacobin novelists. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z In "The Fair Penitent," the wife and Lothario are having a final meeting, or declamation contest, on the day after the wedding. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z One noteworthy point, however, in his declamation against the Minister, is that he paid vindictive attention to Walpole's practice of dismissing and cashiering his opponents, by which he had himself suffered. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Without being a musician, he had a great appreciation of the fitness of music to its subjects, and was an unfailing judge of musical declamation. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z My mother bent her stormy brows upon me—upon the sixth finger of her maternal hands—and broke into the following declamation. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The declamation is founded throughout upon the natural inflections of the voice in speaking—it is, indeed, virtually an electrified and height-171-ened form of speech. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z The declamation sometimes shows Dryden at his best, the bombast and horrors are in Lee's worst vein. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z For the first time he appears, not as the fierce hero of declamation and invective, but as the dexterous official diplomatist, coaxing and reassuring. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Out of his “horror of publicity,” as he said, he committed it to Merivale for declamation in the Senate House. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Whether Gozzi writes their lines or only indicates a theme for their impromptu declamation, he shows himself in perfect sympathy with an intelligent and practised group of actors. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It was as we topped the ultimate ridge that, through the deafening declamations of the wind, I heard, faint as a bar of fairy music, distant harmonies as of hounds running. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z There is little characterization, much political moralizing, which delighted Sidney, and an abundance of long declamations, about eight hundred lines, nearly half of the play, being comprised in ten speeches. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Pitt, 'in one of his finest florid declamations,' seconded the motion for an army of 34,263 men, which was an augmentation of 15,000 men. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Joachim’s setting of Merlin’s song in “The Coming of Arthur” was an especial favourite of his, as both in atmosphere and in declamation it exactly fulfilled the intention of his verse. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Trumbull denominated the challenge "a bald clap-trap declamation and nothing else." The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z This would be a new theme of declamation for malcontents. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Apart from these spectacular elements, it is obvious that the characterization and declamation, in fact the very structure of the plays, were designed to supply full opportunity for the acting of Edward Alleyn. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Many went to hear the prairie orator, expecting to be entertained with noisy declamation, extravagant and verbose, and with plenty of amusing stories. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z It was apparently a small point, but it was this insisting on perfection of detail which made him the most valuable teacher of accurate declamation that it was possible for a composer to learn from. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z It is difficult for me to speak of it without impatience; but declamation which is well enough on the rostrum is not tolerable in conversation, so I shall not give way to it. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z His declamations or set speeches are commonly cold and weak.' Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Moreover, these lifeless and undramatic mixtures of rhetorical verbiage, melodramatic situations, and endless declamations had the advantage of being easy to imitate. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The Contre un is a kind of prize essay, full of empty declamation borrowed from the ancients, and showing no grasp of the practical conditions of politics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z The clue to Tennyson’s great critical power in declamation was obvious to any one who heard him recite his own work. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Cogency of argument is almost invariably lost in the vehemence of declamation and in the utterance of unmeaning patter. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z But this is a piece of simple and vigorous declamation; very fine, no doubt, but rather rhetoric than poetry. Reminiscences Of Charles Bradlaugh 2011-10-12T02:00:50.990Z Comic scenes were freely interspersed to enliven the tedium of royal declamations, and in these lay the possibility of the combination of history and comedy in the Falstaff plays. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z There appears also the grandiose and smooth but stilted declamation which came rather from the imitation of Seneca than of Sophocles, and the tradition of which was never to be lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z His ardent love of humanity, and his hatred of every sort of tyranny, have induced him to take up in England the defence of the French revolution, against the amphigorical declamation of Mr. Burke. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The closing day of school was duly celebrated by declamations, debates and dialogues. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z You say that you would like me to teach you the art of declamation, of which you stand in need. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z The play combines love intrigues, as absurd as those usual in contemporary plays, with lucid declamation and aphoristic moralizing. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z Bonaparte combines the declamation of a Cicero with the soul-stirring philippicks of a Demosthenes; he appeals to the head and the heart, to honour and to self-interest, at the same time. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z The loudest declamation, and the deepest uttered anathemas against the natives, were in an instant checked. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z The polemist appeals too apparently to his readers while the opening pages approach a declamation. A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh 2011-09-24T02:00:14.813Z Do you remember being at any examination in Wilbraham, when I took the prize in composition, or rather declamation? Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z There is a notable absence of the merely sonorous, the turgid declamation, the mouthing of strange words, and an absence of over-crowding thought or fancy. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The rest of the morning passed in gentle, but interesting conversation, between the two young females; or in animated theatrical discussions, strictures, and declamation, with the young peer. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z To appreciate the force of our conjunction, the reader should compare his military lyrics with Mr. Whitman's declamations. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z With the second half of the century we enter on a new period, in which expression and musical declamation perish. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z Which course is a very convenient one when you meet with an awkward opponent whom you cannot silence by sentiment and declamation. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z At its best in sustained declamation, it often descends to a tone approaching prose and rarely rises to the more stirring or impelling emotions. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z The declamation becomes more melodic, though still unrhythmical, and is accompanied by a rapid and passionate tremolo of violins and viols. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Here was another scene of passionate effusion, and lovers' raptures and declamations, but only murmured, lest the ears of listeners should be busy. In a Glass Darkly, v. 2/3 2011-08-25T02:00:31.597Z For the stately declamation, the sonorous, and beyond a doubt impressive, chant of Quin and his fellows, Garrick substituted rapid changes of passion and humour in both voice and gesture, which held his audiences spellbound. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z With honest warmth Chalmers remarks, that “the records and the facts laugh at Robertson’s false dates and frothy declamation.” Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z But the declamation with which this was urged appeared to him to be the language of passion. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 2011-08-13T02:00:20.940Z My revered mother," said Meta, with a most grave inclination of the head, and with a slight pomp of declamation, "your will is law. Papers from Overlook-House 2011-08-07T02:00:08.643Z Johnson himself put down all this declamation as part of the cant from which we ought to clear our minds. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z Conversation, declamation, calisthenics, singing, and similar exercises should be engaged in, in order to assist in overcoming habits of timidity or diffidence, and to give increased power and flexibility to the vocal organs. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z King James concludes his Counterblaste in the following piece of declamation. Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z It may appear somewhat singular that the greatest orator of modern times should have evinced in his boyhood the strongest antipathy to public declamation. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z But, on the other hand, when the inspiration forsakes her, she drifts along on a windy current of words, the fatal facility of her pen often beguiling the writer into vague diffuseness and unsubstantial declamation. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z He kept equally clear of acting and of declamation. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z He is not, as a rule, much of an orator himself, and fluent and fervid declamation sooner makes a fool of him than it does of the rest of the community. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z I continue the study of French with my mother, using Fasquelle's Grammar and reading a pretty story called "Le Petit Robinson de Paris," besides having lessons in English composition, geography, history, declamation, music, and drawing. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z Moreover, the Greeks did the same thing in the interpretation of their hymns, alternating the chant with declamation. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z I had never before attempted to make an after-dinner speech, and I was as self-conscious as a schoolboy on the occasion of his first declamation before an outside audience. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Fine declamation was to him what painting is to an artist, or melody to the musician, it was a passion, and nerved him for effort. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z A Latin scholar of the highest order, avoiding in his compositions a tendency to declamation, he developed a stateliness of phrase which was marked by clearness and simplicity. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z All declamations of later theologians about the inspiration and the authority of the Bible count for nothing compared with this testimony. The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation 2011-07-06T02:00:51.053Z The Whig use appeared to be lost and gloomy forebodings and grumblings of discontent took the place of declamation and heroics. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z But oratory, as the term was then understood, denoted much more than the art of declamation. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z There also lived here a "Doctor" Harrison, more famous for his effrontery and obtrusive declamation than for his medical learning or skill. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Book II. opens with a renewed declamation on the power and glory of love, and the relative unimportance of the wars and catastrophes of history. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z His father had given him permission to order a dress suit for the occasion of prize declamation, and Stacey besieged his tailor until he agreed to have it done in time for Mrs. Roseveldt’s reception. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z We must become intimate with men to sound even the depths of superficial follies, and declamation may even fall short in the conception of some enormous criminal. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z A simple declamation rightly accented is certainly preferable to stunning accompaniments; but to music must be left its character, and its defects and advantages must not be taken away from it. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Once on the road, Jones found means to gradually launch the Doctor into the field of general declamation. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Remenyi, too, shared my rooms, and often kept me up at night by his loud and passionate declamations on the subject of Hungarian independence, and of liberty generally. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Some one was saying you meant to invite her to the declamations. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z After a concession of this nature, all declamation must be abandoned; and a calm inquiry into the proper degree of court influence and parliamentary dependence would have been expected by the readers. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z I do not in the least admit that famous definition of song:—a noted declamation. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Having," says the Times, "to deal with a personage whose character was any thing but perfection, Mr. Thackeray started with a good-humored declamation against perfection in general. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z The question is, naturally, was Strindberg sincere in the fanatical insurgency of his earlier period, or was his attitude merely a theatrical pose and his social enthusiasm a ranting declamation? Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z The cadets’ prize declamation came before our graduation, and we all attended the exercises. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z If an author possess the talent of rhetoric and declamation, he commonly takes part with the former: if his turn lie towards irony and ridicule, he naturally throws himself into the other extreme. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z He set forth his project in a professional way in sober, precise words, so different from the Pyatical declamations, that the Council believed it beheld a man and was charmed. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z It need not be expressed in silent words or oral declamation. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z The chief dangers of the speaker are unnaturalness, declamation, extravagance, and crude methods of emphasis, such especially as over-emphasis. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z But Ricos was not in the barracks, and Buttertub, thankful for a little postponement of the evil day, went into the great hall to practice his declamation. Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z The very pillars of the Church seem to be shaken by their audacious boldness of declamation against it. Corianton A Nephite Story 2011-04-28T02:00:14.830Z She next opened a letter that roused her to vigorous declamation. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z But fact is wanted instead of theory, demonstration rather than declamation, and, in place of a platitude, a plan. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Mr. Lowell has called it "government by declamation." Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z His voice sank into a faint hoarse murmur that was more significant than any declamation, but Appleby, who had his own score against Morales, said nothing. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z He invented a new kind of entertainment, consisting of music, songs, and public declamations, which he wrote, sang, composed, and performed himself, and by this means succeeded in amusing the public for twenty years. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z After a soliloquy for Don Gomez, offering some fine opportunities for declamation, Anne Boleyn appears, with the ladies of the Court, who offer her flowers. Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z Still the writer's energy is felt in massive paragraphs of powerful declamation. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z The applause, again renewed, had again subsided, and the hum of conversation replaced the crash of the noisy orchestra, the warbling of Duprez, and the passionate declamation of Madame Stolz. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z On the phone, Brown insisted that her declamation had little to do with gender. Katie Couric leaving anchor post at CBS News 2011-04-04T12:52:00Z The declamation was thus not a musical song, but a recitation subject to the direction of a noted melody. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Many of his precepts, indeed, extended to rhetoric and declamation, the arts, of all others, in which the Romans were most anxious to be initiated. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z What do the following topics suggest to you concerning the boyhood experiences of Daniel Webster; Daniel and the old English soldier and sailor; Daniel's reading habits; his power as a reader; his deficiency in declamation? American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it—they cannot reach it. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The new form consisted in this, says M. Hignard in his preface to the score: in the vocal part of his work he interpolates declamation, replacing the recitatives, and fully backed by the orchestra. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z The art of framing the declamation of dramatic pieces was, he informs us, the object of a particular study, and indeed profession, at Rome. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z These rhetorical declamations, which were composed about the time of the battle of Munda, were intended as an answer to the laudatory work of Cicero, called Laus Catonis. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Such is the true merit, the great good of theatrical representation, which can never be effected by the cold declamation of an orator paid to tire an audience for an hour. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z At times, her recitations and declamations, wholly from memory, were exceptionally fine, and, but for her two ruling passions, she might have been an actress of a high rank. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z But please, as you are good, bring not upon me any further declamation of the unhappy Moor! The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z It is, however, with the second class of episodes—with declamations against luxury and vice—reflections on the beauty of virtue—and the delights of rural retirement, that Lucretius hath chiefly gemmed his verses. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He frequently glanced at the luxury of the Consuls themselves, and forced them at length, by his eloquence and sarcastic declamation, to relinquish their scheme of domestic retrenchment. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z If a heretic was stained with such a crime, with what pleasure would all historians turn their boasting against him; with what colors would they paint him in the pulpits and college declamations! A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Her language and manners at times showed that she had once been a member of good society, while her reading and declamations from Shakespeare and other poets gave evidence of great natural talents. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z In the hush and the dusk of this strange place, and the monotonous declamation of phrases that conveyed no meaning to him, Miles set himself deliberately to think. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The movements suited to theatrical declamation were subdivided into three different sorts. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Did you consider, that abuse, is no argument, declamation, no evidence, accusation, no verdict? Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z We listen to musical declamation from the scenes of Quinault with the ears of Lulli, and to the airs and accompaniments with those of Rameau. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z To people across the border, accustomed to political declamation, it was a matter of amazement that their most brilliant men should be completely eclipsed. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z I have noticed over and over again, that the newspapers loudest in their declamations against duelling, are the first to fling “coward” in the teeth of him who refuses to fight. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Nearly a third part of Dubos’ once celebrated work on Poetry and Painting, is occupied with the theatric declamation of the Roman actors. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He ends each daily declamation with: “And that’s just the way it is!” Forget Having the Last Word; This Texan Always Wants the First 2011-03-19T00:50:12Z The discussions were a blending of pedantic declamation and phosphoric denunciation. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z They correspond to vocal accents in reading aloud, or in declamation. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z This official indulged in "menacing and formidable shouts and declamation" whereby the demons or evil spirits with which the candidate was supposed to be afflicted were to be driven away. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Tragic declamation was graver and more harmonious than comic, but even the comic was more musical and varied than the pronunciation used in ordinary conversation626. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z It is only in plays and novels that confessions of love are matters of impassioned declamation or witty dialogue. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z This patriotic declamation was received with "tremendous applause." Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Even his imagination worked more powerfully, and his perceptions of physical circumstance became keener and truer, under the influence of polemical rage, the pursuit of terse maxim, or the passion for sonorous declamation. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z His querulous declamations against women in general, had neither cause nor excuse; and his complaints of infidelity and coldness are equally without foundation. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z The whole system, however, of noted declamation, is denied by Duclos and Racine, who think it impossible that accentuated tones of passion could be devised or employed627. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Never tries to ride down a political opponent by declamation, but coolly argues the point of difference. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z The joyous energy of his declamation, the no less eager volume of sound that arose from the congregation, atoned for any deficiencies of meter or rhyme. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The tragedy that was now in favour, however, was no longer the old English tragedy of rich and complex materials, but the French tragedy of heroic declamation. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z To give effect to their opinion they devised a method of setting music to declamation, the earliest form of recitative. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The sixth to declamation, singing, or culture of the vocal organs, in general and special ways. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z He is listened to with patience, and replied to with decorum, even in his most arrogant declamations, in the halls of Congress. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z I shall not content myself with mere declamation, as you will find, sir. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z With a definite object and plan, much might be done; but mere declamation against the evil does little good. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z The narrator made a long pause, either to draw breath after such a declamation, or to give time for his companion to indulge his astonishment. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z Thus it was only by absorbing attention in the effort to produce a very sensational order of declamation that I could perform the task undertaken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Scour the bleak Alps, that so you may—catch the fancy of schoolboys, and become a theme for declamation! Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z The apparent earnestness of the manner did not exactly consort with a certain pomposity of enunciation and an over-exactness in the tone of the declamation. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z When he was but fourteen he was required to produce daily a short Latin declamation and to keep a written record of the perennial flow of his father's Latin verse. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Sometimes he indulged in declamation, for he was rather proud of the fact that he had learned something of this art from the great Talma. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z In time the schools of the grammatici, teaching grammar and literature, were supplemented by schools of rhetoric and philosophy, though the philosophy taught in them was itself little more than rhetorical declamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z He sang always to his own accompaniment, and the performance by all accounts approached declamation rather than ordinary song. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z The common exclamation of delight that followed this declamation, sounded in my ears like a knell, for I knew it must be succeeded by a disappointment exactly proportioned to the present hopes. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The figure and the fact were incongruous, but the effect of the declamation was not. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z He followed the stream of people, and found it a hall or school of declamation, in which professors read lectures to their auditory. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z We have had declamation and preaching against the law of God. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z Vice President Biden took the time to add his own weighty declamation of the tone-deaf Congressman. Obama Faces Oil-Spill Crisis, Juggles Long-Term Agenda 2010-06-21T08:00:00Z What renders this assumption as absurd as it is presuming, is the well-known fact that it comes from those who have ever been loudest in their declamations of a union between church and state! The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z It furnished accordingly, from an early period, a fruitful theme of declamation to the clergy, in their invectives against the pomp and vanities of the world. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies “His style of preaching is not declamation,” says the writer. Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life They have the ring of Roman oratory, as it is heard in the animated declamation of Livy, and sometimes seem to anticipate the reserved force and ‘imperial brevity’ of Tacitus. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil You will have scope for argument, feeling, declamation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 I have no faith in outspoken resolves of wordy declamation: not sure of ourselves, we fortify our weak resolutions through the ear and the eye, by spoken and written adjurations, and promises of amendment. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 The farmer swore against him mighty oaths, and directed against himself a part of the objurgatory declamation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 These bickerings of opposite parties, and their mutual reproaches, their declamations, their sing-song, their triumphs and defiances, their dismals and prophecies, are all delusion. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams He is expressing what was probably Petronius’s own judgment, as it was that of Tacitus,753 as to the evil effects of school declamation on musty or frivolous subjects. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius The extant works of Aristides consist of two small rhetorical treatises and fifty-five declamations, some not really speeches at all. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Although he did not tempt the giddy height of declamation Mr. Taylor knew where and when to speak, what to say and how to vote—the highest qualifications of a legislator. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Many years must yet pass, many powers must concur, to recruit, to drill, to marshal a new body of Jesuits, capable of achieving the mischief, which your virulent declamation imputes to their predecessors. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion Mobs are the trite topic of declamation and invective among all the ministerial people far and near. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The triumphs of conventional declamation before fashionable audiences lost their glamour. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius So it went on, to the end of the declamation. Glories of Spain Michael read Don Quixote again on account of Dulcinea del Toboso, and he was greatly moved by the knight's apostrophes and declamations. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The declamations of schoolboys are no doubt pretty to listen to, but they may lead as you see to awkward consequences. Barbarossa and Other Tales There were no traces of mere declamation, of complaining or accusing. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II A short siesta, a walk, declamation in Greek and Latin, after the habit of Cicero, gymnastic exercise, and the bath, filled the space till dinner time arrived. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Because with all my good qualifications, especially for declamation, I am not only a born actor but also a born German, which, I admit, sounds like a very palpable paradox. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. The press, the pulpit, the rostrum of the North are clamorous with declamation against us and our institutions. The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South Here high-sounding phrases and empty declamation do not avail. The Progressionists, and Angela. It was only when Traynor, mastering the difficulty that had so long opposed him, broke out into an enthusiastic declamation of the text that Massy, unable to control the impulse, laughed aloud. The Fortunes Of Glencore But there was a foundation of truth under the declamation of Juvenal. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But nothing can be inferred from this declamation, except, perhaps, that he did not know whether Menander still existed or not. �n. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 This incommunicable gift supplies an element of sincerity to Chateaubriand’s writings which goes far to redeem the artificial effect of his calculated sophistry and set declamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Although a Greek, he always used Latin in his declamations, and, although he was sometimes at a loss for Latin words, he never suffered from lack of ideas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The threats of that French agitator against Germany have no more historical value than the declamation of Victor Hugo during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. A Defence of the Hessians He is immensely proud of its subtlety and point, and the sweep of its indignant or pathetic declamation, and he is not unwilling to believe his legal friends who compared it with the De Corona! Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Consequently, he gives us rather a verbose declamation against their philosophy than any clear view of its character. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 I noticed a trifle of hardness and monotony in her declamation, and some other defects which could be remedied. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Numerous specimens of his declamations will be found in the works of Seneca the rhetorician. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" There was not a shadow of declamation in his reading. Fragments of an Autobiography We can well believe the report that his early literary enthusiasm found vent in declamation on those mythical or frivolous themes which exercised the youth in the Roman schools for many centuries. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Cosy held the second rank in declamation, so Simpsy's sore throat gave him an opportunity to be heard. Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 He listened patiently all through the tedious declamation, praised certain passages of the comedy, and said he thought the chief objection to it was its prodigious length. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second When the Trilogy was produced at Bayreuth, in 1876, he played the part of Loge, and was highly praised for his admirable declamation and fine acting. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Iago is a subtler, colder fiend than Zanga, and indulges more in sneers and in smut than in declamation. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes This may be due, perhaps, to a distrust of his artificial declamation, and that falsetto note which he too often strikes even in his most serious moments. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Not without reason," began he his declamation, "is this wicked old woman named Sibylla. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle In the former we have seen strong assertions without proof, declamation without argument, and violent censures without dignity or moderation, but neither correctness in the composition, nor judgment in the design. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence There could be no mistaking the menace in his terse, guttural declamation. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois His fervid declamation about equality and brotherhood, and his sentimental republicanism, were seed as well suited to the soil in which they were sown as Montesquieu's reasoned constitutionalism was unsuited to it. A Short History of French Literature There is more moral sentiment, more old Roman feeling, in the declamation of Juvenal than in the cold artistic scorn of the Satiricon; there is also more personal and class feeling. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Here everything brilliant was cherished, everything which caught public attention: Latin declamation and disputation, poetry, the comedy of the schools, sophistical philosophy and bombastical oratory, in short all empty show which impressed the ignorant. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Having surrendered the fact, she indulged in declamation, and the world laughed at her folly. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence Genet, he writes, instantly took up the subject in a very high tone, and went into an immense field of declamation and complaint. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He also wrote a book on Les Femmes, a subject which he treated, as he did most things, with seriousness, and with a mixture of declamation and sentimentality. A Short History of French Literature In 1815 there lived in Barbados a free coloured man named Washington Franklin, who, like many negroes, was possessed of a good memory and a great power of declamation. The West Indies and the Spanish Main In their hands Italian tragedy upon the whole adhered to its love of strong situations and passionate declamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" The recitation of these iambics may already have nearly approached to theatrical declamation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" We were not less prepared for the furious declamation of that professor of universal justice and protector of the rights of neutral nations—the French Emperor. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 The tone of sombre and impressive declamation had been to some extent anticipated by Du Bartas, but chiefly for purposes of description. A Short History of French Literature Self-government is a beautiful subject for oratorical declamation. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses We have abundance of vague declamations against shams in high places, plenty of talk about God's judgments, in the style of the Hebrew prophets, but of patient diagnosis, there is none. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series But in declamation, dialogue and lyric passage, in gesticulation and movement, he had to avoid the least violation of the general harmony of the performance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" His voice is apparently wholly unavailable for purposes of declamation. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. But this itself was in great part the effect of reaction against the vague declamation of the philosophes. A Short History of French Literature But we shall find abundance of patriotic declamation, cutting invective, and querulous complaint. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 Her eyes had opened somewhat, as I had delivered myself of the above rather lame declamation. A Frontier Mystery Eloquence was deemed the grand exponent of intellect; and next after the splendid oratory of the Constituent came the declamation of the drama. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier It is fair to add that Mr. Irving is here at his worst, the scene offering him his most sustained and exacting piece of declamation. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. In the Paroles d'un Croyant the style is altogether apocalyptic in its mystic and broken declamation, full of colour, energy, and vague impressiveness, but entirely wanting in order, lucidity, and arrangement. A Short History of French Literature The magic of the old romances, which could make the most withered, deformed hag, appear as the most beautiful virgin, is every day verified in popular declamation. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem The woods would ring with their 'exercises' and strenuous declamation, and I presume it is the same to-day. The Book of Courage The declamation to be delivered by a youth of consummate genius—the action to be enunciated by a Signorina of esteemed merit. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," said: "Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull tone and a rhetorical declamation. Methods of Authors In such works with the greatest variety of characters, there is a convincing truth of declamation that is unsurpassed. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 The elections come and go with their fury of previous declamation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 His instances from Roman story were directed against this special failing, and were not general declamations on the virtue of Roman matrons and Gracchus' mother. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The splendid declamation of Camille, and the excellent part of the elder Horace, do not altogether atone for these defects. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The other, calm and firm, answered nothing; he let him continue his declamation, threats, and violent gestures; he only looked at his feet. Priests, Women, and Families It is the declamation, when the model is alive or sensate; it is the tone, when the model is insensate. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 His declamation is fresh, vigorous, and almost always even. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 This too is declamation; it loses sight of history. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 Especially in his later plays a verse and a couplet will crash out with fulgurous brilliancy, and then be succeeded by pages of very second-rate declamation or argument. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The following anecdote of President Roosevelt's youth is being told in England: When Roosevelt was a student at Harvard he was required to recite a poem in public declamation. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 The stronger and the more genuine is this declamation, this model of song, the more numerous the points at which the accompanying music intersects it, the more beautiful will it be. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, on the 7th of February, 1854, but was brought up in Ireland, where he won a medal at school for his proficiency in declamation. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 This is declamation with which history will have nothing to do. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 You may even yet live long enough to profit by my Fool's style of declamation. The Reluctant Weapon The beauty of her face, her figure, her voice, her declamation—everything foreshadowed a perfect actress. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun You will see that the line of the melody exactly coincides with the line of declamation. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Of course, at times there is a rude eloquence on his lips, or, rather, a fluent declamation, which the mob around takes for such. The London Pulpit I know all the hackneyed declamations about wrongs and slavery that are in vogue; and I know, too, how timidly they shrink from every enterprise by which their cause might be honorably, boldly asserted. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I A few examples of glaring impiety," said he, "may furnish more subject for declamation, but are not near so deadly a symptom. Coelebs In Search of a Wife He was a capital mimic, too, and daring as well, and it was not long before he began to "take off" those around him, which his comrades enjoyed even more than his declamations. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign The declamation must be regarded as a line, and the music as another line which twines about it. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 He even dropped into poetry in his tearful earnestness, quoting the school boy's declamation from Marco Bozarris: Strike, till the last armed foe expires; Strike, for your altars and your fires! The Struggle for Missouri By this time the assemblage on shore became aware that visitors were approaching, and the declamation ceased. A Prince of Good Fellows His whole performance is distinguished by a grave and majestic simplicity, as far removed from the careless reader of a common story, as from the declamation of an actor. Coelebs In Search of a Wife His passion for declamation pleased officers and men. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Despite the decrees of councils, the bulls of the Pope, and the declamations of the Clergy, this ridiculous fashion was in vogue near three centuries. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries The sustained and fiery declamation of Fox was equally beyond his range. Studies in Contemporary Biography The declamations, which are in many cases accompanied by explanatory commentaries, chiefly consist of panegyrics, funeral orations and the stock themes of the rhetorical schools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" These arguments were frequently accompanied by declamation and exhortation. History of the Constitutions of Iowa Nowise duped by official declamations, Eastman declares that this war is not a war for democracy. The Forerunners These opinions are themselves weighed against one another, but their value is not determined by dogmas, or phrases, or declamations, but simply by facts. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The idea is good, and if expressed in a line or two, might have been poetry—spread out into nine or ten lines, it yields but a languid and ostentatious declamation. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century A number of his declamations and descriptive treatises have been preserved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" The unimpassioned German, who had no taste for ideas released from controlling fact, took little pleasure in the impetuous declamation of the Breton, and afterwards pronounced him inferior to Loyson. The History of Freedom There has been a great deal of pretentious declamation about the poetry and beauty of the ocean. History of Morgan's Cavalry She never makes great things small by declamation; she prefers to make small things great by insinuation. Pot-Boilers Judge Garvey unfolded his arms, fell back a step, and dropped easily into the sonorous declamation that made the stalwart Judge no inconspicuous figure on the floor of the Legislature. Stories by American Authors, Volume 9 The wealth of gorgeous imagery was dazzling; the declamation imparted to it the eloquence of an earlier day, and the lofty thought and moral purpose were peculiarly the author's own. Home Life of Great Authors No one is more unimpressible to a specious declamation: no one relishes a recondite beauty more. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature There is no apology for the king, nor any declamation for the subject. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The versification is easy and natural; the dialogue abounds in wit and comic humor; it is short and quick, with none of those tedious declamations which weary and unsettle the attention of an audience. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 And in doing this, neither prejudice nor declamation has entered. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times These two poems—the "River Fight" and the "Bay Fight"—are better adapted for public reading and declamation than almost any in our literature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 The Rambler is a splendid and imposing common-place-book of general topics, and rhetorical declamation on the conduct and business of human life. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature “Come, what are you going to give me in exchange,” she continued, “for my excellent declamation?” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The science of this arrangement has made it the subject of much enthusiastic declamation among the Gothic architects, almost as unreasonable, in some respects, as the declamation of the Renaissance architects respecting Greek structure. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Our Juvenal, who, whatever might be the vehemence of his declamation, reflected always those opinions which floated about him, has drawn a full-length figure. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors How it would have astonished those gifted leader-writers if they could have walked past, overheard me, and recognised in my halting, drowsy declamation their own well-rounded periods! The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Practice in declamation accomplishes, as a general thing, very little in this direction. Pedagogics as a System But in their lyrical declamation there is a grandeur and breadth of style, and a tragic depth of passion, far beyond that of any other musical performers I have known. Records of Later Life The good man declaims, but makes no real attempt to prove the truth of his declamation, or to anticipate the mental difficulties into which his statements may lead the hearer. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching “And instead of rhetoric and declamation teach economy in words; show the pupils by illustration and example how much better they look when their mouths are not open.” The Pines of Lory The third movement, entitled Recitative-Fantasia, is notable for its long declamations for the violin alone, and for its introduction of a theme from the preceding movement and of one to be repeated in the Finale. Music: An Art and a Language I broke out suddenly with some declamation I do not remember. Shirley The sick girl started, opened wide her eyes, threw up her arms, and began in weird, passionate tones, as if it were a stage declamation. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart One must be governed by the declamation, and not by the written note indicating a long or short duration. On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music Debates, declamation, and the reading of essays added to the entertainment of these gatherings. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Burke's mannerism does not appear in his early writings, and we can trace its development from the imitation of Bolingbroke to the last declamation against the Revolution. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) That placid woman, however, had not lost in any degree her wonted calm, even though her companions held forth with much impassioned declamation against the indignity which had been heaped upon her worthy consort. Carmen Ariza During his sophomore year, he had the satisfaction of winning first place in declamation. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades But this is a piece of simple and vigorous declamation; very fine, no doubt but rather rhetoric than poetry. Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh It was simply a summary of the vulgar declamations against the "carnal mind" with which we are all so familiar. Arrows of Freethought His plays are apt to be a continuous declamation, cut up into fragments, and assigned to the different actors; and the essential unfitness of such a method to dramatic requirements needs no elaborate demonstration. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Rhetorical logic is the art of reasoning and discoursing on those subjects which require a diffuse kind of declamation. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." I understand that you have produced a play called Othello on more than one occasion; perhaps you will inform us whether the following passages are in your opinion suitable for public declamation? Punch, or, the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 8, 1890. Yet these plays contain many passages of powerful declamation—not a few of high eloquence; some that in their argumentative amplitude, if they do not reach, border on the sublime. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The societies have perished, or where they have not, have shrunk to a skeleton; the days of democratical declamation are no more; even the starving labourer in the alehouse is become the champion of aristocracy.... Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Such a relief must have come to many readers of Cowper, who would put down his religion as rank fanaticism, and his satire as anile declamation. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) A sad proof of human weakness is given daily by certain forms of modern ethics which waste themselves in public conferences or in declamations in the press. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study We have now the melancholy proof of the shallowness of all the declamation on the subject. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 After this, when a woman left she was not slow in her declamations against the miserable fare of the men, and how they must of necessity suffer. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences Where their scope is general and their duration long continued, they foster declamation, cabal, party spirit and tumult. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle It has been considered 'heresy' to urge with rhetoric and declamation, even in our halls of Congress, certain principles for and against Slavery, for example, lest mischief result from the agitation of those topics. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The Town Crier unconsciously launched me into business, and soon I was floating on a high tide of political declamation. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule They must assault the government, or perish of inanition; and they must stimulate the mob by the novelty of their demands, and the violence of their declamation, or they must sink into oblivion. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 “I’m a damsel in distress waiting for a rescuing knight with a white banner and a milk-white steed––” went on the laughing voice in stilted declamation. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine The modern reader is apt to indulge a smile when he reads in the ardent declamation of this time professions of a love of Virtue and praises of Universal Benevolence. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle There were declamations, debates, the interminable, singsong ballads of the frontier, usually accompanied by French harp or fiddle. A Mountain Boyhood In Italy it was too often a means of gaining the favour of princes, or a theme for declamations. Introduction to the Study of History In fact, on the truth of God, it seems philosophical declamation, without scriptural proof: on the subject of his opponent, it is assertion in the lump, concerning masses of individuals, without proof or discrimination. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 Don't be moved by declamations against ecclesiastical history, as if that could blacken the sacred order.' James Boswell Famous Scots Series There is neither sentiment nor declamation—painting nor reflection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 It was the picture at the Louvre which shocked me with its violent declamation and its forced blows that never hit anything. Six Centuries of Painting But it was not merely the vulgar among freethinkers who then substituted sophistry and declamation for honesty and sense. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Finally, between 1436 and 1452, was invented printing—printing, the theme of so many declamations and commonplaces, but to whose merits and effect no commonplaces or declamations will ever be able to do justice. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose Besides the answering of these questions, there were regular debates, declamations, and the reading of essays; while the wise Franklin took care always that no undue heat should enter into the proceedings. Benjamin Franklin It was only yesterday morning Master Jones decided to have declamation to-day. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems He remained there for one year only, at the end of which time he carried off two first prizes—one for singing and the other for declamation. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 Her declamation was superb, if, as critics reported, there had been decline in this matter during those later years of her life, to which my own acquaintance with Rachel's acting is confined. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History That is a better and a nobler action than all his declamations put together. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 "Farewell, my fine dreams," said Helen, in mock-heroic declamation, which did not blind him to the pain beneath. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real "They do well to call you chief!" number one in arithmetic, history, and geography; and to-day I've no doubt we shall call you number one in declamation. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Aurelius, the sophist, composed his best declamations in his cups. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness He was already about twenty years old when his father, yielding to his wishes, and perceiving in him a certain taste for declamation, brought him to Paris that he might be educated for the stage. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 For him it was rather a declamation than a proclamation; he who believed the rebellion would end in July, 1861, and that no occasion would arise to apply the rules of the blockade. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 He had won the Boylston prize for "declamation," and was chosen by his class to deliver the usual poem at graduation. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History This famous speech affords opportunity for the grandest declamation. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems Besides all this, they made every Friday sermons stuffed full of declamations against those who should drink it. Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness But the pure, generous tendencies of the American people became officially, authoritatively misrepresented; the public opinion in Europe became stuffed with empty generalizations, with official but unfulfilled prophecies, and with cold declamations. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Mill, after saying that he agrees with the Socialists in their practical aims, declares his utter dissent from their declamations against competition. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Under him my boy made great advances in reading and writing, and he won some distinction in declamation; but the old difficulties with the arithmetic remained. A Boy's Town We include under the head poetry, all books in which declamation and eloquence are substituted for reasoning. Practical Education, Volume II We shall not weary the reader by any common-place declamations upon these moral topics. Practical Education, Volume I I am not called upon to enlarge to you on that danger; which you thought proper yourselves to aggravate, and to display to the world with all the parade of indiscreet declamation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 With abuse of a similar kind he goes on to the end of his declamation, when he again professes himself ready to die at his post in defence of the Republic. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The first year I confined their studies to Virgil, Cicero's 'Orations,' together with their improvement in Geography, Rhetoric, and occasional declamations, etc. The History of Dartmouth College Nine hundred and eighteen girls attended the session of 1880-1881 of the school of music and declamation at Madrid, and the number has since increased. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III So that, while empty declamation is avoided, the principles of truth are meant to be investigated by reason and experience. A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves But all this, it may be said, is only general declamation, and means nothing! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance They are declamations against injustice, against bribery, against cruelty, and all on behalf of decent civilized life. The Life of Cicero Volume II. We may therefore test Mr. Mill’s declamation by a parallel case. The Philosophy of the Conditioned And at the Christmas services, the absurd pantomime of rocking a babe, and silly declamations in rhyme, have found vogue. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost In language, except in declamation, there is no second vowel sound. A Handbook of the English Language Nowhere in the world is there so much declamation about Chauvinism as in Germany, and nowhere is so little of it to be found. Gems (?) of German Thought Attached to this speech for Sextius is a declamation against Vatinius, who was one of the witnesses employed by the prosecutor. The Life of Cicero Volume II. But I had left the keys down, and to my shocking discomfiture as I finished my declamation the saloon was at a stroke flooded with light. Hurricane Island To understand his eloquent and indignant declamations, we must read the transatlantic expounders of the Calvinistic theology. On Calvinism Therefore, away with all your common-place declamation about intolerance and persecution for religion! Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors His argument continually slides into wholesale assertion and vague declamation, and in his love of ornament he frequently becomes tawdry. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Even declamation itself seems to be exhausted and futile. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The programme of exercises was an excellent one, and was made up of original addresses, declamations, recitations and music. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier By combating the position—"the popular belief," as he calls it—that "slavery is a national institution," he lays open a wide field for his peculiar powers of declamation. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Oxford's Junior Speaker.—A collection of exercises for declamation and recitation, with many dialogues never before published. The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers His sparkling and highly finished declamation lasted two days; but the hall was crowded to suffocation during the whole time. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) It might be so; yet any evidence beyond probability and declamation is lacking. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Will they not be more easily caught and enraptured by superficial declamation, because more incapable of profound reflection? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Though seldom openly avowed, yet is it so often tacitly assumed in the arguments and declamations of abolitionists, that it shall be more fully considered in the following section. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Price $1.75 Oxford's Senior Speaker.—A collection of exercises in declamation and recitation, for advanced classes, comprising many dialogues and select pieces neer before published. The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The young women of our academies and high schools are asserting their right to the discipline of declamation and discussion, and the departments of science and mathematics. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I It consists of variations on classical stories, treated rather in the declamation manner, and ranging in subject from Achilles to "Friné." A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century This single point of resemblance between animals and human beings is all that our argument requires; and the fact that animals do suffer pain and death cannot be denied, or swept away by declamation. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Above all I gloried in the declamations of Queen Mab, which sanctioned by high poetic authority the waste of my affections and my moody defiance of life's most salutary law. Apologia Diffidentis One of the most effective pieces of socialistic declamation is that the lower classes have a much shorter average of life than the upper. Principles Of Political Economy In spite of the declamation of Mr. Pitt and his party, they were approved of by large majorities in both Houses of Parliament, and a treaty was finally signed in Paris, Feb. Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The characters are at once uninteresting and unpleasant; the measure hobbles and staggers; the dialogue varies between passages of dull declamation and passages of almost duller repartee. A History of Elizabethan Literature That respectable place, so much the theme of declamation and inquiry abroad, "The Far West," has gone from this region towards the setting sun. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West It was common in the early days of the public schools of the South to hear Negro children use them as declamations. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study Yet we hear the same old style of declamation. Principles Of Political Economy Perhaps Mrs. Frankland did not intend that declamation should be accepted at its face value; certainly she did not expect it. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York It is perhaps in these choruses that Alexander appears at his best; for his special forte was grave and stately declamation, as the second of the following extracts will prove. A History of Elizabethan Literature To begin with, the uproar was positively deafening in volume, and my voice is one which in moments of declamation is inclined to verge on the tenor. Fibble, D.D. For instance, does not the circumstance of the lady's going to sea after her true-love suggest more than the most laboured declamation on the force of love? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 In Greece, declamation was regarded as the principal step to honour and advancement in public life. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 But to Phillida, susceptible as a saint on the road to beatification, the gradually augmented fervor of Mrs. Frankland's declamation worked evil. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York All Connecticut boys knew it by heart, and it had an established place among the 'declamations' of school exhibitions. The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814 I can still remember the time when even experienced judges spoke of his essays as mere declamations, as poetical rhapsodies, as poor imitations of Carlyle. Stories of Authors, British and American Pulpits sound oftentimes with declamations for the ceremonies, when there is need of pressing the power of godliness upon the consciences of people, and when there are many more necessary things to be urged. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The man, we might be told, should have muttered a few broken phrases, and killed himself without this pomp of declamation, like the jealous husbands in the daily papers. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.—Colton. Pearls of Thought The impulses of a most exalted morality—a morality which is so apt to end in mere declamation and deceit—were not only felt by them, but obeyed and carried out. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities They preached the most violent declamations against Rome, drawn from the most lugubrious of the prophets, and stirred the minds of their hearers into the most furious indignation. The Huguenots in France He burst into tears; his antipathy to public declamation appeared insurmountable, and neither frowns nor smiles could overcome the reluctance. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History To get the full benefit of imitation requires not only the influence of well-trained schoolmates, but systematic exercises in reading, singing, declamation, and deportment, the teaching being given by example. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 In spite of democratic declamation about the equality of man, it is more and more felt that the same kind of teaching is not good for everyone. The Map of Life Conduct and Character In the latter case, the declamation may be splendid, but it will be cold and without expression; lulling the ear, and diverting the fancy, but leaving the feelings untouched. Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching How far away all this seemed from the brazen declamation, the monotonous reiterations of the reading-clerk, and from the sharp clank of the speaker's gavel! A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West Alexander admired him beyond all other writers—Demosthenes confessed that he had learned declamation from his works, and when Cicero was assassinated, the works of Euripides were found clutched in his hands. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 We weave our woes into poetry, and expand our wretchedness in plaintive declamations. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I stood there in a sort of trance, with all the valor gone out of my bones and that foolish declamation of mine still ringing in my ears. The Prairie Mother They tried to give logic where the popular agitators were content with declamation, and represented absolute convictions when the Whig reformers were content with tentative and hesitating compromises. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The fine shadings of emotion and of thought in his voice struck upon the ear wearied with rancous yells and monotonous brazen declamations, with a cool and restful effect. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The declamation and the accompaniment always made the third verse a triumph. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush His voice became strong and clear, his manner graceful, his delivery emphatic and decisive, the language of his orations full of clear logic, strong statement, cutting irony, and vigorous declamation, fluent, earnest, and convincing. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He produced thoughts perfectly enunciated with a deliberate happiness that was indescribable, though it was always simple conversation, never haranguing or declamation. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti The chief was explaining the purport of Master Cockrell's impressive declamation. Blackbeard: Buccaneer To be convinced of this, your declamation was unnecessary. The Goose Man The declamation is addressed to Julian of Medicis. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 But allowing all these objections to be generally true to the utmost, the finale to the second act of La Vestale still remains—and will remain—a master-piece of declamation, spirit, and stage climax. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 |
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