| 单词 | declamatory |
| 例句 | Still, Cattrall – with bad red wig, limping gait, staring eyes and declamatory delivery – is too vigorous in putting over her lassitude. Let the Right One In; The Amen Corner; Sweet Bird of Youth – review 2013-06-15T23:05:22Z As a result the dialogue “became too declamatory and descriptive and didn’t allow for the development of the soul” of the characters, he said. The Battle Behind the 12-Hour ?Demons? 2010-06-26T02:41:00Z Much of this declamatory, infectious music comes from deep in the past; all of it feels both venerable and vibrant. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z The soloist in the concerto, meanwhile, was Kristian Bezuidenhout, elegant and eloquent as always, the dark, brittle sound of his fortepiano conferring qualities of declamatory urgency on a work often considered serenely sweet. OAE/Cohen review 2011-01-05T22:01:01Z But as she put it in a declamatory rendition of the show’s opening number, James Taylor’s “Secret o’ Life,” the key is “enjoying the passage of time.” Review: Melissa Errico Laughs, but Can’t Let Go, at 54 Below 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z He vividly conveys the declamatory thrust and poignancy of the music, bringing affecting dignity to his portrayal. Review: A New, Abstract ‘Guillaume Tell’ at the Met Opera 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The slight, big-eyed figure of Almond singing in declamatory chest voice, until some hushed falsetto near the end, held the stage tellingly. Philip Glass Ensemble: the Qatsi trilogy; BBCSO/Volkov; Melvyn Tan; T'ang Quartet; Bo Skovhus; Montreal SO/Nagano; Llyr William; Ten Plagues ? review 2011-08-20T23:06:12Z The characters speak in dramatic, declamatory French, as if in a 19th-century play, and their costumes range from corseted dresses and shabby tailcoats to power suits and leather jackets. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Its texts, initially sung by the sopranos, unfolded over a gentle humming that increased in intensity, with the line “What makes us choose” sung with declamatory passion. Review: Musica Sacra Highlights Living Composers 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I'm calling for a messier kind of writing, more vulnerable and yet more declamatory. Theatremakers, don't be coy ? blog about your work 2011-02-18T15:29:17Z Similarly, it is hard to imagine Dada without Futurism’s declamatory poetry and the riotous performances of the same, in which Marinetti specialized. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z So do one-way expository phone conversations; elliptical curtain lines that trail into blackouts; and declamatory, high-volume confessions. Review: ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway’ Stars an Even Odder Couple 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z And it quickly becomes clear that this is a nationwide town-hall play, in which grievances are aired in passionate, declamatory speeches. Review: ‘The Insurgents’ Stars Cassie Beck in a Lucy Thurber Drama 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Throughout, the sense of moral urgency remained, but without the declamatory tone. C. K. Williams, Poet Who Tackled Moral Issues, Dies at 78 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Michael Kramer, as psychiatrist Martin Dysart, anchors the cast of skilled performers who are in tune with the slightly declamatory, confessional style of the piece and secure in a range of British accents. Constellation Theatre revives ‘Equus’ to great effect 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z As might be expected from a peerless lieder singer, Mr. Gerhaher brings special eloquence to the declamatory aspect of Monteverdi’s music: its deep connection to the text. Review: In ‘L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Rome’s lyrics in the love songs are declamatory and direct, at times seeming even crude, but they reflect the feelings of these earthy characters with a fitting simplicity. 2010-02-06T06:35:00Z Here, he turns his forensic eye on Brahms's mightiest sonata, No 3, Op 5, gripping us from the start with its opening declamatory descending octaves and holding us spellbound through to the ecstatic close. Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3; Handel Variations – review 2013-01-13T00:05:34Z “Stride,” unfolding in a series of fitful episodes — thickets of glassy strings, declamatory brass and contrapuntal juxtapositions that evoke Charles Ives — is both solemn and celebratory. A Composer Puts Her Life in Music, Beyond Labels 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Even in the purely instrumental movements of the Ninth, there appeared to be words encrypted in the music, so declamatory and speechlike were some phrases. Music Review: John Eliot Gardiner Leads Ensembles at Carnegie Hall 2012-11-19T22:57:38Z A Yeats cycle of six songs suits the soprano Dawn Upshaw’s declamatory style, too. Classical Playlist: Tchaikovsky, Fauré, Bach and More 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The performance of the fifth, Elizabeth Olsen, may be insufficiently declamatory for the Academy. Critics' Awards: Early Clues to the Oscars? 2012-01-10T11:58:45Z But, yes, it's got declamatory singing, that jerky dance sound, and enough cowbells to keep Alpine meadows supplied for decades. First sight: Funeral Party 2010-06-10T22:31:00Z But this was mostly cowboy music, with ballads matched against declamatory passages, and percussive dance work driving on the music. Cimarr?n | World music review 2010-03-21T22:30:00Z They distantly echo the declamatory insistence of ancient cave paintings, the marks as indelible records: "I was here. This is what we do." Roger Herman ceramics: bold, bawdy and ... is that a little bondage sketched on there? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Sometimes the music turns assertive and declamatory, with melodic ideas unfolding in thick, note-crammed, textured chords, harmonically ambiguous yet grounded. Music Review: Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-06T22:13:48Z This delightful work displays the instruments with runs requiring clarity and considerable agility, with verve, and in the second movement, with emotional declamatory style. Lincoln Center ensemble lets the cello be the star | Classical review 2013-05-08T17:59:35Z The declamatory, pageantlike performance style prevents much in the way of audience identification, and the historical videos fall flat. | 'Korach: The Biblical Anarchist': A Man So Stubborn He Wouldn?t Listen Even to Moses 2010-12-21T21:51:06Z Sutherland juxtaposes varieties of obviously poetic diction—declamatory, violent, meek, sarcastic—with actual voices of worldly authority, voices that feel menacing in their general tone of understatement. A Radical Poet in the Age of Google and Guantánamo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z She applies his style with a clear, strong voice and her own intensity, which encompasses feminine tenderness along with declamatory force. Music Review | Alim Qasimov: At Asia Society, Mugham, the Classical Song of Azerbaijan 2010-03-15T21:39:00Z As slow as Branagh is swift, she is marmoreal and declamatory, with some odd emphases. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z It was evident in the declamatory arm gestures and intense facial expressions of Ms. Arnold, which evoked the masks of Mexican folk art. Music Review: Julio Estrada, at Miller Theater, in ICE Composer Portraits 2013-05-17T21:03:20Z A declamatory and virtuosic cadence by Mr. Dicterow led into a muted passage that was utterly absorbing in its balance of stillness and suspense. Music Review: Farewells Begin for New York Philharmonic’s Glenn Dicterow 2014-01-20T22:26:57Z Actors on the new stage are now about 15 metres, rather than 27, from the back row, so it's goodbye to that declamatory performing style. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: All's well ? 2010-11-23T18:43:00Z But the two scenes that I did in Red Velvet I had to unlearn for this one, because I'd learned them in such a histrionic, declamatory style. Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear: 'Othello and Iago are a bit cracked' 2013-04-10T19:00:00Z There’s also no formula for authenticity; it can be achieved in the studios as well as on location, with declamatory actors on sets as well as with amateurs in the street or at home. “The Jinx” and the Blight of Documentary Reënactments 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The first, Recitative, is just that, with the violin in busy declamatory mode, punctuated by orchestra comment. British flag flies high at Seattle Symphony 2011-11-18T18:22:03Z Evocative and melodic, his songs complemented the Spanish works: The passionate, declamatory “This Night of Love” contrasted with the gentle lilt of “Your Beauty.” Review: Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin in a Duet of Voice and Guitar 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z There is something a bit “Man Who Fell to Earth” about him, an otherworldliness that comes across in all of his performances, which tend to have a slightly uncanny, declamatory quality. Keanu Reeves Is Too Good for This World 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z The repertory that was long Ms. Antonacci’s specialty — Rossini’s serious operas and the declamatory Baroque of Monteverdi and Gluck — has never been popular in America. Anna Caterina Antonacci, Italian Soprano 2012-03-30T16:27:11Z As if conscious of the dangers of affirming that assessment, Mr. Bobbie’s production presents itself less as a declamatory yelp than as a wistful sigh. Review: ‘Zorba!’ Starring John Turturro 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z This composer is clearly a fixture in both singers’ futures, and they were incisive in his declamatory dialogue and impassioned in his rich melodies. The George London Foundation Series, Featuring Angela Meade 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z A similar sentiment underscores Trinity's declamatory Pope Paul Dead and Gone as wells as Big Youth and the Ark Angels Pope Paul Feel It – "The wicked run leave their bed – cos Pope Paul dead." Smoke signals from the Vatican spell hellfire from reggae's stars 2013-03-14T17:20:45Z In the movie Ms. Streep effortlessly imitates those burnished, sometimes strident, declamatory tones, the one the novelist Angela Carter once said were reminiscent “not of real toffs but of Wodehouse aunts.” Arts & Leisure: For ?Iron Lady,? Armor Added to Streep?s Wardrobe 2011-12-23T15:01:39Z Abraham Lincoln understood this, channeling his love for theater while refining his own declamatory style; Winston Churchill’s greatest creation might have been the beloved and respected World War II leader known as Winston Churchill. Perspective | Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The draft feels like a café napkin sketch: schematic and brutally declamatory — the dialogue a parody of existentialist theater shouted through a bullhorn. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Whether a poem refers to a blind lady with bleeding eyes or the reek of dead goat’s hide, Poulenc’s vocal lines mostly hew to a declamatory, vehement style, with fleeting moments of lyricism. Review: Met Chamber Ensemble Salutes Boulez With a Less Complicated Piece Than Planned 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z As in London, his soprano is Anna Caterina Antonacci, powerfully declamatory as always, though hampered by a rather close recording that captures the distinctive timbre of her voice but not its power. Berlioz: La Mort de Cl?op?tre; Symphonie Fantastique ? review 2011-04-07T20:45:00Z Some of the music showed roots in Arabic culture, some in East African polyrhythms; the words were in various languages, the voices gentle or declamatory or cutting. Worlds and Rhythms Meet, in Euphoric Result 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z This is language to be savored for its playfulness, not bellowed with declamatory bluster. Theater Review: Lovebirds, Twits and Blowhards in ‘The Rivals’ 2014-05-08T21:43:20Z Stephenson, appropriately enough, is more declamatory and insistent, which suits his characterisation wonderfully well. Lucia di Lammermoor – review 2012-06-08T17:03:40Z Here, his voice is declamatory and stentorian, big on what you might call emo-whoah-hoah-ing. The Temper Trap: The Temper Trap ? review 2012-05-17T14:29:01Z Mr. Groissböck’s voice lacks some depth and richness, but his muscular sound and declamatory style are perfect for this portrayal. Review: Renée Fleming’s Poignant Farewell to ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z There's going to be a lot of insistence on the linguistic and declamatory aspects of this music. Glyndebourne 2013: Hippolyte et Aricie - Baroque à la française 2013-07-23T14:35:12Z Janacek’s String Quartet No. 1, which opened the concert, established the Escher’s fundamental approach to the program: aggressive attacks, a vivid declamatory style and urgent drama. Escher String Quartet takes an aggressive approach to chamber music 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z What matters are movies, not awards; experiences, not celebrations; the subjective power of individual critical points of view, not the declamatory compromises of consensus. Godard’s Surprise Win Is a Victory for Independent Cinema 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Björk’s voice is constantly exposed, inhabiting some of her most declamatory melodies. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z With a declamatory acting style and ponderous blocking, the work comes across as an intellectual exercise rather than a theatrical experience that engages both the heart and mind. 2010-01-31T03:59:00Z After 1900, his songs were marked by declamatory vocal lines over sparse accompaniments, though his piano writing became more elaborate and impressionistic in the 1920s under the influence of Debussy. Alnaes: Songs – review 2013-01-10T21:30:02Z The programming concept was strong, with contrasting examples of music written around the year 1500, with Northern European composers representing the complex polyphonic style and Italian ones a more declamatory style. ‘A Renaissance Christmas’ at the Folger 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The actors deliver their lines with stark and declamatory fervor, and their gestures have a sharp, sculptural stillness that’s reminiscent of the grand artifices of classic-Hollywood productions. What to Stream: “Afterglow,” a Melodramatic Spotlight for Julie Christie 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The first movement, full of fleet, light, interweaving lines, led to an increasingly intricate set of variations, a delicate Scherzo that was a sort of pizzicato dance, and a beefier and more declamatory finale. Ying Quartet at Wolf Trap Barns 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But Wool's perfect timing and daft/declamatory cadences – he's half backwoodsman, half carnival barker – keep even the so-so material enjoyable. Glenn Wool ? review 2011-08-23T18:20:00Z He's also partial to self-doubt, suffering and sighing, all pastimes which have struck a massive chord worldwide; he tempers this regimen with a little declamatory folk hectoring. Mumford & Sons; Tom Odell – review 2012-12-16T00:06:02Z Morgan can make a Telecaster sound as guttural and nasty as his deep-toned, declamatory vocals. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z The sonata’s declamatory chords and pianistic flourishes recall Tchaikovsky’s thundering Piano Concerto No. 1, written a few years earlier. Music Review: Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall 2010-04-14T21:48:00Z “Without a Woman” is heavily declamatory, a pure distillation of Mr. Kelly, while “Simply Amazing” has the pop pomp of recent Usher hits. New Music: CD’s by Trey Songz, Bloc Party and Six Organs of Admittance 2012-08-20T21:58:57Z As a result much of Mr. Cuomo’s vocal writing, when it is not flatly declamatory, seems unmotivated and aimless, especially in attempts at soaring lyricism. Music Review: ‘Doubt,’ Adaptation Performed by Minnesota Opera 2013-02-03T23:24:03Z He conceives of his symphonies as developing and dramatic narratives, and that, in turn, demands an acutely conscious declamatory approach from the players. A Revolutionary Approach to Beethoven: Period Instruments 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z At first, “Pursuit of Happiness,” created by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, seems like more of the same, with declamatory speech and antic choreography underlying each throwaway line. Can Art Change the World? With Song, Dance and Cowboy Clichés Two Shows Offer Different Answers 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The challenges of signing music multiply when it comes to polyphonic works like the Passion oratorios of Bach, with their complex tapestries of orchestral and vocal counterpoint and declamatory recitatives. Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Grungy new local rock band Snuff saluted the temperate weather with jangling guitars and a declamatory vocal on its sweet ballad “Disintegrate the Days” over in the cozy lobby of KEXP. Weather’s mixed, but Bumbershoot crowds don’t seem to mind 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The Mongols were no less declamatory in their architecture: they borrowed Chinese structural designs, then piled on ornament. Art Review: The Spirit of Xanadu, Morphing Across Borders 2010-09-30T21:52:00Z His appearance on Sub Pop's "Compilation 200," reading the declamatory "Come Out Tonight," catapulted him from poetry scenester to rock anti-hero. 'I Am Secretly an Important Man': Jesse Bernstein doc depressing but leavened by song 2010-10-21T22:19:00Z The first movement begins with bursts of brass, then quickly gets busy: declamatory themes are sounded, developed and put through contrapuntal workouts. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z Although the plays are grandly declamatory and, at times, abstracted and allusive, the script for “Losing Ground” is terse and compact; it’s a tale that doesn’t call attention to the telling. Kathleen Collins’s “Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary” Contains an Extraordinary Unmade Movie 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z It’s an album of ballads, some of them extraordinarily slow, built around Björk’s declamatory melodies; there are verses and choruses in there. Björk’s ‘Vulnicura,’ From Deep Within 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In the intensity of its broken phrases, Rameau approaches the declamatory heights of French spoken theater. An Opera Worth Fighting Over 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The seating plan is "antiphonal", with two banks of congregation facing each other; the chapel's layout and acoustic also allows conversational rather than declamatory voices. Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review 2013-04-27T23:05:48Z Too many stretches of dialogue are written in a declamatory, slow-moving style that becomes ponderous. Review: ‘Marnie’ Stays in the Shadows in Nico Muhly’s Opera 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z It takes an actor of Peakes’s declamatory resourcefulness to keep us fully engaged. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Timon of Athens’ takes a rare Washington bow 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z And Vänskä's insistence on precise enunciation in the finale of the Beethoven led to syllabic, declamatory singing from the BBC Symphony Chorus. Proms 56 & 57: Minnesota Orchestra/V?nsk? 2010-08-29T11:52:00Z Happily, the cast does not push the authenticity as far as using the traditional declamatory style, opting instead for a refreshing unfussiness. Review: Rich, Crude and Craving Acceptance in 17th-Century France 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The hip-hop rabbi was Canadian and spoke in a declamatory voice, as if in permanent preacher mode. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z The declamatory underlining, in word and image, give the extended setup the feel of nineteen-sixties television, instant camp without the ingenuousness. The Apocalypse Will Be Like High School 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z He's an intensely physical soloist, throwing himself into the declamatory phrases like a man following a particularly exacting fitness regime, but equally sensitive to those moments of melting tenderness. The Turn of the Screw; BBC Proms 32, 35, 36 ? review 2011-08-13T23:06:02Z Hilson’s performance is of a different register than most of the rest of the cast — haltingly realistic in an otherwise declamatory play. Review: John Douglas Thompson and Alfred Molina’s clash of titans transcends dated ‘Inherit the Wind’ 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z By the mid-1980s, the breakneck and declamatory punk of Bad Brains and Minor Threat seemed to have exhausted itself. D.C.’s hardcore punk scene gets a jolt from its originators 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Romeo and Juliet” was tackled with a youthful vigor and violence that proved shocking to those expecting the customary declamatory elegance. Appreciation: The radical majesty of British theater director Peter Brook 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Aldridge favored a relatively realistic approach — a striking contrast to the more declamatory, posturing star turns then in vogue. ‘Red Velvet’ spotlights a pioneering Black actor who played Othello 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Despite the added tension, the series is made with a dedication to keeping things from getting too sensational, too declamatory, too actorish. A new, scripted 'Staircase' offers a meta twist on a true crime classic 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z And that's on top of the condemnations online and on television, the boycotts and the declamatory emails from universities, banks and corporations. America is united on the Ukraine war, right? Still, let's follow the money 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z For all its gestures at moral ambiguity, Shaw’s script is a mostly blunt, simple, declamatory affair. Review: The animated ‘Cryptozoo’ is a sexy, political, wildly imagined beast of a movie 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z His voice on the 1958 recordings may have struck listeners by its soft-spoken ambiance, but today it is even more conversational, even less declamatory. An evening with João Gilberto, the bright wallflower of bossa nova 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Madonna moves from the declamatory Like a Prayer to the quiet, tender ballad Promise to Try, where she addresses her mother and the impact of her death. Inside the making of Madonna’s stormy ‘divorce album’ 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Touring China felt like meeting with a familiar past — the banners, the declamatory long speeches, the inefficient heating systems, the squat toilets with no toilet paper. Opinion | The future of classical music is Chinese 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Officers bridled at the ringing, declamatory tone of her announcement. The Tragedy of Baltimore 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Yet “When I Get Home” feels more abstract than its predecessor; there’s nothing here as declamatory as the earlier project’s “Don’t Touch My Hair” or as nakedly confessional as “Cranes in the Sky.” Review: For Solange, Houston is both subject and canvas on ‘When I Get Home’ 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z The series progresses in a mix of tones in which the obvious trades with the subtle, the declamatory with the conversational. Ryan Murphy's dance musical 'Pose' strikes gold with a strong LGBTQ cast 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z McCarthy writes in an unrelenting, declamatory prose somewhere between the Bible and late Beckett, stripped for the most part of the adornment of apostrophes and speech marks and the breathing space provided by commas. Five of the best climate-change novels 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Grandage, a fixture of the London theater scene making his film-directing debut here, often makes the proceedings feel more like a play than a movie, a stageyness that extends to Law’s often teary, declamatory delivery. Colin Firth plays the self-effacing literary editor Maxwell Perkins in ‘Genius’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Spoken almost entirely in verse, staged as a sometimes ungainly series of polemical set pieces, production numbers and declamatory interludes, “Chi-Raq” doesn’t fit neatly into any genre. Spike Lee takes on gun violence with passion and bold creativity in ‘Chi-Raq’ 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z His best songs are often declamatory, chest-thumping statements of personal vindication, dripping with poetry and good humour. Cult heroes: E-40, the stalwart working an open-cast mine of futurist rap 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Her voice, however, often turns into a screech when she hits high notes, marring her more declamatory songs in the challenging score. A Review of ‘Evita’ in Northport 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z And they don't want declamatory, political answers couched in apocalyptic language. The big questions 2013-01-30T15:30:55Z This tiny scrap of what might usually be dismissed as dead air speaks louder than all the declamatory brass and frantic graphics of contemporary news broadcasting. Time to think 2013-01-28T09:31:21Z Though vigorous in thought and in some passages clear and eloquent, the style of the Syst�me is diffuse and declamatory, and asserts rather than proves its statements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z In picturesque language and in fine declamatory style he told how for many hundreds of years the lovely island had suffered under the oppression of the wicked and tyrannical Moors. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It is characteristic that he never sent me any tragedy or epic poem, never anything bombastic or declamatory, never anything languorous or sentimental either. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z Chesterfield says that Pitt's 'eloquence was of every kind, and he excelled in the argumentative as well as in the declamatory way. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z The landlord stood aghast at the warmth of this declamatory speech; and the drunkards seemed rooted to the spot. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z The generici or common-places were sententious maxims, descriptions, outpourings of emotion, humorous and fanciful diatribes, declarations of passion, love-laments, ravings, reproaches, declamatory outbursts, which could be employed ad libitum whenever the situation rendered them appropriate. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z One of his most distinguished contemporaries upon the same circuit was celebrated for his powers as a criminal advocate; his manner was obviously upon the pathetic order, perhaps a trifle too declamatory. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z Ms. Falletta noted that the mayor’s “arm movements seemed more declamatory than some conductors’, in that he was emphasizing particular words of the text.” City Room: Mayor as Maestro: Bloomberg Holds His Own 2011-10-26T23:28:13Z However imperfectly his speech may be reported, it has much of that energy of declamatory invective which is part of the tradition connected with his name. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Of the two famous German writers about whom opinions were divided, he greatly preferred Schiller to Goethe, probably because the former was glorious, ardent, declamatory. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Contemporary with Rotrou were other dramatic writers of considerable dramatic importance, most of them distinguished by the faults of the Spanish school, its declamatory rodomontade, its conceits, and its occasionally preposterous action. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z She improves every day; she is ridding herself little by little of her declamatory style, and making great strides towards natural acting. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z There never was a collection of more glaring contradictions, more gaudy sophisms, than the youthful orator's declamatory harangue. 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 interest may be said to be mainly concentrated in the orchestra, the voice part being strictly declamatory. Masters of French Music 2011-09-14T02:00:49.960Z Knox made a declamatory and very unsatisfactory reply. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z We will not cite here these two pieces, the eloquence of which is somewhat declamatory, but we will give an abstract of the principal arguments presented on each side in favor of its own position. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z They were not pretty, not declamatory; but noble, grand, strong. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z The song is loud, declamatory, and acceptable more for the pleasant thoughts it occasions than for the actual melody. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z The Odes among the Poems which we are now considering are declamatory, even violent, and yet they stir comparatively little emotion, and they do not sing. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “You have a unique historical moment,” he said in his solemn, declamatory way. The All-American 2011-07-15T21:33:30Z The author has forsaken the common-place rendering of the Apocrypha, and has adopted the same declamatory style which Shakespeare uses. The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z The declamatory voice had risen to a wild scream. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z It gives power to change attention and suggests degrees of subjectivity, and thus tends to prevent the true spirit of the poem from being destroyed by oratorical or declamatory effects. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z He had never made a speech in his life, and had no sort of confidence in his declamatory powers. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z But Yamashita may be too anarchic or too declamatory or too alien -- too off-putting in one way or another -- to get the votes she needs. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z Like any director who believes in some form of the Method, Lumet could overvalue declamatory acting. Sidney Lumet: Apostle of Streetwise Cinema 2011-04-10T06:01:14Z Erasmus seems to have been the first who suspected the whole to be the declamatory composition of some rhetorician or sophist. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z In the first place, action must never be declamatory or oratoric. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z They were very fond of it, and liked declamatory, poetical pieces. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z This somewhat exaggerated production an old lady read aloud with declamatory emphasis, in whom at the first glance one perceived the Englishwoman and the spinster. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z Indeed, he speaks so loudly at times, and in such a declamatory manner, that it cows people, who sometimes assume they’ve angered him. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z Dryden’s natural powers, as all his critics have remarked, lay not so much in the imaginative as in the didactic, the declamatory, and the ratiocinative. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z The Italian in England would remember and feel again the excitement of danger, and gratitude for delivery; but he would not employ descriptive gestures and declamatory presentation as if delivering an oration. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z "So is it ever with your art," said the Judge, in a loud declamatory voice. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z “The United States,” he says, in his declamatory way, “is the only global power in the history of humanity which emerged far away from the mainland of humanity,” which Davutoglu calls Afro-Eurasia. Turkey?s Rules 2011-01-21T02:25:53Z The prayers were long, and through the open window as they progressed came distantly a whoop or two; the declamatory tones staggered a little, and then continued at a distinctly higher rate of speed. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z It was in declamatory and didactic rhyme, with all that could consist with it, that Dryden excelled. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z Another fault in the rendering of the monologue is a declamatory tendency. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z He was becoming more and more declamatory, more and more of the emphatic and pompous play-actor. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z What might have followed, it is not easy to say, had not the loud, declamatory voice of the lecturer just then been heard, as he commenced his address. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z Irving's declamatory moments were often queer, but his handwriting was always almost the worst in the world. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z He walked up and down the room and rehearsed the declamatory speech he would make to her when they met. The Undying Past The acting was heavy and stilted, I thought, and declamatory. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise She did her best in the old, stilted declamatory style, that was as dead as many of the men and women were who used to applaud it. Life on the Stage "If I live until next October," said the boy, in a declamatory tone of voice suitable for a Second Reader, "I will be 7 years of age." Cordwood It is written in strong and sonorous octaves, in the majestic declamatory vein of Fernando Herrera, and is not altogether so dull and lifeless as is most didactic verse. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" A vulgar Jove, particularly vulgar in the declamatory sweep of his left hand, a vulgar Juno, with a sneering, tittering leer upon her common face, reveal the painter's want of feeling for mythological grandeur. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The simple old folk songs often suggested them and his style, like that of Wagner, is often declamatory. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Well," I answered, hesitatingly, "to call you a fool in a colloquial tone would make people laugh, I think, and—and the words don't fit a declamatory style. Life on the Stage He seemed to labour under an unavowed impression of the share which the declamatory zeal of his party had to lay to its charge in the national peril. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 The second Légende is inferior to the first in variety of tone and in vivid pictorial presentment, but equals it in the declamatory vigour of its best passages. A Short History of French Literature It consisted at first of a declamatory narrative or scene in recitative, held together by a primitive aria repeated at intervals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" I remember that when I first began to write I desired to describe outward things as vividly as possible, and took pleasure, in which there was, perhaps, a little discontent, in picturesque and declamatory books. Ideas of Good and Evil The part was sentimental, tearful, and declamatory at the last, a good part—indeed, what is vulgarly known to-day as a "fat" part, "fat" meaning lines sure to provoke applause. Life on the Stage After a long trial lasting nearly two months, during which the prisoners outdid each other in declamatory insults to their enemies, the majority were acquitted. A History of the Third French Republic Fénelon was the mildest of men, but he possessed a faculty of quiet irony inferior to that of no man then living, and he used it with effect in the controversy against Bossuet's declamatory denunciations. A Short History of French Literature Before a sociological problem, his attitude is not that of the patient thinker, but of the hysterical prophet, whose emotions find outlet in declamatory denunciation. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series The zamorim, and his prime minister, the catual, are artfully characterised in it; and the assertion— Lur'd was the regent with the Moorish gold, is happily introduced by the declamatory reflections which immediately precede it. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem She admitted neither his free-and-easy tone, his Gallic humor, nor his natural gaiety, so unlike the declamatory tone and pretentious jargon of the disciples of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The general style of the work is declamatory, but in many of its episodes the ballad form is used with great skill and effect. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers The author never breaks out into a laugh, never allows himself to be declamatory and indignant. A Short History of French Literature In a less declamatory style, the Weapon addressed Tresqu: "Very well, what is the trouble?" The Reluctant Weapon Through all, the wail continued, rising into words and a sort of passionate declamatory recitation as each friend approached, sinking again, as the pair rocked together, into the tremolo drone. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) In his declamatory harangue he includes every tirade, threat, and insult current in the streets. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty The former are vigorous and somewhat declamatory in style, but the choruses are very melodious and stirring. The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers It is remarkable, too, that the besetting sin of serious French prose, its tendency to the declamatory, is well kept under by Calvin. A Short History of French Literature They have attracted interest and inquiry where the mere declamatory effusions, or, the so-called eloquent harangues of aimless talkers and political wire-pullers would fall like snowflakes upon the waters. Civilization the Primal Need of the Race The American Negro Academy. Occasional Paper No. 3 His vein was, for him, somewhat declamatory, and his unusual gestures impressed me hugely. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Short-sightedness and arrogance find in it a most congenial atmosphere, and criticism Pedagogics as a System.6 and declamatory bombast flourish in perfection as nowhere else. Pedagogics as a System As one approached the room, the loud, even, declamatory sound of his voice made itself heard like the uninterrupted flow of a fountain. Records of Later Life But it has hardly a rival in prose and in that measured and declamatory or easy and pedestrian verse which is half prose, half poetry. A Short History of French Literature No nervous irritation, no hard words, no passionate recriminations, no flinching from unexpected difficulties, no substitution of declamatory sophisms for rigorous inferences—but close, calm, ruthless grapple of thought with thought. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 But yet I have her own testimony for it that Mabel approved my declamatory style of love-making; the style used when actually in the presence. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Sheil made a grand declamatory tirade, chiefly remarkable for the scene it produced, which was unexampled in the House, and for its credit may be hoped such as never will occur again. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III Young's treatment of it is too often declamatory; he drops the poet in the rhetorician and the wit. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) He has, however, great merits in lucidity of arrangement, in an eloquent, if rather declamatory style, and in a faculty of conveying a considerable amount of information without breaking the march of his narrative. A Short History of French Literature When he was but a green freshman in the Academy, he had the courage to enter the declamatory contest. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades "If I live till next October," said the boy, in a declamatory tone of voice suitable for a Second Reader. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) There is something immortal even in the ill-temper of great men, and Dr. Price lives in modern memory chiefly because he moved Burke to declamatory rage. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Not loud and declamatory, like her father’s, but with a certain implacable 235 calm that was harder to face than stormy vituperation. Rim o' the World The mere fact that he is equally remarkable for the exquisite grace of his smaller lyrics, and for the rhetorical magnificence of his declamatory passages, argues some peculiar and masterly idiosyncrasy in him. A Short History of French Literature But now at Weedon's office door he paused a moment, hearing a voice, the little man's own, slightly declamatory, even in private, and went in. The Prisoner Ben Jonson, master of dignified declamatory drama, was the greatest of the post-Shakespeare school. War Letters of a Public-School Boy A line or two from one of the poems cited has a far more potent effect over the affections of the heart than the gorgeous declamatory rhetoric of Eloisa and Abelard. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Presently his humour changed, and he passed into the declamatory stage. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Sometimes his voice was hot and declamatory, sometimes it had a strange, twanging, almost cat-like sound, sometimes it hesitated, puzzled, sometimes there was the break of a little laugh. The Rainbow I do not at present recall what my recitation was, but it was probably Catiline's Defense or some other of the turgid declamatory pieces of classic literature with which all our readers were filled. A Son of the Middle Border They seemed unabashed, almost declamatory, in their sentiment. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories The details forwarded by the magistrates of the department of the Isère were full of exaggeration and declamatory excitement. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 Despite the declamatory denial she had given to its truth, my defence of Wingrove, I saw, had made an impression upon her. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness By all means never discard any embellishment which may serve to emphasize the melodic curve, or any one which may add to its declamatory character. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Such a sense of injustice and cruelty as possessed him was not likely to promote composition, especially as the pulpit addresses of the Curate of St Roque's were not of a declamatory kind. The Perpetual Curate Nor should one forget to add that Chateaubriand can, when he chooses, be epigrammatic as well as declamatory. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Literature enough and to spare, explanatory, declamatory and the like, has grown around a movement which ran like an unfed river, until it lost itself in the sand. Lord John Russell But he broke off, refusing to be connected with a party professedly hostile to revealed religion; and he rejected the declamatory paradoxes of Diderot and Raynal. Lectures on the French Revolution The chief of the episodes, the story of Argentile and Curan, has often, and not undeservedly, met with high praise, and sometimes in his declamatory parts Warner achieves a really great success. A History of Elizabethan Literature In the evening a declamatory performance was to take place at the amateur theatre in a distant street. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Has caught no small portion of the energy and declamatory spirit which characterises the Roman poet, whom, as he translated, he insensibly made his model. Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Master Payne would find it his interest to avoid as much as may be, long declamatory speeches, till his organs are enlarged and confirmed. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 Brissot's text was the weakness and division of other countries; the first man who divined the prodigious resources and invincible energy of France was the declamatory Provençal Isnard. Lectures on the French Revolution His definition of liberty was practical and not merely declamatory. 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 His tone was loud yet not declamatory, at first in a grumbling, grandfatherly, half-humorous, querulous accent that riveted every ear instantly. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Mason led off with a discussion of the theory of free exchange and made a passionate plea, florid and declamatory, which gave Fergusson, a cool, pointed, scholarly Norwegian, an excellent chance to raise a laugh. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West He spoke the last words with the peculiar insistence and almost declamatory fervour of the liar. Tongues of Conscience His mind is parasitical, his discourse full of precedents, quotations, classic scenes, and historic allusions, sometimes savoring of schoolboy recitations, sophomoric and declamatory, stilted and grotesque. Senatorial Character A Sermon in West Church, Boston, Sunday, 15th of March, After the Decease of Charles Sumner. They were called ostensibly to “deliberate upon it,” but they were frequently tumultuous, and always declamatory. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. The narrative, whether condensed or developed, is at any rate a far better impersonal form to work in than declamatory harangue, whether calling on the stars or the Styx. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti "Kindly point out to me in the ten commandments where any habit of mine is forbidden," said Skippy with the most impressive of declamatory attitudes. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Besides, there are two prose dialects—a conversational and a declamatory, the latter being much more artificial and involved than the former. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland There are some cases in which no language can be declamatory because no words can aggravate them. The Causes of the Rebellion in Ireland Disclosed In an Address to the People of England, in Which It Is Proved by Incontrovertible Facts, That the System for Some Years Pursued in That Country, Has Driven It into Its Present Dreadful Situation He does not move us by declamatory gestures and forced attitudes. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Her voice was declamatory though perfectly good-humored, while the second voice, a man's, was of lower pitch and somewhat deprecating. The Queen's Twin and Other Stories Seneca was more accessible than Sophocles, and his faults were easy to imitate—his moralisings, his declamatory passages, his excess of emphasis. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The distinguished orator was certainly more declamatory than argumentative, and he was repeatedly called to order. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Augereau opened the meeting with a theatrical and declamatory but earnest speech, encouraging his comrades and urging the expediency of a battle. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) He was assertive, theatrical, declamatory—still, he usually knew what he was talking about. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators Somewhat stilted and declamatory in speech, Kemble enacted a wide range of characters of Shakespearean tragedy with a dignity that won the admiration of Pitt, Sir Walter Scott, Charles Lamb, and Leigh Hunt. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Abstract ideas united with the passions of the hour produced poetry which was of the nature of a declamatory pamphlet. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. There is no false timsel-decoration about Tell, no sickly refinement, no declamatory sentimentality. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Others, not so declamatory, persist, however, in confounding riches with egoism and insensibility. The Simple Life It is inevitable, as the composition is Diderot’s, that it should have many a rambling and declamatory page. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. The attack on Gladstone's and his own patriotism roused him to produce prodigies of declamatory illustrations. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century In the second half of the century, history tended to become doctrinaire, aggressive, declamatory—a pamphlet in the form of treatise or narrative. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Next follows the great duet for two basses, "The Lord is a Man of War,"--a piece of superb declamatory effect, full of vigor and stately assertion. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers He is singularly free from the exaggerated statement and declamatory style which characterize the writing of so many socialists, and the concluding pages of the present volume show him at his best.... Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles The style, we may remark, notwithstanding the energy and coherence of the thought, is often diffuse and declamatory. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. How strange those declamatory utterances in hearing of his father and Esther, along shore of the lake. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 The excitement was too much for him; he had been keeping time with his tail to this declamatory crescendo. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character The music for the contralto is mainly declamatory. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers He did not seem to mind it at all, but went on talking, as he sometimes did, in a sort of declamatory monologue. Olive A Novel Yet his literary tone, in spite of its declamatory pitch, not seldom sinks into a drone. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. He was simply white, hot with rage—not at all noisy, or declamatory, or vulgar—but cool, cutting, and altogether terrific. The Lady of the Ice A Novel But I have not on this account written in the declamatory and interrogatory style common in devotional works. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion The fifth scene opens with a long declamatory solo by Elizabeth,--full of tenderness and pathos, in which she recalls the dream of childhood,--closing with an orchestral movement of the same general character. The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers An aristocrat by birth, he hated '93 by instinct; but of a philosophical temperament and liberal by education, he loathed tyranny with an inoffensive and declamatory hatred. The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories The latest editor of the heedless philosopher has certainly done right in placing among his miscellanea the declamatory apostrophe which sums up the teachings of this remorseless book. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Honor was a little declamatory in her pride and he raised his eyebrows. Play the Game! In declamatory singing, on the contrary, the consonants should be articulated with greater deliberation and intensity. Style in Singing "War is barbarous if one attacks an unoffending neighbor—it is a sacred duty if one defends one's country," remarked Cornudet in a declamatory tone. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories It is, notwithstanding, cold and tedious, as a whole, though it has some fine declamatory passages—in particular the soliloquy of Cato in the fifth act— "It must be so: Plato, thou reasonest well," etc. Brief History of English and American Literature The account by Mr. Bancroft is more elaborate, digressive, dramatic, and declamatory, but not so consecutive or concise as the preceding. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 His speech there contained some wonderful stroke in the declamatory style, something fanciful, poetical, and even sublime; sometimes, however, bombast, and the logic not satisfactory, at least to my mind. Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 It is, indeed, in the recitatives and declamatory passages of Gluck, Handel, Sacchini, that lyric artists will find unsurpassable material for study. Style in Singing It suggested to him a hobby which he rides now every day, and he commenced his oration by saying, in his declamatory way: "The negro is the coming man." The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer His fine declamatory style, especially in cantabile phrases, stands as the ideal for every artistic performance—something which no other pianist since has reached. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present A debate ensued, which was desultory and declamatory on the part of those advocating the appropriation. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. Similar views are perpetually repeated in the eloquent but declamatory pages of "The System of Nature." Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Its importance and effect, particularly in recitative and declamatory singing, are analogous to the importance and effect of emphasis in spoken language. Style in Singing His delivery was far from animated, and his intonation was rather conversational than declamatory. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The description of the church, the rustic youth, and the patriarchal clergyman has, however, the note of experience and the touch of earth which we miss in the more declamatory passages. Essays on Scandinavian Literature In the next few years Pope found other themes for the display of his declamatory powers. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series The false classical style, inherited from the period of Louis XVI, is metamorphosed by David and Gros, becomes inflated, declamatory, vapid, and wooden. The French Revolution A Short History But frequently in the Recitatives of classic works occur phrases of declamatory recitative, interspersed with passages that are purely lyric in structure. Style in Singing This production was somewhat declamatory in style, but that was no barrier to its utility. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Then he said in a declamatory fashion: "I was mistaken; we are saved again." Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl These are the essential merits of good declamation, and it is in the true declamatory passages that Pope is at his best. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series But if the literature it has produced, in ignorant and declamatory books, sermons, and tracts, were heaped together, they would make a pile as big as one of the pyramids. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He knew it from his friend's statement, from the declamatory inscription on the tomb, but nothing warned him of her presence. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Poetry for him was above all declamatory sentiment or wild narrative, and so he never wrote, and perhaps never cared much for poetry, except ballads and his contemporary Byron. George Borrow The Man and His Books And," continued Senator Hanway, quoting from one of his Senate speeches, lifting his voice the while, and falling into a fine declamatory pose, "he who safeguards the railroads, safeguards his country. The President A novel But what is the good of a ridiculous and declamatory suicide? A Mummer's Tale He predicted, in his wild and declamatory way, his own death. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "That you cannot do; no Bishop's hands would bestow them!" and he drew back his own with a declamatory gesture. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties He spends little time on such declamatory description, but it is essential to the whole effect. George Borrow The Man and His Books "If I live till next October," said the boy, in a declamatory tone of voice suitable for a Second Reader, "I will be seven years of age." The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) Satire differs from abuse, not only in being declamatory, but in being deserved. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Thus when he tells the story of Leto he is really almost a poet; and his funeral oration shows a declamatory magnificence to which I hardly know a parallel. On the Sublime “I am very sorry I took your candy,” piped Eddy, in a loud, declamatory voice which was not the tone of humble repentance. The Debtor A Novel But there were jollifications to no end both in Palmerstown and Chapelizod that night, and declamatory conversations rising up in the street at very late hours, and singing, and 'hurooing' along the moonlit roads. The House by the Church-Yard They assumed an animated style, pacing the tribune in a declamatory and agitated manner. History Of Ancient Civilization The circumstance to which you allude, as to his declamatory powers, was as follows. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals Don’t you find him too declamatory, too turgid, too unnatural, even in his best tragedies? Dialogues of the Dead In his recitatives the sound is continually in opposition to the sense, though they occasionally contain happy declamatory passages.... Great Italian and French Composers Thus, the declamatory music became of great importance, and Gluck's recitative reached an unequaled degree of perfection. The Great German Composers Two days later, Wilberforce, in a scene of considerable excitement, made a long, eloquent, and declamatory speech against evolution and against Huxley. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work It was a subject which specially suited the satirical pen and declamatory powers of Dr. South. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Hamilton made a jury speech of three quarters of an hour, as inflammatory and declamatory as if he had been speaking to a jury. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 It is a certain degree of this quality, which distinguishes declamatory or public speaking or reading from private conversation, and no one can accomplish much, as a public speaker, without cultivating it. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader In Paris he had been struck with the operas of Rameau, in which the declamatory form was strongly marked. The Great German Composers Answers conceived in these two senses—some rough and popular and declamatory, some learned and argumentative and scientific—appeared in great numbers. Matthew Arnold Then he was simply angry and argumentative,—or declamatory. From the Ranks It was a subject on which she waxed declamatory rather too often, and the youngsters of her own regiment wearied of it. The Deserter I find their style rather pompous and declamatory; and their almost excessive refinement makes them border upon dulness. Musicians of To-Day He elaborated the recitative or declamatory element in opera with great care, and insisted that his singers should make this the object of their most careful efforts. The Great German Composers The cold declamatory rhetorical stile of that philosopher was adapted precisely to counteract the effect, which a tale of terror produces on the feelings and imagination. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Wagner himself never surpassed the declamatory passage of the pope's curse. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas She would have preferred that her misery should have been more quiet and less declamatory. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume Thus the emotional and declamatory elements heighten the powers of expression by the greater range given to the voice, and add the poignancy and rhythm of speech to song. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The third and finest art-method, as applied by Schubert to lyric music, is the "declamatory." The Great German Composers Gluck had set his ideal of perfect declamatory truth firmly before him, and he resisted every temptation to swerve into the paths of mere musical beauty. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The one possessed the reverse qualities of the other: BUFFON, whose style in his composition is elaborate and declamatory, was in conversation coarse and careless. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions What vanity to their nicer ears must be the sonorous and declamatory orator's breath! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 At times he became declamatory beyond the point of good taste. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics One of these uninteresting, though faultless tragedies was "Cato," which Warton pronounces a "sententious and declamatory drama" filled with "pompous Roman sentiments," but wanting action and pathos. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century There is some admirable declamatory music in it, which seems to foreshadow the style of 'Rigoletto,' and the sleep-walking scene, though old-fashioned in structure, is really impressive. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. CORNEILLE, RACINE, and RABELAIS, are entirely of an opposite character to the Spaniards, having adapted their genius to their own declamatory and vivacious countrymen. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The music is declamatory; the singer must throw his whole soul into his part, must act as well as sing. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers With Lawes, then, what we may call the declamatory branch of the English school culminated. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians He pronounced "Cato" "unquestionably the noblest production of Addison's genius," but acknowledge that its success had "introduced, or confirmed among us, the use of dialogue too declamatory, of unaffecting elegance and chill philosophy." A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The Wagnerians object to the set form of his works, and the reactionaries condemn the prominence which he often gives to the declamatory and symphonic portions of his score. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. These fervent professors of the Christian faith were in no way particular as to the form or authenticity of their declamatory ebullitions. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Discussion followed; not flamboyant and declamatory, but tense, staccato, pointed. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Except in his avowedly declamatory passages, Purcell did not spin his web precisely thus; but we shall presently see that his method was derived from the declamatory method. Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians They are too often declamatory, ill-compacted, broken by frequent apostrophes, ungainly, dislocated, and rambling. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) It is declamatory rather than lyrical, and decorative rather than dramatic, but in the midst of its conventions and formality there is much that is true as well as picturesque. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Who can estimate the passionate resentment of an emotional people at Nelson's constant declamatory outbursts against the French national character, and the effect it had throughout France? Drake, Nelson and Napoleon All his utterances were declamatory; and he had a set of scallopy gestures that were far beyond the successful mimicry of his fellows. The Colossus A Novel Then King advanced to Delight, and holding up the other crown, began his declamatory effort. Marjorie's Maytime It must have been both pregnant and copious; declamatory in form, but fresh and substantial in matter; excursive in arrangement, but forcible and pointed in intention. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Keiser's music lacks the suavity of the Italian school, but his recitatives are vigorous and powerful, and seem to foreshadow the triumphs which the German school was afterwards to win in declamatory music. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. The opera of "The Jewess" is pre-eminently spectacular, and its music is dramatic and declamatory rather than melodious. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers She liked him so; she always denied and disputed when he became declamatory, though usually, in her heart, she agreed with him. The Younger Set I do allow that these expressions are loose, and may be called declamatory. Evidence of Christianity The loud, though pleasant, voice, and strong, often fiery, declamatory manner, were remnants of the days when his fellow-citizens were wholly swayed by the magnificence of his orations. Twelve Men From Lulli, through Humphries, he got declamatory freedom in the bonds of definite forms, not letting the poet's or the Bible words warp his music out of all reasonable shape. Purcell It is accompanied with tremendous outbursts of trumpets, and leads up to a furious declamatory duet with Othello. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers He delights in the declamatory language of the stage, and all his characters speak as if they were behind the footlights, shouting to the gallery. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Nature was still in a tragic, declamatory mood—sending piled thunder-clouds of dazzling white across a sky extravagantly blue, and throwing on the high snow-fields and craggy tops a fierce, flame-colored light. The Marriage of William Ashe He tried his hand at declamatory onslaughts on the leaders of human wisdom, from the early Greeks and Aristotle down to the latest "novellists;" and he certainly succeeded in being magnificently abusive. Bacon But the declamatory extravagance of anti-alcoholists must not blind us to the fact that the evils of alcohol are real. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society A long declamatory dialogue ensues between himself and Wolfram, in which he recites the story of his pilgrimage. The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Had Virgil attended the bar, his modest and ingenuous virtue would surely have made but a very indifferent figure: and Tully's declamatory inclination would have been as useless in poetry. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant That is to say, if he did condescend: for it looks very like the interpolation of some pompous declamatory player. Some Private Views My colleagues, too, when not actively engaged in the declamatory duties of their profession, partook of the viands with which they had provided themselves before the commencement of the day's labours. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 He shows the lineage of David, one of whose declamatory portraits with beady eyes hangs near by. Promenades of an Impressionist This led to declamatory denunciation, after the American fashion, but without resulting in further activity. The Rules of the Game They commenced with a sort of prelude, slow and declamatory. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 As a bedfellow, Macaulay is too declamatory, though, at the same time, strange to say, he does not always succeed in keeping one awake. Some Private Views Music is not used, as with us, to fill the interval between the pieces, but accompanies the performers throughout; the louder instruments being energetically struck as the singing becomes impassioned or the actors declamatory. Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs Mr. Plumer was a man of cool and excellent judgment, and he thought that Mr. Webster on this occasion was too excursive and declamatory. Daniel Webster I thought Fox declamatory, though prosaic; one of those cavilling minds, born to gainsay, rather than to say,—lawyers without gowns, with mere lip-conscience, who plead above all for their own popularity. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty The sentences were stately, the voice rather loud and declamatory. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great I would suggest in passing that a considerable part of the K.C. is in rhythmic prose—some of it declamatory. Architecture and Democracy In rendering purely melodic phrases, Herr Formes was not so preëminent as in declamatory passages. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 It is rhetorical rather than poetic, declamatory rather than dramatic. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 He left sympathetic biographies of his master, wrote a few loveable letters, composed treatises in the sonorous language of formal discourse, and delivered panegyrics in which the declamatory tone was too broadly stressed. Against the Grain Mr. Mortimer stood erect, in a declamatory attitude, with his back to the exiguous fire. True Tilda The impromptu tragedian recited several lines in a declamatory tone accompanied by gestures to match. Delsarte System of Oratory Far from exaggerating the ills of which he wrote, or describing them in sensational and declamatory language, he treated them in a style that sometimes seemed almost cold in its reticence and freedom from passion. Liza "A nest of nobles" Ted was working up into a fine declamatory vein, and would probably have continued to hold forth for some time had not Margaret indignantly interrupted him. North, South and over the Sea This is little more than a declamatory production, wanting in what is most characteristic of the German mind, original research. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 The first reply gave us no facts whatever, but was a declamatory exhortation to believe. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed Thus it would continue, argument succeeding argument, a declamatory give and take, dignified, passionless, theatrical. The Blood Red Dawn Amaranthe had uttered the last words in a declamatory tone; you might have thought them a quotation from her mamma. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 Is is, notwithstanding, cold and tedious, as a whole, though it has some fine declamatory passages—in particular the soliloquy of Cato in the fifth act— It must be so: Plato, thou reasonest well, etc. From Chaucer to Tennyson The shouting and declamatory parts of religion may be the evil spirits growling and yelling before they are expelled, but these must not be mistaken for the voice of the Ancient of Days. The Crater Men need to expend no declamatory indignation upon them. On Compromise "Ah, thanks for this generosity," cried the young man, in a tone of declamatory sarcasm so artificial as fairly to scent the elocutionary. The Call of the North The long declamatory speeches and the sententiousness of the early drama were directly modelled on Seneca, through whom was faintly reflected the tragedy of Greece, unknown directly or almost unknown to English readers. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge His dialogue is declamatory and formal, and wants that quick chace of replication and rejoinder so necessary to effect in representation. Famous Reviews Had Virgil attended the Bar, his modest and ingenious Virtue would surely have made but a very indifferent Figure; and Tully's declamatory Inclination would have been as useless in Poetry. The Spectator, Volume 2. He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the Eastern authors. Frankenstein He was by turns gay, melancholy, artless, tender, arch, courteous, and declamatory. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist In Germany the attack, if less declamatory, was no less severe. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Mr. Smith never writes but in a loose declamatory way. Famous Reviews If he thought the family were out of hearing, he would grow very animated and declamatory. Tracks of a Rolling Stone This accounts for the more or less declamatory defences of this judicial institution, which is no favourite with the criminal sociologist. Criminal Sociology If Halfdan attempted to set them right, they at once grew excited and declamatory; their opinions were based upon conviction and a charming ignorance of facts, and they were not to be moved. Tales from Two Hemispheres Adj. speaking &c., spoken &c. v.; oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken; eloquent, elocutionary; oratorical, rhetorical; declamatory; grandiloquent &c. Roget's Thesaurus It has been said of Mr. Douglass, that his descriptive and declamatory powers, admitted to be of the very highest order, take precedence of his logical force. My Bondage and My Freedom His success in impassioned declamatory roles obtained for him the nickname of ``Tyrant.'' The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 This fixed idea of the rhapsodist was delivered with animated enthusiasm, in a manner entirely declamatory, for he had plainly no skill as a dialectician. Tess of the d'Urbervilles The peculiarity of Juvenal is a mixture of gaiety and stateliness, of pointed sentences and declamatory grandeur. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Tired with the long history, and with the notes upon the history of this adventure, in Mrs. Nettleby's declamatory style, our heroine walked out to refresh herself. Tales and Novels — Volume 06 When he went into the drawing-room to tea, he found his friend, the stern old lady, speaking in a high declamatory tone. Tales and Novels — Volume 03 It is a rebellious, declamatory poem, in which the pathos of untimely death is made the occasion for ventilating radical views as to the goodness of God and the consolations of religion. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller "I know who 'tis!" she announced, presently, in a declamatory voice. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Lucan is distinguished by a kind of dictatorial or philosophick dignity, rather, as Quintilian observes, declamatory than poetical; full of ambitious morality and pointed sentences, comprised in vigorous and animated lines. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Satire, especially the satire of declamatory invective, must be one-sided, and the satirist must select the features of life which he desires to denounce. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Of passionate or declamatory language he had no command. Charlotte's Inheritance Its success has introduced or confirmed among us the use of dialogue too declamatory, of unaffecting elegance and chill philosophy.' Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 But the treatment is as conventional and declamatory as that of the mythological tragedies among which it has been preserved, and the result, if possible, even flatter and more tedious. Latin Literature They were very fond of it, and liked declamatory poetical pieces. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The Greek rhetoricians of this period lay great stress on the importance of avoiding declamatory rhetoric. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Their preaching was not metaphysical, and it was not declamatory. Unitarianism in America Dryden, with his eyes wide open, copied its worst faults, especially its declamatory sentiment. Among My Books First Series The declamatory speeches may be an intentional imitation of the harangues of the Revolutionaries, but they are more likely to be the product of the inflation of youth. Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. They sang very well, mostly quaint old songs and declamatory hymns, to fitting tunes. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Seneca is doubtless influenced by the declamatory rhetoric of schools as well, but his philosophical training probably did much to form his style. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The poem is of its age—declamatory, ambitious, eloquent; but the ideas do not seem great or new, though that, perhaps, is because they have been so often repeated since. Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions Juvenal, though himself not free from the declamatory affectation of the day, attacked the false literary taste of his contemporaries as unsparingly as he did their depraved morality. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities I began, but was so delighted at the way she repeated the verses, her excellent declamatory and rhythmic sense, that I was almost unable to write. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth But movement also has grown less expressive, more declamatory, less intimate. Certain Noble Plays of Japan From the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa He had too keen an eye for the hideous and the grotesque, too strong a passion for the declamatory style. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal He became excited, sympathetic, declamatory, tore open old sores, and Mr. Ancrum had great difficulty in getting rid of him. The History of David Grieve The style is prolix and declamatory, and characterized by awkward affectation and involved obscurity. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities This high opinion of me was strengthened by a declamatory habit, which made me an oracle and orator at the domestic board. The Crayon Papers It is big rather than great, rhetorical rather than literary, declamatory rather than passionate. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Like Victor Hugo, he has the gift of imparting richness and splendour to the obvious by the sheer force and glory of his declamatory power. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal As he skirted a large group, he recognized Dresser, who was shouting a declamatory speech. The Web of Life His descriptions indicate a rich and powerful imagination, but, neglecting substance for form, his style is often declamatory and affected. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The second, third, and fourth poems are declamatory exercises on the dogmas of stoicism, interspersed with dramatic scenes. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It was they who inspired the highest flights of declamatory eloquence in Persius and Juvenal. Guide to Stoicism His treatment of the hexameter exactly suits his declamatory type of satire. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal He was in constant action, but never vehement, never declamatory in tone, walking often to and fro, every gesture expressive, art perfectly concealing art. From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 Another may not be wrong in his facts, but have a declamatory or sophistical vein in him, much to be guarded against. Friends in Council — First Series Hence arose a declamatory tone, which strove by frigid and almost hysterical exaggeration to make up for the healthy stimulus afforded by daily contact with affairs. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Though its vividness and eloquence are quite remarkable, its style is, perhaps, too declamatory for the taste of the present generation. Poets of the South The characters naturally suffer from this continued display of declamatory rhetoric. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal The principal degrees of force requiring attention, are three: the moderate, the declamatory, and the impassioned. The American Union Speaker "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck" followed; also "The Assyrian Came Down," and other declamatory gems. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. On the other hand, his sound sense, notwithstanding all his admiration of Diderot, preserved him from his declamatory and emphatical style, which owes its chief effect to breaks and marks of interrogation. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Of aristocratic birth, he hated instinctively the year 1793, but being a philosopher by temperament and liberal by education, he execrated tyranny with an inoffensive and declamatory hatred. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories The dangerous influence of Seneca has, it is true, decayed; we are no longer flooded with epigram or declamatory rhetoric. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Some of our first comic actors made the attempt of relating my little stories from the stage; it was a complete change from the declamatory poetry which had been heard to satiety. True Story of My Life The claims of pure literature, of philosophy, and of history were accorded too little attention, and the chief drill centered about the technique of declamatory prose. Vergil A Biography Even the declamatory drama of Diderot found imitators. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature At certain intervals, some of the best speakers mount the platform, and "speak a piece," which is generally as declamatory as possible. The Best American Humorous Short Stories They are a series of declamatory arguments on both sides, respecting a number of historical or purely imaginary subjects; and it would be impossible to conceive any reading more utterly unprofitable. Seekers after God We are not unjust, we conceive, in affirming, that there is an interest kept alive in the plain and simple narrative of the old historian, which is lost in the declamatory tragedy of Johnson. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes At the end of the first hour of the speech, he said to a friend, 'All this is declamatory assertion without proof.' The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Adj. speaking &c.; spoken &c. v.; oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken; eloquent, elocutionary; oratorical, rhetorical; declamatory; grandiloquent &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases It has puzzled the French as much as the Germans, for the French genius is declamatory and needs the inspiration of ideas and great passions greatly stated. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough The language is declamatory, the thoughts inflated, and the limits of nature and verisimilitude transgressed in describing the characters and passions. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives His poetry of this first period is generally, though not always, shallow and insincere in thought, and declamatory or bombastic in expression. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World "No, mister," he mumbled, "a bite out here—no, mister"—and then, as though the sound of his own voice inspired him, he grew declamatory. Adventures in Contentment The somewhat declamatory tone of the oration is not less consistent with the character of the rural parson, the trend of Swedish religious thought, and the solemnity associated with these occasions. Norwegian Life He was one of the best speakers in the House of Lords, both in the declamatory and argumentative way.' Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 Scaliger, preoccupied as he was with style, found his ideal of tragedy not in the plays of the great Greeks, but in the closet dramas of the declamatory Spaniard. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism The lords in their cushioned seats seemed like men that had met, in a social way, to talk over public affairs; it was not at all that roomy, vast, declamatory national hall I had imagined. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 Unfortunately for this purpose, they are declamatory rather than constructive. The United States of America, Part 1 He continued the sex assault; flung out a declamatory hand. Once Aboard the Lugger To a man they were drunk, belligerent and, declamatory. The Silver Horde But she was not a remarkably dramatic singer, even in light comedy parts, which best suited her; and her style was not at all declamatory. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time One of the National Temperance societies had been utilizing the promising declamatory powers of the high school students of the country, through a series of county, district and state competitions, to influence the public. Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Its song is almost declamatory and not at all sentimental—unless so distorted—as Niecks would have us imagine. Chopin : the Man and His Music Lucan is distinguished by a kind of dictatorial or philosophic dignity, rather, as Quintilian observes, declamatory than poetical; full of ambitious morality and pointed sentences, comprised in vigorous and animated lines. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 2 "Allow me; one minute if you please!" returned Scranton, with a nasal twang peculiar to his class, as he began to work himself up into a declamatory attitude. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter A history of facts was a more formidable indictment than any declamatory attack. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth I had expected a female of the loud declamatory type: something of the Corilla Olimpica order; but in this was agreeably disappointed. The Valley of Decision I therefore request the singers particularly to sing all declamatory passages in my operas at first in strict tempo, as they are written. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 In declamatory periods Dr. Fordyce spins out Rousseau's eloquence; and in most sentimental rant, details his opinions respecting the female character, and the behaviour which woman ought to assume to render her lovely. Vindication of the Rights of Woman Whitman's "new and national declamatory expression," as he termed it, cannot receive a final technical valuation until we have made more scientific progress in the analysis of rhythms. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters "So you are a socialist?" said the Englishman, passing over Johann's declamatory confidences. The Puppet Crown Then he turned towards that vast audience of the trees, stretched out his hand with a declamatory gesture, said something in a composed voice, and fell upon his face stone dead! A Yellow God: an Idol of Africa His familiar tone, his declamatory tone, and his pathetic tone are quite different things. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 All I know of him is through his "platform," vague and declamatory, through editorials, and through drawing-room, coffee-house, or street gossip. The French Revolution - Volume 3 For two hours he declaimed against England -- witty, declamatory, extravagant, bitter, amusing, and noisy; but in substance what he said was not merely commonplace -- it was true! The Education of Henry Adams The poet has relied on the strength of the idea, on the vividness of his imagery, and the realism of the declamatory passages. Massimilla Doni This habit of declamatory chanting slightly affected his conversation, as we have seen in his interview with Dumay. Modeste Mignon And, at the same time, it was no recitative, for it was not declamatory. A Voyage to Arcturus |
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