英语词汇“reciter”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Long stories and epic tales used music to draw in the audience and to help the reciter’s memorization. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I was lucky to come from a family of reciters and readers. An Art Critic Is First Inspired by Words 2013-08-14T22:01:50Z

It turns out this is a quality that makes the reciter’s job that much more difficult. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z

Often the speech in question was Mr. Ashley’s own: he appeared in many of his works as a kind of master reciter. Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z

The reciter’s gaze was resting in the air in front of him as he talked. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z

Poetry by Heart, a Department for Education-funded contest, will see school champions fight through to regional heats, which in turn will select the best reciters for a weekend of finals in London this April. Government backs drive for young to learn poetry by heart 2013-01-08T13:59:22Z

Byrne recalls his mother, a reciter of poetry and old Victorian songs, a lover of language, a dispenser of the Irish folk wisdom known in Gaelic as “Seanfhocail,” a woman consumed by housework and child-rearing. This Time, He Stars In His Own Story 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Iraq holds an annual festival for the world's Koran memorizers and reciters. Meet southern Iraq's youngest Koran memorizer 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

While the most skilled female reciters may attain celebrity-like status in some countries, others are largely confined to private spaces or all-women audiences. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night. Nightly prayers at the mosque? Big iftars? Vaccines? Ramadan 2021 brings decisions for Muslims. 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

“They were used to being passive reciters of knowledge,” she said. Perspective | Project-based learning confronts students with uncertainty. Finally. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

His unique sound made him one of the Muslim world's most popular reciters. Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

An honor guard carried it to a podium where reciters read the Quran and other religious verses in an outdoor area of the Defense Ministry in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Iran begins funeral for slain military nuclear scientist 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z

Campaigns have been springing up online to amplify the voices, and widen the reach, of female Quran reciters across the world, with many posting their recitations and encouraging others to follow suit. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

His father was a qari, a respected reciter of the Koran, and the younger Shajarian started singing verses of the Islamic holy book when he was 5. Mohammad Reza Shajarian, classical singer revered in Iran, dies at 80 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

When Odeh was 14, his father, a builder, sent him to a Christian school, where he became a reciter of Bible verses. Are Arab Israelis having their political moment? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress. Review: Ojai Music Festival witnesses Barbara Hannigan, Wonder Woman in Wonderland 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

“When the cute kid wears off, he’ll still be one of the best reciters and writers of the poetry.” This 14-year-old cowboy poet may surprise you 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

For many Muslims, the voice of Quran reciters permeates daily life, blaring from car radios and smartphones or playing out on television channels. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Reciting poetry off by heart is indeed a very pleasurable activity – for the reciter. Harry Potter play exposes the social apartheid in our theatre | Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

And therein is the canard: No story is ever completely objective but rather filtered through its reciters. MOVIE REVIEW: Well-made ‘Truth’ tries too hard to excuse journalistic lapses 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Haraguchi, the pi reciter, told The Japan Times that his memorization of pi is part of his quest for eternal truth. How Much Pi Do You Need? 2012-07-21T19:15:00.227Z

Covered in a black chador, Massoumeh Solatani, a housewife and an amateur Koran reciter, tried to explain how happy she felt when the verses of her holy book were chanted before her. At Iran Koran Competition, Reciters Vie for Honors 2012-06-27T00:50:04Z

Many devout Muslims play recordings of favorite reciters at homes or businesses to contemplate the verses or soothe their souls. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Then there was a large sprinkling of professional people—barristers, journalists, critics, savants, lady-doctors, strong-minded females, singers, reciters, actors. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z

Some persons plead as an excuse for this breach of etiquette, that the reciter was spoiling a good story by a bad manner, but this does not mend the matter. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

He led a wandering life for the next two years, appearing less on the stage as an actor than as a reciter of his own poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

He said that most Iranian reciters copied their style from popular Egyptian colleagues. At Iran Koran Competition, Reciters Vie for Honors 2012-06-27T00:50:04Z

There was a time when Maryam Amir didn’t even know women could be Quran reciters; today she is part of that blossoming. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

The correct accent, if it is introduced, suggests the meaning: but this introduction of the signification of an idea disturbs the mechanical nexus and therefore easily throws out the reciter. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z

Besides the music and singing, the "Court" entertains itself nightly with performing monkeys and dancing men, besides story-tellers, and reciters of the poetry of Hafiz. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

Herodotus himself was as much a scientific explorer as a reciter of narrative, and his life-long investigation was historiē in his Ionian speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z

Alone with nature during the day, he spent his evening hours in listening to ancient ballads and legends, of which his mother was a great reciter. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z

At home, where she says female reciters enjoy the same status as men, some fans have named their children after her. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

This was related with the utmost seriousness of countenance, and no doubt firmly believed in by the reciter. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z

Even the Iliad or the Song of Roland must have gained or lost according to the effectiveness of the reciter or the social status of the patron. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z

The moment the story was finished, Sahasra Dal jumped up from his seat, and embracing the reciter, said, “You can be none other than my brother Champa Dal.” Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z

It was probably introduced by a reciter from the description of a ferry-boat in some other poem. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z

Madinah Javed, who grew up in Scotland and now lives in Chicago, has also turned to social media to highlight female reciters like herself while campaigning to inspire more to share recitations. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

As a rule he adhered more to the quantity of a line than the ordinary reciter, for he had the rare gift of making the accent felt, without perceptibly altering the prosody. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z

The reciter was called a rhapsodist—properly one who weaves a long, smoothly-flowing chant, then an epic poet who chants his own or another’s poem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

All the early ballad poetry shows how instinctively the reciters accommodated their rhythm to their breathing: Chevy Chace, or The Babes in the Wood may be taken as an example for verse. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z

This ballad has had the misfortune, in common with many others, of being much mutilated by reciters. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z

“It’s important for both men and women to hear women reciters,” she said. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Whole pages or scenes from Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Thompson, and Milton she learned by heart, until she knew enough poetry to have fitted her for the occupation of a wandering reciter. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z

The “prelude” might be addressed to the presiding god of the festival, or to any local deity whom the reciter wished to honour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

"In the heyday of the local and national eisteddfodau he was a brilliant reciter... possibly the best reciter of Welsh language poetry which was maybe his best accomplishment," he added. Bafta-winning actor dies aged 83 2011-07-26T12:48:07Z

The reciters of old ballads frequently supply the best commentaries upon them, when any obscurity or want of connection appears in the poetical narrative. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z

In Egypt, the makeup of the country’s syndicate for reciters and those who teach Quran memorization provides one indication of the road ahead for those advocating female representation. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Undoubtedly in recitation the reciter gains, but the gains of the rest of the class are small. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z

She listened, therefore, with unspeakable eagerness to this reciter, who detailed to her, as the occasion suggested, the progress of action and opinion on the theatre of France and Poland. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z

"Down with France!" formed an accompaniment which would doubtless have been continued to the next piece, the reciter proposing to give a lyric by Theodor K�rner. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z

It is difficult to remember exactly such long narratives, but with objects to remind the reciter of each part, it is not so hard. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z

Hashad said he, personally, sees no theological reasons to stop public female reciters. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

Even the reciter of the magical texts probably forgot that the god had once been a chief lil or ghost and nothing more. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z

And be it observed, the theory as to our ballads is, that they have been transmitted from old time, undergoing modifications from the minds of nurses, and other humble reciters, as they came along. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z

Those among his hearers able to follow the reciter soon perceived that they had been tricked into listening to truths they had no desire to hear. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z

The Negro is quick to seize a parable, and the point of a cunningly constructed story directed at an individual obnoxious to the reciter would not miss. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z

In his nightmares, the prize-winning reciter of the Koran is back in "frequent flier status". No respite 2011-02-25T00:08:51Z

“Say ‘Robert of Lincoln’?” she begged Ethel Brown, who was the Club’s reciter, “and then we’ll go home and have some cocoa and cookies.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z

We may well believe that the professional reciter would, as a rule, be jealous of any attempt to commit to writing the poems which he had received by tradition or had himself composed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z

This difficulty has made some critics suppose that all the acts of Diomedes were foisted in by some of the Argive reciters of the Iliad. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z

The reciter sings it here. out of the house, out from under the house. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z

"And they met me as a reciter of the Koran." No respite 2011-02-25T00:08:51Z

The reciter grew very tired at the last. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z

But there is no ground to suppose that the succession of popular singers and reciters was ever interrupted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z

The reciter reflected a while, and the lines occurred to his mind, and he repeated them. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

The d before the T of Toad is very awkward to pronounce, yet the reciter, whose normal speech is of the laziest, like that of all his kindred, got it out quite plainly. mossiful, unmerciful. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z

But the reciter had many expenses, from the hire of chairs to the fees to freedmen and slaves, who acted as claqueurs. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius

Many of the reciters were slain in battle, and it was not till the 8th to the 10th centuries and even later that the earliest collections of these poems were made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"

Sergeant White was a man of superior education, an excellent vocalist and reciter, with a most retentive memory, and one of the best amateur actors in the Ninety-Third. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude

Hishám laughed, and desired him to ask what he would before the remaining third should have gone; and the reciter said, "One of these two female slaves." The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments

I hate the lady physician, the lady lawyer, the lady member of the School Board, the lady preacher, the lady president, the lady secretary, the lady reciter, even the lady who conducts an orchestra. Her Royal Highness Woman

The reciter and the elocutionist of late have done much to rob us of this which is one of the finest of the fine arts. The Voice and Spiritual Education

In France itself the Fabliaux simply became farces or prose tales, as the wandering reciter of verse gave way to the actor and the bookseller. A Short History of French Literature

It pierced the night, and enclosed the words of the reciter, one sound prisoned by another lighter and less than itself. Bye-Ways

In the principal coffee-shops of Cairo are to be found reciters of romances, surrounded by interested audiences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"

Now, it so happened that the great barrister and orator, Berryer, was considered a most charming reciter of that kind of verse. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections

Mr. Riley is a man of about thirty, a genuine poet, full of pathos and humor, and a great reciter. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things

The reciter was still the general if not the only publisher, and recitation almost of necessity implied poetical form. A Short History of French Literature

Thus before dinner I was a lawyer, and after dinner I was artist, poet, and reciter. Eyes Like the Sea

Transmitted for hundreds of years by trained schools of reciters, it was during a synod that occurred in the first quarter of the first century before Christ that, finally, they were written. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal

These have their counterpart, their precursors, in the writers and reciters of devotional romances. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion

He was known over the whole Empire as the best reciter and imparter of the Sacred Writings of the Prophet. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales

Every one was amazed at the astonishing memory of this country lad: and the applause that greeted the reciter might well be calculated to awaken his latent vanity. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit

No doubt his profession as a reciter and story-teller prevented him. Five Stages of Greek Religion

"He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day; But now"— continued the reciter with a great amount of pathos, —"I often wish the night Had bawn my breath away!" Soldiers of the Queen

“This is a wonder that came to pass in the days of thy forefather the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nebka, of the acts of the chief reciter Uba-aner.” Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings

Since then, reciters' audiences have had their fill. Highways and Byways in Surrey

Such reciters are found in India at the present day. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV

The word βάρβαροι is absent from both poems, an absence which must be intentional on the part of the later reciters, but may well come from the original sources. Five Stages of Greek Religion

Even when the ballads have been taken from recitation, the reciter has sometimes been inspired by a "stall copy," or printed broadsheet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"

I will tell thy Majesty of a wonder which came to pass in the days of thy father Seneferu, the blessed, of the deeds of the chief reciter Zazamankh. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings

Field did not sing with the quartet but as a fifth member acted as reader or reciter in their little entertainments. Stories of Authors, British and American

It was the custom in Greece for a reciter to hold in his hand a wand or ῥάβδος. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

Tales and old poems were known to special reciters. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

Several chariots contended for him in the races, while a number of trained reciters and chorists were sent to exhibit his poetical compositions before those who would listen to them. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality

And he said, ‘Haste, and bring before me the chief reciter and scribe of the rolls Zazamankh;’ and they straightway brought him. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings

The rival reciters were sometimes attached to the same gondola; but often the response came from a passing gondolier, a stranger to the singer who challenged the contest. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2

In our own metrical romances, or wherever a poem is meant not for readers but for chanters and oral reciters, these formulæ, to meet the same recurring case, exist by scores. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

The reciter threw into the recitation all the powers of his soul and gave vent to the sentiment. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

Here the audience, wedded to the accustomed formularies, is represented as controlling any inclination to variation on the reciter's part. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology

And his Majesty said, ‘Haste, bring me the chief reciter Zazamankh,’ and they brought him. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings

He has made an unsophisticated reciter as impossible as a sympathetic and sentimental audience. The History of "Punch"

If it is a woman speaking, he pipes a falsetto such as no woman outside a reciter's brain ever possessed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914

So also they would gather in their huts and listen to the best reciter of tales. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

At first sight action, like that of Messia or the Arab reciter, might seem to make for freedom in narration. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology

The audience was a joy, with half-raised heads, wide eyes, open mouths, every nerve of them hanging on the reciter's words. Nights in London

The reciter of 'Sir Galahad' shook his hand warmly, promising that he would do so. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales

A taste for acting is widely spread in Russia, and the Russian folk-tales are full of dramatic positions which offer a wide scope for a display of their reciter’s mimetic talents. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore

He proceeded to Ireland, where he supported himself as a public reciter of popular Scottish ballads. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

At this point, unfortunately, the reciter's memory failed: hence we do not know the details of the rescue. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology

It was with difficulty that she restrained an exclamation of delight when she heard that they were short of reciters. The Second Chance

At first it made me awfully cross when they wanted us reciters to sit on the platform for every one to stare at. Prudence Says So

By the lips of a single bard, or of a series of bards, otherwise of public declaimers or reciters, the world was first familiarised with the many enthralling tales strung together in those peerless masterpieces. Charles Dickens as a Reader

Sam excelled, as might have been expected from his nationality, as a reader and reciter, and during the long evenings added much to the profit and diversion of the household. Winter Adventures of Three Boys

Where was the fun in the “Saturday nights” when our only comic singer, our only reciter, our only orator wasn’t there? Boycotted And Other Stories

It is a common theme among temperance reciters, but to Pearlie it was all new and terrible. The Second Chance

For a year after the Prophet's death nothing seems to have been done; but then the battle of Yemana took place in which a very large number of the best Qur�n reciters were slain. The Faith of Islam

A third form of the name is Kramwant or reciters of the Veda. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)

No. And so in like manner with other practical skills,—the geometrician's, astronomer's, professional reciter's. A Short History of Greek Philosophy

The elements of the story remain, wholly or in part, while the literary clothing is altered according to the ‘taste and fancy’ of the reciter. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series

The reciter here stopped to drink another tumbler of wine, upon which Caper and Rocjean, having finished their pint, paid their scot and departed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

The question at issue is to be sharply marked off from another—the public appearance of children as soloists, reciters, etc. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged)

So numerous were the instances of cruelty, so multiplied the tales of wo, that they wearied and confused the reciter. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel

Tacitus writes of them: “The Germans abound with rude strains of verse, the reciters of which, in the language of the country, are called ‘Bards.’ Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View

Nevertheless, survivors of the genuine itinerant reciters of ballads have been discovered at intervals almost to the present day. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series

A colorful tale it was in which the reciter was lavish with pearls and ancient gold. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure

Even amateur reciters could make an effect out of lines like that. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties

Your work as a public speaker is radically different from that of the actor or reciter. Model Speeches for Practise

He eagerly perused the delightful volume, though he was then only twelve years old: and this impulse being given to his mind, became at fifteen a reciter of verses. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1

But he appears to have been more of an improviser than a reciter. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series

The structure, language, and spelling of many have been so modified, by successive reciters, that their original form is now lost. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2

“Do you mean to be a reciter of heroic verses?” continued Socrates, “for I have been told that you have all Homer’s works.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

This latter, known as Bana, is usually accompanied by a word for word translation made by the reciter or an assistant. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

Some arrangement was also occasionally necessary to recover the rhyme, which was often, by the ignorance of the reciters, transposed or thrown into the middle of the line. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature

You will find in Plato much about reciters, actors, poets, rhetoricians, pleaders, sophists, public orators and refiners of language, but very little indeed about books. On The Art of Reading

Had mine been the task to speak these lines, I must inevitably have failed to get the required response, but in the mouth of the regular reciter they never once missed fire. The Life Story of an Old Rebel

Other preludes end with a prayer to the God for luck in the competition of reciters. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological

It was Racine's excessive sensibility which made him the finest dramatic reciter. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions

The reciter, O chief of the Bharatas, should be possessed of learning and endued with a good voice and a clear utterance respecting both letters and words. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

These are the rewards of reciters and this their end. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

And it leadeth the reciter from all sins, to the solar region.' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3

But in works of lesser sanctity interpolations and additions were made according to the reciters' taste. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Thus, if a hero had killed a serpent, in time it became a fiery dragon, and if he won a great battle, the enthusiastic reciters of it had him do prodigious feats—feats beyond belief. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)

The reciter being gratified, the house-holder attains to an excellent and auspicious contentment. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

She looked like the descendant of a long line of ancestry or something and she spoke as good as any reciter you ever heard in a hall. Somewhere in Red Gap

I had become nothing more than a reciter of my former discoveries, and though I still wrote poems, they dealt with love, not with the secrets of philosophy. Historia Calamitatum

Mr. Clifford Harrison is well known as the most poetic of our reciters, but as a writer himself of poetry he is not so famous. Reviews

At best, however, the crispness of the original salt is impaired, though the flavour is not lost by keeping, and the enjoyment of it must depend on the new seasoning provided by the reciter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892

Those Brahmanas that are, by profession, vocalists, or dancers or players or instrumental musicians, or reciters of sacred books, or warriors and athletes, do not, O king, deserve to be invited. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

Wilfred was a good reciter and held the ladies with his voice and his melting blue eyes with the long lashes, and Henrietta was envied for having nailed him. Somewhere in Red Gap

Lady Kitty passed the time either in a running commentary on the reciter, which occasionally convulsed her companion, or else in holding her small hands over her ears. The Marriage of William Ashe

One does not blame the gramophone if the song is flat, or if the reciter drops his h's. Mount Music

And here was this black-coated reciter of incredible things stepping into her place. Marcella

What should be the qualification of the reciter to be engaged? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

Examples of such genealogies are common; it is, in fact, the part of the reciter to preserve the pedigree of his chief in a formal genealogical chant. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

The shriek of the first lines had died away in a stage whisper; the reciter was glaring fiercely into vacancy. A Great Success

He soon became a very skillful dancer, and an excellent reciter of the mele; so the fame of his skill was not slow in extending through all the valleys of the island. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands

Considering how very apt the most accurate reciters are to patch up one ballad with verses from another, the utmost caution cannot always avoid such errors. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

At first, the reciter, clad in good robes and smeared with perfumed paste, should, O king, be duly fed with honey and frumenty of the best kind. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

There is no doubt in this enumeration an assertion of power over the forces the reciter calls by name, as a descendant of her who has transmitted to him the magic formula. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

In some rather serious companies a professional reader or reciter entertained the diners with interesting passages of poetry or prose; before others there might be a performance of scenes from a comedy. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul

Maspero writes not as a mere chronicler or reciter of events, but as a philosophical historian. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History

The names of Aldingar and Rodingham approach near to each other in sound, though not in orthography, and the one might, by reciters, be easily substituted for the other. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

Even this was the feat that regenerate one, aided by his sacred fire,—that silent reciter of Mantras, that one clad in deer-skins,—accomplished! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18

A long recitation of the genealogies of chiefs provides immense emotional satisfaction and seems in no way to overtax the reciter's memory. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

By this natural alliance, the lays, "steeped in the stream of harmony," are more easily retained by the reciter, and produce upon his audience a more impressive effect. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

It was a sort of chant, deep and earnest, which conveyed the impression that the reciter had the highest opinion of the poetry. Yesterdays with Authors

They had however some tradition among them, which had been altered from age to age according to the fancies of the reciters. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Skald, an old Scandinavian poet, a reciter or singer of poems in praise of the Norse warriors and their deeds. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge

The number of such place names to be stored in the reciter's memory is considerable. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

This ballad is preserved, by tradition, on the west borders, but much mangled by reciters; so that some conjectural emendations have been absolutely necessary to render it intelligible. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

I am, therefore, inclined to think these "improvisatri" are mere reciters of the great Italian poets. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829

The latter version is as evidently English as the former is Scottish; or rather, each has grown to its present form as the reciters exercised their art to please an English or a Scottish audience. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day

The actor would enter there… But the worthy priest checked him: "Say the reciter, my dear boy; actor is not a word for self-respecting people." The Aspirations of Jean Servien

The reciters avail themselves of these well-known terms, sometimes for quick comparison, often for mere enumeration. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

Some arrangement was also occasionally necessary, to recover the rhyme, which was often, by the ignorance of the reciters, transposed, or thrown into the middle of the line. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

Jasmin was no doubt recognised as a poet, and an excellent reciter; yet he was a person who handled the razor and the curling-tongs. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist

As poetry it is monotonous, without sense of proportion, padded to facilitate memorisation by professional reciters, and unadorned by figure, fancy, or imagination. Four Arthurian Romances

It is at such functions as these that the professional story-teller, the good reciter, the clever reader, the perfect entertainer would make the natural selfish reserve of mankind less apparent. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

"Perfect memory for these chants was a gift of god and proved that a god spoke through and inspired the reciter." The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai

On the other hand, the utmost care has been taken, never to reject a word or phrase, used by a reciter, however uncouth or antiquated. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

The buyer in the 'gentleman's hosiery' was a well-known reciter, and he was called upon loudly to perform by all the assistants in his department. Of Human Bondage

Been an actor and a writer — Doesn't whine — Reckoned now the best reciter In his line. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses

Or, the entertainment might be varied by engaging a good professional reciter to reproduce literary gems, comic or otherwise. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat

"The rest has escaped me," said the reciter; "and I marvel I have been able to remember so much." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier

This is, in most copies, the earl hight Hamilton, which must be a mistake of the reciters, as the family did not enjoy that title till 1503. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

The infant reciter is in similar manner trained by alternate blows and bribes, almonds and raisins, and bumpers of sweet wine. Tales and Novels — Volume 09

He offered her his arm, and together they made their way out of the crowded room into a smaller apartment where an amateur reciter was hovering disconsolately awaiting an audience. With Edged Tools

There was a class called Homeridae, in Chios; but whether they were themselves poets, or reciters of Homer, or what else may have been their peculiar work, is not ascertained. Outline of Universal History

The mob of reciters improved the great epic of Homer! The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments

With these explanations, the general purport of the ballad may be easily discovered, though particular passages have become inexplicable, probably through corruptions introduced by reciters. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

Nature seemed to have provided against the devastations of the infant reciter. Tales and Novels — Volume 09

The poets and reciters of tales, giving the name of Troubadour a French termination, called themselves Trouvères. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities

Coming from Ephesus, Ion claimed to be the best professional reciter of Homer in all Greece. Authors of Greece

So far as the reciter was concerned, they were absolutely insincere clap-trap. America To-day, Observations and Reflections

The reciter assured him, that this was the genuine old ballad; the common one false. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1

They must have done their best with such texts as were accessible to them, and among these were probably the copies used by reciters and rhapsodists, answering to the MS. books of the mediaeval jongleurs. Homer and His Age

All selections of a high order have relation to rhythm in their composition, and that style of movement in the composition should find its ready response in the organism of the speaker or reciter. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System

Even as a professional reciter Ion admits the necessity of the power of working on men. Authors of Greece

Pliny the younger, who was a finished reciter, grievously complains of the incivility shown to deserving poets. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius

Under all this the fervid reciter would not pause, satisfied if the young organs of speech would submit themselves. Daniel Deronda

If cities and reciters had any ancient texts, then texts existed, though not "standard" texts: and by this means the harmony of thought, character, and detail in the poems might be preserved. Homer and His Age

And he said, 'Haste, and bring before me the chief reciter and scribe of the rolls Zazamankh'; and they straightway brought him. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

I have heard," I continued, "that our professional reciters keep a book full of all kinds of ready-made discourses, which can be fitted into any subject. The Home and the World

We can imagine the effect upon their used-up emotions of a fresh and fiery spirit like that of Lucan, whose splendid presence and rich enthusiasm threw to the winds these tricks of the reciter's art. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius

Londonderry had written to a lecture agency for the name of a likely reciter, man or woman, and they had sent him the name of Isabel Strange. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.]

But, according to the prevalent critical theory, we read in the Iliad not only large "expansions" of many dates, but also briefer interpolations inserted by the strolling reciters or rhapsodists. Homer and His Age

"This is a wonder that came to pass in the days of thy forefather the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nebka, of the acts of the chief reciter Uba-aner." Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

They were recited and listened to just as gravely at Lorenzo di Medici's table; and yet neither compromised the reciters, nor were at all associated with the enjoyment of the fare that ensued. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1

At an early age showed a remarkable talent in music; a public entertainer on the piano and reciter of his own verse. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration

But by the time the reciter had got through this unimportant dreariness, no doubt his audience had settled down to listen. The Epic An Essay

It could not be otherwise; all the Books would be equally modified in passing through the lips of modern reciters and composers. Homer and His Age

Doubtless they were modified by reciters, and probably took shape in the Vth or VIth Dynasties; but yet we must regard them as belonging practically to the age to which they refer. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

How could they have got it fixed into their heads that she was a reciter? Hilda Lessways

She was not, it must be confessed, especially admirable as a verbatim et literatim "reciter." Mother Carey's Chickens

Dr. Johnson was a great reciter of all sorts of things serious or comical. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

Again, a poet in the fortunate position of Jendeus would not teach his Epic in a "school" of reciters unless he were extremely well paid. Homer and His Age

I will tell thy majesty of a wonder which came to pass in the days of thy father Seneferu, the blessed, of the deeds of the chief reciter Zazamankh. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

He looked up, and the reciter stopped, and it was all quiet. The Belted Seas

Ah, Zeus, that is work for epic poets or reciters, and I am no good at poetry. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

Sir Walter, in his introduction to the ballad, states that because the piece had been "much mangled by reciters," "some conjectural emendations have been absolutely necessary to render it intelligible." Types of Children's Literature

The authors of these poems knew the Iliad, then, as a whole, and how could they have known it thus if it only existed in the casual repertoire of strolling reciters? Homer and His Age

The reciter is strong for men's rights, he brings destruction on the wife, and never even gives her name, but always calls her merely "the wife of Uba-aner." Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

Would you mind, Smith, lying under the table here, and exercising your gift as a reciter from there. Here, There and Everywhere

Some are in the spirit and style of song or hymn; others are in the form of address to distant auditors, wherein the reciter would call to a distance, or "sing out," as we say. Public Speaking

Old gauchos used to tell me that twenty or more years ago one often met with a reciter of ballads who could relate the whole story of the Bien-te-veo. Far Away and Long Ago

Mr. Leaf rejects this theory, while supposing that there were schools for professional reciters. Homer and His Age

And his majesty said, 'Haste, bring me the chief reciter Zazamankh,' and they brought him. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty

For this is really a species of animal magnetism, in which the enkindling reciter, by perpetual comment of looks and tones, lends his own will and apprehensive faculty to his auditors. Biographia Literaria

Dr Johnson was a great reciter of all sorts of things serious or comical. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

The king said: "To my thinking, you are a better reciter than the Pope." The Art of the Story-Teller

Thus the reciters, after all, did not spare "the old material" in the matter of corslets. Homer and His Age

Everybody claimed to be an artist of some kind, whether painter, musician, novelist, dramatist, verse-maker, reciter, singer, or what not. Dreams and Dream Stories

Readers, reciters, and singers are not 94 performers. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking

Half-a-dozen verses were thus massacred, and the reciter stopped with the sudden jerk of a machine. Born in Exile

Only the preparation must be of a much less stereotyped nature than that by which the ordinary reciters are trained for their career. The Art of the Story-Teller

Were there no such body to maintain a fixed standard, the poems must have ended by varying indefinitely, according to the caprice of their various reciters. Homer and His Age

Among this mob of quacks and pedlars circulated other fantastic figures, the camp-followers of the army of hucksters: dwarfs and cripples, mendicant friars, gypsy fortune-tellers, and the itinerant reciters of Ariosto and Tasso. The Valley of Decision

A more or less appropriate stanza from another ballad would slip in; or the reciter would tell in prose the matter of which he forgot the versified form. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

Whatever part that impulse leads me to adopt, that I am as long as necessary, be it musician, poet, conductor, author, reciter, or what not. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1

A decade or more ago, the drawing-room reciter was of this type, and was rapidly becoming the bugbear of social gatherings. The Art of the Story-Teller

He therefore now adopts the Wolfian hypothesis that "an official copy of Homer was made in Athens at the time of Solon or Pisistratus," from the rhapsodies existing in the memory of reciters. Homer and His Age

They "spoke verse," learning it by rote and dictating it to the Ráwi, and this reciter again transmitted it to the musician whose pipe or zither accompanied the minstrel's song. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10

Many of the old words are retained, which neither the reciter nor the copyer understood. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

The same formula occurs a little lower down to save the reciter or reader from saying "Be my wife divorced," etc. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04

The difference between the stilted reciter and the simple story-teller is perhaps best illustrated by an episode in Hans Christian Andersen's immortal "Story of the Nightingale." The Art of the Story-Teller

Would wandering Ionian reciters at fairs have maintained this uniformity? Homer and His Age

The Stoker fancied that the dame was wroth with the reciter; and, being afraid, he replied, "By Allah, 'twas not I!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02

In his preface he says that many words in the ballad, "which the reciters have retained without understanding them, still preserve traces of their antiquity." Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

They get some one to come and tell them whether the reciter has entered the hall yet, whether he has got through his introduction, or whether he has nearly reached the end of his reading. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1

Hitherto the amateur reciter has not appealed to us. Idle Ideas in 1905

Such reciters would gladly have forgotten, and such an editor would gladly have "cut" the "business" of the reconciliation. Homer and His Age

Who then was the reciter?: point him out to me. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02

Hogg, in his letter accompanying his copy, says that "Almonshire" may stand for the "Bamborowshire" of the English vi., but that he leaves in "Almonshire," as both reciters insist on it. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

You would have listened to a comedian, or a reciter, or a harp-player, or perhaps to all, as I am such a lavish host. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1

He stood there now, resting his great frame against the wall and gazing toward the reciter like one entranced. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1

He improved as a reciter and retailer of the stories he had read and heard, and as the reciter of tales of his own invention, and he had ready and eager auditors. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller

He was succeeded by a body of professional reciters, called Rhapsodists, who rehearsed the poems of others, and who appear at early times to have had exclusive possession of the Homeric poems. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest

Now here is proof that Hogg had a copy, from reciters—a copy which he could not understand. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

Their wild and sunburnt countenances assumed a fiercer and more animated expression; all bent forward towards the reciter, many sprang up and waved their arms in ecstasy, and some laid their hands on their swords. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since

Like the Protagoras, Phaedo, and others, the whole is a narrated dialogue, combining with the mere recital of the words spoken, the observations of the reciter on the effect produced by them. Parmenides

The reciter would be obliged to learn them off by heart; he need not, and often did not, possess written versions of the poems he recited. Old English Libraries

Alike delighted with the matter, the manner, and the graceful form and animated countenance of the gallant young reciter, Elizabeth kept time to every cadence with look and with finger. Kenilworth

Up to stanza xxiv. it is as given by the two old reciters. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

That glib reciter did become the valedictorian of the class, but stepped from the commencement stage into nothingness, and was never heard of more. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1

I should indeed have said, that the authors of refined language, not the hearers only, the inventors, not the reciters, are most worthy of commendation. The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales

This is included for the benefit of reciters and their audiences who have found the entire poem too long for declamation. Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde

They are, on the whole, with exceptions, absolutely popular in origin, composed by men of the people for the people, and then diffused among and altered by popular reciters. A Collection of Ballads

Scott, in lxii., gives a variant of "some reciters," for "That Edward once lay under me," they read "That Englishman lay under me." Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

Probably Hogg got the fact from his reciters, "in plain prose," with a phrase or two in verse. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy

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例句	reciter Long stories and epic tales used music to draw in the audience and to help the reciter’s memorization. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z I was lucky to come from a family of reciters and readers. An Art Critic Is First Inspired by Words 2013-08-14T22:01:50Z It turns out this is a quality that makes the reciter’s job that much more difficult. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z Often the speech in question was Mr. Ashley’s own: he appeared in many of his works as a kind of master reciter. Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z The reciter’s gaze was resting in the air in front of him as he talked. The lost art of memorizing poetry 2014-04-27T00:00:00Z Poetry by Heart, a Department for Education-funded contest, will see school champions fight through to regional heats, which in turn will select the best reciters for a weekend of finals in London this April. Government backs drive for young to learn poetry by heart 2013-01-08T13:59:22Z Byrne recalls his mother, a reciter of poetry and old Victorian songs, a lover of language, a dispenser of the Irish folk wisdom known in Gaelic as “Seanfhocail,” a woman consumed by housework and child-rearing. This Time, He Stars In His Own Story 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Iraq holds an annual festival for the world's Koran memorizers and reciters. Meet southern Iraq's youngest Koran memorizer 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z While the most skilled female reciters may attain celebrity-like status in some countries, others are largely confined to private spaces or all-women audiences. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Most Muslims follow a tradition of having a reciter read the entire Koran to the community during Ramadan, one part per night. Nightly prayers at the mosque? Big iftars? Vaccines? Ramadan 2021 brings decisions for Muslims. 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z “They were used to being passive reciters of knowledge,” she said. Perspective \| Project-based learning confronts students with uncertainty. Finally. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z His unique sound made him one of the Muslim world's most popular reciters. Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z An honor guard carried it to a podium where reciters read the Quran and other religious verses in an outdoor area of the Defense Ministry in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Iran begins funeral for slain military nuclear scientist 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Campaigns have been springing up online to amplify the voices, and widen the reach, of female Quran reciters across the world, with many posting their recitations and encouraging others to follow suit. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z His father was a qari, a respected reciter of the Koran, and the younger Shajarian started singing verses of the Islamic holy book when he was 5. Mohammad Reza Shajarian, classical singer revered in Iran, dies at 80 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z When Odeh was 14, his father, a builder, sent him to a Christian school, where he became a reciter of Bible verses. Are Arab Israelis having their political moment? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Sunday morning was all silliness with William Walton’s “Façade — an Entertainment,” which Hannigan conducted and acted as a reciter along with other singers, including Morris, each performer competing in outlandish dress. Review: Ojai Music Festival witnesses Barbara Hannigan, Wonder Woman in Wonderland 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z “When the cute kid wears off, he’ll still be one of the best reciters and writers of the poetry.” This 14-year-old cowboy poet may surprise you 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z For many Muslims, the voice of Quran reciters permeates daily life, blaring from car radios and smartphones or playing out on television channels. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Reciting poetry off by heart is indeed a very pleasurable activity – for the reciter. Harry Potter play exposes the social apartheid in our theatre \| Peter Bradshaw 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z And therein is the canard: No story is ever completely objective but rather filtered through its reciters. MOVIE REVIEW: Well-made ‘Truth’ tries too hard to excuse journalistic lapses 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Haraguchi, the pi reciter, told The Japan Times that his memorization of pi is part of his quest for eternal truth. How Much Pi Do You Need? 2012-07-21T19:15:00.227Z Covered in a black chador, Massoumeh Solatani, a housewife and an amateur Koran reciter, tried to explain how happy she felt when the verses of her holy book were chanted before her. At Iran Koran Competition, Reciters Vie for Honors 2012-06-27T00:50:04Z Many devout Muslims play recordings of favorite reciters at homes or businesses to contemplate the verses or soothe their souls. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Then there was a large sprinkling of professional people—barristers, journalists, critics, savants, lady-doctors, strong-minded females, singers, reciters, actors. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Some persons plead as an excuse for this breach of etiquette, that the reciter was spoiling a good story by a bad manner, but this does not mend the matter. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z He led a wandering life for the next two years, appearing less on the stage as an actor than as a reciter of his own poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z He said that most Iranian reciters copied their style from popular Egyptian colleagues. At Iran Koran Competition, Reciters Vie for Honors 2012-06-27T00:50:04Z There was a time when Maryam Amir didn’t even know women could be Quran reciters; today she is part of that blossoming. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The correct accent, if it is introduced, suggests the meaning: but this introduction of the signification of an idea disturbs the mechanical nexus and therefore easily throws out the reciter. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Besides the music and singing, the "Court" entertains itself nightly with performing monkeys and dancing men, besides story-tellers, and reciters of the poetry of Hafiz. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Herodotus himself was as much a scientific explorer as a reciter of narrative, and his life-long investigation was historiē in his Ionian speech. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Alone with nature during the day, he spent his evening hours in listening to ancient ballads and legends, of which his mother was a great reciter. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z At home, where she says female reciters enjoy the same status as men, some fans have named their children after her. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z This was related with the utmost seriousness of countenance, and no doubt firmly believed in by the reciter. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Even the Iliad or the Song of Roland must have gained or lost according to the effectiveness of the reciter or the social status of the patron. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z The moment the story was finished, Sahasra Dal jumped up from his seat, and embracing the reciter, said, “You can be none other than my brother Champa Dal.” Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z It was probably introduced by a reciter from the description of a ferry-boat in some other poem. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Madinah Javed, who grew up in Scotland and now lives in Chicago, has also turned to social media to highlight female reciters like herself while campaigning to inspire more to share recitations. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z As a rule he adhered more to the quantity of a line than the ordinary reciter, for he had the rare gift of making the accent felt, without perceptibly altering the prosody. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The reciter was called a rhapsodist—properly one who weaves a long, smoothly-flowing chant, then an epic poet who chants his own or another’s poem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z All the early ballad poetry shows how instinctively the reciters accommodated their rhythm to their breathing: Chevy Chace, or The Babes in the Wood may be taken as an example for verse. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z This ballad has had the misfortune, in common with many others, of being much mutilated by reciters. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z “It’s important for both men and women to hear women reciters,” she said. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Whole pages or scenes from Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Thompson, and Milton she learned by heart, until she knew enough poetry to have fitted her for the occupation of a wandering reciter. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z The “prelude” might be addressed to the presiding god of the festival, or to any local deity whom the reciter wished to honour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z "In the heyday of the local and national eisteddfodau he was a brilliant reciter... possibly the best reciter of Welsh language poetry which was maybe his best accomplishment," he added. Bafta-winning actor dies aged 83 2011-07-26T12:48:07Z The reciters of old ballads frequently supply the best commentaries upon them, when any obscurity or want of connection appears in the poetical narrative. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z In Egypt, the makeup of the country’s syndicate for reciters and those who teach Quran memorization provides one indication of the road ahead for those advocating female representation. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Undoubtedly in recitation the reciter gains, but the gains of the rest of the class are small. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z She listened, therefore, with unspeakable eagerness to this reciter, who detailed to her, as the occasion suggested, the progress of action and opinion on the theatre of France and Poland. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z "Down with France!" formed an accompaniment which would doubtless have been continued to the next piece, the reciter proposing to give a lyric by Theodor K�rner. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z It is difficult to remember exactly such long narratives, but with objects to remind the reciter of each part, it is not so hard. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Hashad said he, personally, sees no theological reasons to stop public female reciters. Amid debate, women lift their voices with Muslim sacred text 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Even the reciter of the magical texts probably forgot that the god had once been a chief lil or ghost and nothing more. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z And be it observed, the theory as to our ballads is, that they have been transmitted from old time, undergoing modifications from the minds of nurses, and other humble reciters, as they came along. The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship 2011-03-20T02:00:33.903Z Those among his hearers able to follow the reciter soon perceived that they had been tricked into listening to truths they had no desire to hear. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z The Negro is quick to seize a parable, and the point of a cunningly constructed story directed at an individual obnoxious to the reciter would not miss. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z In his nightmares, the prize-winning reciter of the Koran is back in "frequent flier status". No respite 2011-02-25T00:08:51Z “Say ‘Robert of Lincoln’?” she begged Ethel Brown, who was the Club’s reciter, “and then we’ll go home and have some cocoa and cookies.” Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z We may well believe that the professional reciter would, as a rule, be jealous of any attempt to commit to writing the poems which he had received by tradition or had himself composed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z This difficulty has made some critics suppose that all the acts of Diomedes were foisted in by some of the Argive reciters of the Iliad. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z The reciter sings it here. out of the house, out from under the house. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z "And they met me as a reciter of the Koran." No respite 2011-02-25T00:08:51Z The reciter grew very tired at the last. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z But there is no ground to suppose that the succession of popular singers and reciters was ever interrupted. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The reciter reflected a while, and the lines occurred to his mind, and he repeated them. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments The d before the T of Toad is very awkward to pronounce, yet the reciter, whose normal speech is of the laziest, like that of all his kindred, got it out quite plainly. mossiful, unmerciful. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z But the reciter had many expenses, from the hire of chairs to the fees to freedmen and slaves, who acted as claqueurs. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Many of the reciters were slain in battle, and it was not till the 8th to the 10th centuries and even later that the earliest collections of these poems were made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Sergeant White was a man of superior education, an excellent vocalist and reciter, with a most retentive memory, and one of the best amateur actors in the Ninety-Third. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Hishám laughed, and desired him to ask what he would before the remaining third should have gone; and the reciter said, "One of these two female slaves." The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments I hate the lady physician, the lady lawyer, the lady member of the School Board, the lady preacher, the lady president, the lady secretary, the lady reciter, even the lady who conducts an orchestra. Her Royal Highness Woman The reciter and the elocutionist of late have done much to rob us of this which is one of the finest of the fine arts. The Voice and Spiritual Education In France itself the Fabliaux simply became farces or prose tales, as the wandering reciter of verse gave way to the actor and the bookseller. A Short History of French Literature It pierced the night, and enclosed the words of the reciter, one sound prisoned by another lighter and less than itself. Bye-Ways In the principal coffee-shops of Cairo are to be found reciters of romances, surrounded by interested audiences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Now, it so happened that the great barrister and orator, Berryer, was considered a most charming reciter of that kind of verse. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Mr. Riley is a man of about thirty, a genuine poet, full of pathos and humor, and a great reciter. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things The reciter was still the general if not the only publisher, and recitation almost of necessity implied poetical form. A Short History of French Literature Thus before dinner I was a lawyer, and after dinner I was artist, poet, and reciter. Eyes Like the Sea Transmitted for hundreds of years by trained schools of reciters, it was during a synod that occurred in the first quarter of the first century before Christ that, finally, they were written. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal These have their counterpart, their precursors, in the writers and reciters of devotional romances. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion He was known over the whole Empire as the best reciter and imparter of the Sacred Writings of the Prophet. Told in the Coffee House Turkish Tales Every one was amazed at the astonishing memory of this country lad: and the applause that greeted the reciter might well be calculated to awaken his latent vanity. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit No doubt his profession as a reciter and story-teller prevented him. Five Stages of Greek Religion "He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day; But now"— continued the reciter with a great amount of pathos, —"I often wish the night Had bawn my breath away!" Soldiers of the Queen “This is a wonder that came to pass in the days of thy forefather the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nebka, of the acts of the chief reciter Uba-aner.” Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Since then, reciters' audiences have had their fill. Highways and Byways in Surrey Such reciters are found in India at the present day. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The word βάρβαροι is absent from both poems, an absence which must be intentional on the part of the later reciters, but may well come from the original sources. Five Stages of Greek Religion Even when the ballads have been taken from recitation, the reciter has sometimes been inspired by a "stall copy," or printed broadsheet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" I will tell thy Majesty of a wonder which came to pass in the days of thy father Seneferu, the blessed, of the deeds of the chief reciter Zazamankh. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings Field did not sing with the quartet but as a fifth member acted as reader or reciter in their little entertainments. Stories of Authors, British and American It was the custom in Greece for a reciter to hold in his hand a wand or ῥάβδος. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Tales and old poems were known to special reciters. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Several chariots contended for him in the races, while a number of trained reciters and chorists were sent to exhibit his poetical compositions before those who would listen to them. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality And he said, ‘Haste, and bring before me the chief reciter and scribe of the rolls Zazamankh;’ and they straightway brought him. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings The rival reciters were sometimes attached to the same gondola; but often the response came from a passing gondolier, a stranger to the singer who challenged the contest. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 In our own metrical romances, or wherever a poem is meant not for readers but for chanters and oral reciters, these formulæ, to meet the same recurring case, exist by scores. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse The reciter threw into the recitation all the powers of his soul and gave vent to the sentiment. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Here the audience, wedded to the accustomed formularies, is represented as controlling any inclination to variation on the reciter's part. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology And his Majesty said, ‘Haste, bring me the chief reciter Zazamankh,’ and they brought him. Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings He has made an unsophisticated reciter as impossible as a sympathetic and sentimental audience. The History of "Punch" If it is a woman speaking, he pipes a falsetto such as no woman outside a reciter's brain ever possessed. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 So also they would gather in their huts and listen to the best reciter of tales. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America At first sight action, like that of Messia or the Arab reciter, might seem to make for freedom in narration. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology The audience was a joy, with half-raised heads, wide eyes, open mouths, every nerve of them hanging on the reciter's words. Nights in London The reciter of 'Sir Galahad' shook his hand warmly, promising that he would do so. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales A taste for acting is widely spread in Russia, and the Russian folk-tales are full of dramatic positions which offer a wide scope for a display of their reciter’s mimetic talents. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore He proceeded to Ireland, where he supported himself as a public reciter of popular Scottish ballads. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century At this point, unfortunately, the reciter's memory failed: hence we do not know the details of the rescue. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology It was with difficulty that she restrained an exclamation of delight when she heard that they were short of reciters. The Second Chance At first it made me awfully cross when they wanted us reciters to sit on the platform for every one to stare at. Prudence Says So By the lips of a single bard, or of a series of bards, otherwise of public declaimers or reciters, the world was first familiarised with the many enthralling tales strung together in those peerless masterpieces. Charles Dickens as a Reader Sam excelled, as might have been expected from his nationality, as a reader and reciter, and during the long evenings added much to the profit and diversion of the household. Winter Adventures of Three Boys Where was the fun in the “Saturday nights” when our only comic singer, our only reciter, our only orator wasn’t there? Boycotted And Other Stories It is a common theme among temperance reciters, but to Pearlie it was all new and terrible. The Second Chance For a year after the Prophet's death nothing seems to have been done; but then the battle of Yemana took place in which a very large number of the best Qur�n reciters were slain. The Faith of Islam A third form of the name is Kramwant or reciters of the Veda. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) No. And so in like manner with other practical skills,—the geometrician's, astronomer's, professional reciter's. A Short History of Greek Philosophy The elements of the story remain, wholly or in part, while the literary clothing is altered according to the ‘taste and fancy’ of the reciter. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series The reciter here stopped to drink another tumbler of wine, upon which Caper and Rocjean, having finished their pint, paid their scot and departed. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The question at issue is to be sharply marked off from another—the public appearance of children as soloists, reciters, etc. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) So numerous were the instances of cruelty, so multiplied the tales of wo, that they wearied and confused the reciter. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Tacitus writes of them: “The Germans abound with rude strains of verse, the reciters of which, in the language of the country, are called ‘Bards.’ Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Nevertheless, survivors of the genuine itinerant reciters of ballads have been discovered at intervals almost to the present day. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series A colorful tale it was in which the reciter was lavish with pearls and ancient gold. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Even amateur reciters could make an effect out of lines like that. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties Your work as a public speaker is radically different from that of the actor or reciter. Model Speeches for Practise He eagerly perused the delightful volume, though he was then only twelve years old: and this impulse being given to his mind, became at fifteen a reciter of verses. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 But he appears to have been more of an improviser than a reciter. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series The structure, language, and spelling of many have been so modified, by successive reciters, that their original form is now lost. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 “Do you mean to be a reciter of heroic verses?” continued Socrates, “for I have been told that you have all Homer’s works.” The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates This latter, known as Bana, is usually accompanied by a word for word translation made by the reciter or an assistant. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Some arrangement was also occasionally necessary to recover the rhyme, which was often, by the ignorance of the reciters, transposed or thrown into the middle of the line. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature You will find in Plato much about reciters, actors, poets, rhetoricians, pleaders, sophists, public orators and refiners of language, but very little indeed about books. On The Art of Reading Had mine been the task to speak these lines, I must inevitably have failed to get the required response, but in the mouth of the regular reciter they never once missed fire. The Life Story of an Old Rebel Other preludes end with a prayer to the God for luck in the competition of reciters. The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological It was Racine's excessive sensibility which made him the finest dramatic reciter. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The reciter, O chief of the Bharatas, should be possessed of learning and endued with a good voice and a clear utterance respecting both letters and words. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 These are the rewards of reciters and this their end. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And it leadeth the reciter from all sins, to the solar region.' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 But in works of lesser sanctity interpolations and additions were made according to the reciters' taste. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Thus, if a hero had killed a serpent, in time it became a fiery dragon, and if he won a great battle, the enthusiastic reciters of it had him do prodigious feats—feats beyond belief. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) The reciter being gratified, the house-holder attains to an excellent and auspicious contentment. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 She looked like the descendant of a long line of ancestry or something and she spoke as good as any reciter you ever heard in a hall. Somewhere in Red Gap I had become nothing more than a reciter of my former discoveries, and though I still wrote poems, they dealt with love, not with the secrets of philosophy. Historia Calamitatum Mr. Clifford Harrison is well known as the most poetic of our reciters, but as a writer himself of poetry he is not so famous. Reviews At best, however, the crispness of the original salt is impaired, though the flavour is not lost by keeping, and the enjoyment of it must depend on the new seasoning provided by the reciter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, January 9, 1892 Those Brahmanas that are, by profession, vocalists, or dancers or players or instrumental musicians, or reciters of sacred books, or warriors and athletes, do not, O king, deserve to be invited. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Wilfred was a good reciter and held the ladies with his voice and his melting blue eyes with the long lashes, and Henrietta was envied for having nailed him. Somewhere in Red Gap Lady Kitty passed the time either in a running commentary on the reciter, which occasionally convulsed her companion, or else in holding her small hands over her ears. The Marriage of William Ashe One does not blame the gramophone if the song is flat, or if the reciter drops his h's. Mount Music And here was this black-coated reciter of incredible things stepping into her place. Marcella What should be the qualification of the reciter to be engaged? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Examples of such genealogies are common; it is, in fact, the part of the reciter to preserve the pedigree of his chief in a formal genealogical chant. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai The shriek of the first lines had died away in a stage whisper; the reciter was glaring fiercely into vacancy. A Great Success He soon became a very skillful dancer, and an excellent reciter of the mele; so the fame of his skill was not slow in extending through all the valleys of the island. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Considering how very apt the most accurate reciters are to patch up one ballad with verses from another, the utmost caution cannot always avoid such errors. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition At first, the reciter, clad in good robes and smeared with perfumed paste, should, O king, be duly fed with honey and frumenty of the best kind. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 There is no doubt in this enumeration an assertion of power over the forces the reciter calls by name, as a descendant of her who has transmitted to him the magic formula. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai In some rather serious companies a professional reader or reciter entertained the diners with interesting passages of poetry or prose; before others there might be a performance of scenes from a comedy. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Maspero writes not as a mere chronicler or reciter of events, but as a philosophical historian. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History The names of Aldingar and Rodingham approach near to each other in sound, though not in orthography, and the one might, by reciters, be easily substituted for the other. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition Even this was the feat that regenerate one, aided by his sacred fire,—that silent reciter of Mantras, that one clad in deer-skins,—accomplished! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 A long recitation of the genealogies of chiefs provides immense emotional satisfaction and seems in no way to overtax the reciter's memory. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai By this natural alliance, the lays, "steeped in the stream of harmony," are more easily retained by the reciter, and produce upon his audience a more impressive effect. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 It was a sort of chant, deep and earnest, which conveyed the impression that the reciter had the highest opinion of the poetry. Yesterdays with Authors They had however some tradition among them, which had been altered from age to age according to the fancies of the reciters. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Skald, an old Scandinavian poet, a reciter or singer of poems in praise of the Norse warriors and their deeds. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The number of such place names to be stored in the reciter's memory is considerable. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai This ballad is preserved, by tradition, on the west borders, but much mangled by reciters; so that some conjectural emendations have been absolutely necessary to render it intelligible. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 I am, therefore, inclined to think these "improvisatri" are mere reciters of the great Italian poets. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 The latter version is as evidently English as the former is Scottish; or rather, each has grown to its present form as the reciters exercised their art to please an English or a Scottish audience. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day The actor would enter there… But the worthy priest checked him: "Say the reciter, my dear boy; actor is not a word for self-respecting people." The Aspirations of Jean Servien The reciters avail themselves of these well-known terms, sometimes for quick comparison, often for mere enumeration. The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Some arrangement was also occasionally necessary, to recover the rhyme, which was often, by the ignorance of the reciters, transposed, or thrown into the middle of the line. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 Jasmin was no doubt recognised as a poet, and an excellent reciter; yet he was a person who handled the razor and the curling-tongs. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist As poetry it is monotonous, without sense of proportion, padded to facilitate memorisation by professional reciters, and unadorned by figure, fancy, or imagination. Four Arthurian Romances It is at such functions as these that the professional story-teller, the good reciter, the clever reader, the perfect entertainer would make the natural selfish reserve of mankind less apparent. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat "Perfect memory for these chants was a gift of god and proved that a god spoke through and inspired the reciter." The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai On the other hand, the utmost care has been taken, never to reject a word or phrase, used by a reciter, however uncouth or antiquated. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 The buyer in the 'gentleman's hosiery' was a well-known reciter, and he was called upon loudly to perform by all the assistants in his department. Of Human Bondage Been an actor and a writer — Doesn't whine — Reckoned now the best reciter In his line. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Or, the entertainment might be varied by engaging a good professional reciter to reproduce literary gems, comic or otherwise. America, through the spectacles of an Oriental diplomat "The rest has escaped me," said the reciter; "and I marvel I have been able to remember so much." Woodstock; or, the Cavalier This is, in most copies, the earl hight Hamilton, which must be a mistake of the reciters, as the family did not enjoy that title till 1503. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 The infant reciter is in similar manner trained by alternate blows and bribes, almonds and raisins, and bumpers of sweet wine. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 He offered her his arm, and together they made their way out of the crowded room into a smaller apartment where an amateur reciter was hovering disconsolately awaiting an audience. With Edged Tools There was a class called Homeridae, in Chios; but whether they were themselves poets, or reciters of Homer, or what else may have been their peculiar work, is not ascertained. Outline of Universal History The mob of reciters improved the great epic of Homer! The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments With these explanations, the general purport of the ballad may be easily discovered, though particular passages have become inexplicable, probably through corruptions introduced by reciters. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 Nature seemed to have provided against the devastations of the infant reciter. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 The poets and reciters of tales, giving the name of Troubadour a French termination, called themselves Trouvères. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Coming from Ephesus, Ion claimed to be the best professional reciter of Homer in all Greece. Authors of Greece So far as the reciter was concerned, they were absolutely insincere clap-trap. America To-day, Observations and Reflections The reciter assured him, that this was the genuine old ballad; the common one false. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 They must have done their best with such texts as were accessible to them, and among these were probably the copies used by reciters and rhapsodists, answering to the MS. books of the mediaeval jongleurs. Homer and His Age All selections of a high order have relation to rhythm in their composition, and that style of movement in the composition should find its ready response in the organism of the speaker or reciter. Expressive Voice Culture, Including the Emerson System Even as a professional reciter Ion admits the necessity of the power of working on men. Authors of Greece Pliny the younger, who was a finished reciter, grievously complains of the incivility shown to deserving poets. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Under all this the fervid reciter would not pause, satisfied if the young organs of speech would submit themselves. Daniel Deronda If cities and reciters had any ancient texts, then texts existed, though not "standard" texts: and by this means the harmony of thought, character, and detail in the poems might be preserved. Homer and His Age And he said, 'Haste, and bring before me the chief reciter and scribe of the rolls Zazamankh'; and they straightway brought him. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty I have heard," I continued, "that our professional reciters keep a book full of all kinds of ready-made discourses, which can be fitted into any subject. The Home and the World We can imagine the effect upon their used-up emotions of a fresh and fiery spirit like that of Lucan, whose splendid presence and rich enthusiasm threw to the winds these tricks of the reciter's art. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Londonderry had written to a lecture agency for the name of a likely reciter, man or woman, and they had sent him the name of Isabel Strange. The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] But, according to the prevalent critical theory, we read in the Iliad not only large "expansions" of many dates, but also briefer interpolations inserted by the strolling reciters or rhapsodists. Homer and His Age "This is a wonder that came to pass in the days of thy forefather the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Nebka, of the acts of the chief reciter Uba-aner." Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty They were recited and listened to just as gravely at Lorenzo di Medici's table; and yet neither compromised the reciters, nor were at all associated with the enjoyment of the fare that ensued. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 At an early age showed a remarkable talent in music; a public entertainer on the piano and reciter of his own verse. It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration But by the time the reciter had got through this unimportant dreariness, no doubt his audience had settled down to listen. The Epic An Essay It could not be otherwise; all the Books would be equally modified in passing through the lips of modern reciters and composers. Homer and His Age Doubtless they were modified by reciters, and probably took shape in the Vth or VIth Dynasties; but yet we must regard them as belonging practically to the age to which they refer. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty How could they have got it fixed into their heads that she was a reciter? Hilda Lessways She was not, it must be confessed, especially admirable as a verbatim et literatim "reciter." Mother Carey's Chickens Dr. Johnson was a great reciter of all sorts of things serious or comical. Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) Again, a poet in the fortunate position of Jendeus would not teach his Epic in a "school" of reciters unless he were extremely well paid. Homer and His Age I will tell thy majesty of a wonder which came to pass in the days of thy father Seneferu, the blessed, of the deeds of the chief reciter Zazamankh. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty He looked up, and the reciter stopped, and it was all quiet. The Belted Seas Ah, Zeus, that is work for epic poets or reciters, and I am no good at poetry. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 Sir Walter, in his introduction to the ballad, states that because the piece had been "much mangled by reciters," "some conjectural emendations have been absolutely necessary to render it intelligible." Types of Children's Literature The authors of these poems knew the Iliad, then, as a whole, and how could they have known it thus if it only existed in the casual repertoire of strolling reciters? Homer and His Age The reciter is strong for men's rights, he brings destruction on the wife, and never even gives her name, but always calls her merely "the wife of Uba-aner." Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty Would you mind, Smith, lying under the table here, and exercising your gift as a reciter from there. Here, There and Everywhere Some are in the spirit and style of song or hymn; others are in the form of address to distant auditors, wherein the reciter would call to a distance, or "sing out," as we say. Public Speaking Old gauchos used to tell me that twenty or more years ago one often met with a reciter of ballads who could relate the whole story of the Bien-te-veo. Far Away and Long Ago Mr. Leaf rejects this theory, while supposing that there were schools for professional reciters. Homer and His Age And his majesty said, 'Haste, bring me the chief reciter Zazamankh,' and they brought him. Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri First series, IVth to XIIth dynasty For this is really a species of animal magnetism, in which the enkindling reciter, by perpetual comment of looks and tones, lends his own will and apprehensive faculty to his auditors. Biographia Literaria Dr Johnson was a great reciter of all sorts of things serious or comical. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. The king said: "To my thinking, you are a better reciter than the Pope." The Art of the Story-Teller Thus the reciters, after all, did not spare "the old material" in the matter of corslets. Homer and His Age Everybody claimed to be an artist of some kind, whether painter, musician, novelist, dramatist, verse-maker, reciter, singer, or what not. Dreams and Dream Stories Readers, reciters, and singers are not 94 performers. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Half-a-dozen verses were thus massacred, and the reciter stopped with the sudden jerk of a machine. Born in Exile Only the preparation must be of a much less stereotyped nature than that by which the ordinary reciters are trained for their career. The Art of the Story-Teller Were there no such body to maintain a fixed standard, the poems must have ended by varying indefinitely, according to the caprice of their various reciters. Homer and His Age Among this mob of quacks and pedlars circulated other fantastic figures, the camp-followers of the army of hucksters: dwarfs and cripples, mendicant friars, gypsy fortune-tellers, and the itinerant reciters of Ariosto and Tasso. The Valley of Decision A more or less appropriate stanza from another ballad would slip in; or the reciter would tell in prose the matter of which he forgot the versified form. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy Whatever part that impulse leads me to adopt, that I am as long as necessary, be it musician, poet, conductor, author, reciter, or what not. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 A decade or more ago, the drawing-room reciter was of this type, and was rapidly becoming the bugbear of social gatherings. The Art of the Story-Teller He therefore now adopts the Wolfian hypothesis that "an official copy of Homer was made in Athens at the time of Solon or Pisistratus," from the rhapsodies existing in the memory of reciters. Homer and His Age They "spoke verse," learning it by rote and dictating it to the Ráwi, and this reciter again transmitted it to the musician whose pipe or zither accompanied the minstrel's song. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Many of the old words are retained, which neither the reciter nor the copyer understood. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy The same formula occurs a little lower down to save the reciter or reader from saying "Be my wife divorced," etc. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 The difference between the stilted reciter and the simple story-teller is perhaps best illustrated by an episode in Hans Christian Andersen's immortal "Story of the Nightingale." The Art of the Story-Teller Would wandering Ionian reciters at fairs have maintained this uniformity? Homer and His Age The Stoker fancied that the dame was wroth with the reciter; and, being afraid, he replied, "By Allah, 'twas not I!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 In his preface he says that many words in the ballad, "which the reciters have retained without understanding them, still preserve traces of their antiquity." Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy They get some one to come and tell them whether the reciter has entered the hall yet, whether he has got through his introduction, or whether he has nearly reached the end of his reading. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 Hitherto the amateur reciter has not appealed to us. Idle Ideas in 1905 Such reciters would gladly have forgotten, and such an editor would gladly have "cut" the "business" of the reconciliation. Homer and His Age Who then was the reciter?: point him out to me. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 Hogg, in his letter accompanying his copy, says that "Almonshire" may stand for the "Bamborowshire" of the English vi., but that he leaves in "Almonshire," as both reciters insist on it. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy You would have listened to a comedian, or a reciter, or a harp-player, or perhaps to all, as I am such a lavish host. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 He stood there now, resting his great frame against the wall and gazing toward the reciter like one entranced. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 He improved as a reciter and retailer of the stories he had read and heard, and as the reciter of tales of his own invention, and he had ready and eager auditors. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller He was succeeded by a body of professional reciters, called Rhapsodists, who rehearsed the poems of others, and who appear at early times to have had exclusive possession of the Homeric poems. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Now here is proof that Hogg had a copy, from reciters—a copy which he could not understand. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy Their wild and sunburnt countenances assumed a fiercer and more animated expression; all bent forward towards the reciter, many sprang up and waved their arms in ecstasy, and some laid their hands on their swords. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since Like the Protagoras, Phaedo, and others, the whole is a narrated dialogue, combining with the mere recital of the words spoken, the observations of the reciter on the effect produced by them. Parmenides The reciter would be obliged to learn them off by heart; he need not, and often did not, possess written versions of the poems he recited. Old English Libraries Alike delighted with the matter, the manner, and the graceful form and animated countenance of the gallant young reciter, Elizabeth kept time to every cadence with look and with finger. Kenilworth Up to stanza xxiv. it is as given by the two old reciters. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy That glib reciter did become the valedictorian of the class, but stepped from the commencement stage into nothingness, and was never heard of more. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 I should indeed have said, that the authors of refined language, not the hearers only, the inventors, not the reciters, are most worthy of commendation. The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales This is included for the benefit of reciters and their audiences who have found the entire poem too long for declamation. Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde They are, on the whole, with exceptions, absolutely popular in origin, composed by men of the people for the people, and then diffused among and altered by popular reciters. A Collection of Ballads Scott, in lxii., gives a variant of "some reciters," for "That Edward once lay under me," they read "That Englishman lay under me." Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy Probably Hogg got the fact from his reciters, "in plain prose," with a phrase or two in verse. Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
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