So all was clear'd, and to the field they haste. But first from under shady arborous roof, Soon as they forth were come to open sight Of day-spring, and the sun, who, scarce uprisen, With wheels yet hovering o'er the ocean brim, Shot parallel to the earth his dewey ray, Discovering in wide landscape all the east Of Paradise and Eden's happy plains, Lowly they bow'd adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid In various style; for neither various style Nor holy rapture wanted they to praise Their Maker, in fit strains pronounc'd, or sung Unmeditated; such prompt eloquence Flow'd from their lips, in prose or numerous verse; More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness. LOVE. AND said I that my limbs were old, And that I might not sing of love ? In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; CONTENTS. Preface, Essay on Elocution, Termination of the Essay, Remarks on reading Prose, Verse, and blank Verse,. .. CAUSES OF BAD READING AND SPEAKING. Too slightly sounding the accented Vowels,... Dwyer. 59 59 accent, Ibid. 60 The liquid sound of K, C, or G hard, before the Vowels A and I,. ..Ibid. 60 The suppressing the sound of the final consonants,.....Ibid. 61 The sounds of the letter R, Ibid. 61 Pronouncing S, indistinctly after St, Ibid. 62 Not sounding the H where it ought to be sounded, and the reverse,.. Ibid. 62 Improper pronounciation of the words for, from and by,. Ibid. When you is to be pronounced like ye, and my like me,. Ibid. When of, for, from and by, are to have a long, and when a short sound,...... .... Ibid. 65 How to pronounce the possessive pronoun thy,......Ibid. 66 mine, Ibid. 66 ... .... Improper and indistinct pronounciation of the word, not, Ibid. Page A Speech delivered at Cheltenham, on the 7th October, 1819, ... SUBJECTS DESCRIPTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS. The Self Inflicting Torments of the Gamester,..... Godwin. 187 A Description of the field of Battle, where Varus the Roman On General La Fayette's Reception in the United States, Time, .. Burial of Sir John Moore, ..... The Sailor Boy's Dream, ..... Interview between Fitz-James and the Lady of the Lake,....... |