English Dramatic Theories, 1. köideM. Niemeyer, 1973 |
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Page 37
... Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you , trippingly on the tongue , but if you mouth it as many of your players do , I had as lief the town- crier spoke my lines . Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand thus , but ...
... Speak the speech I pray you as I pronounced it to you , trippingly on the tongue , but if you mouth it as many of your players do , I had as lief the town- crier spoke my lines . Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand thus , but ...
Page 94
... speak generally , their lovers say little , when they see each other , but anima mea , vita mea : Cwn xai yuxn , as the women in Ju- venal's time used to cry out in the fury of their kindness : then indeed to speak sense were an offence ...
... speak generally , their lovers say little , when they see each other , but anima mea , vita mea : Cwn xai yuxn , as the women in Ju- venal's time used to cry out in the fury of their kindness : then indeed to speak sense were an offence ...
Page 107
... speak by the hour - glass , as our parsons do ; nay , they account it the grace of their parts , and think ... speak generally : it cannot be denied that short speeches and replies are more apt to move the passions and beget concernment ...
... speak by the hour - glass , as our parsons do ; nay , they account it the grace of their parts , and think ... speak generally : it cannot be denied that short speeches and replies are more apt to move the passions and beget concernment ...
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