declamation
Example Sentences
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"Declamation roar'd, while passion slept," said Dr. Johnson of the ranting style of early 18th century acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Declamation and gesture have been rubbed by custom until they shine like polished pendants.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the epoch of the dissolution of the monarchical institutions, there remained in France only the School of Music of the Parisian national guard, and that of Singing and Declamation just mentioned.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
Declamation, clap-trap, evasion, ambiguities of thought and expression, empty plausibilities, unfair, partial, and exaggerated statements, were all essentially repugnant to that clear and sceptical intellect, to that sound, cautious, practical judgment.
From Historical and Political Essays by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Declamation is always an objectionable mode of punishment.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III by Lodge, Henry Cabot
