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... Cæsar deserve fame or blame ? This sentence , it is presumed , will at first sight be pronounced with the proper inflections of voice , by every one who can read at all ; and if the reader will but closely attend to the sound of the ...
... Cæsar deserve fame or blame ? This sentence , it is presumed , will at first sight be pronounced with the proper inflections of voice , by every one who can read at all ; and if the reader will but closely attend to the sound of the ...
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... Cæsar does not deserve fame , but blame . Here the word fame has the rising , and blame the falling inflection , and we find that all sen- tences , constructed in the same manner , have , like this , the rising inflection on the ...
... Cæsar does not deserve fame , but blame . Here the word fame has the rising , and blame the falling inflection , and we find that all sen- tences , constructed in the same manner , have , like this , the rising inflection on the ...
Page 87
... Cæsar made no difference of power , whether it was conferred or usurped , whether over those who loved or those who feared him , Pompey seemed to value none but what was offered ; nor to have any desire to govern , but with the good ...
... Cæsar made no difference of power , whether it was conferred or usurped , whether over those who loved or those who feared him , Pompey seemed to value none but what was offered ; nor to have any desire to govern , but with the good ...
Page 91
... Cæsar who won the battle ; Cæsar is the emphatic word , and it must have the falling inflection , because the statement is positive and definite . But suppose it had been , It was not Cæsar who won EMPHASIS OF SENSEX 91 .
... Cæsar who won the battle ; Cæsar is the emphatic word , and it must have the falling inflection , because the statement is positive and definite . But suppose it had been , It was not Cæsar who won EMPHASIS OF SENSEX 91 .
Page 92
Rev. Samuel Wood. pose it had been , It was not Cæsar who won the battle , we have here a negative statement , and this requires the rising inflection on Cæsar , the thing denied , though the negative particle has the falling , agreeably ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. pose it had been , It was not Cæsar who won the battle , we have here a negative statement , and this requires the rising inflection on Cæsar , the thing denied , though the negative particle has the falling , agreeably ...
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Common terms and phrases
accent accident of speech acquire action adopt ÆNEID ÆSCHYLUS antithesis audience beginning cadence Cæsar called circumflex clause Commencing common common metre concluding Crotchet degree delivery discourse distinction Edition Elocution emphasis of force Emphasis of Sense emphatic word endeavour English EXAMPLES expressed Fair Penitent falling inflection flection following lines following sentence give graces Grammar Greek heaven heavy syllable HEBREW LANGUAGE human voice Interlinear Translation language Latin latter loud manner marked melody metre mind musical scale nature necessary observed organic emphasis passion perceive phasis phatic pitch pleasures poetry principal PROFESSOR pronounced pronunciation prose quantity Quaver reader reading and speaking require the rising rhythmus rising inflection rule simple series slide soft sound speaker spoken style syllabic emphasis taste tence thee thing thou hast tion triple triple metre variety verb verse vowels ر ر