A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... commence , the latter being at rest for some given time in one precise note . Accord- ingly by inflection is meant the slide , whether upwards or downwards , with which each sylla- ble is pronounced . Inflection is independent of the ...
... commence , the latter being at rest for some given time in one precise note . Accord- ingly by inflection is meant the slide , whether upwards or downwards , with which each sylla- ble is pronounced . Inflection is independent of the ...
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... Commencing Concluding Commencing Conclud . or of numbers . 2 . 3 . 4 .ハ\ / \ \\ / \ By a single glance at this table it will be per- ceived , that in this description of sentence there are some inflections which are fixed and per ...
... Commencing Concluding Commencing Conclud . or of numbers . 2 . 3 . 4 .ハ\ / \ \\ / \ By a single glance at this table it will be per- ceived , that in this description of sentence there are some inflections which are fixed and per ...
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... Commencing , of three particulars- / / What some men are prompted to by conscience , duty and religion , which are ... commencing series with the falling in- flection , or a concluding one with the rising , the above rule is ...
... Commencing , of three particulars- / / What some men are prompted to by conscience , duty and religion , which are ... commencing series with the falling in- flection , or a concluding one with the rising , the above rule is ...
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... Commencing , of two members- / Moderate exercise and habitual temperance strength- en the constitution . Concluding , of two members- Nothing tends more powerfully to strengthen the / \ Commencing , of three members- \ To advise the ...
... Commencing , of two members- / Moderate exercise and habitual temperance strength- en the constitution . Concluding , of two members- Nothing tends more powerfully to strengthen the / \ Commencing , of three members- \ To advise the ...
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... Commencing , of four members- \ Labour or exercise ferments the humours , casts \ \ them into the proper channels , throws off redun- 7 dancies , and helps nature in those secret distributions , without which the body cannot subsist in ...
... Commencing , of four members- \ Labour or exercise ferments the humours , casts \ \ them into the proper channels , throws off redun- 7 dancies , and helps nature in those secret distributions , without which the body cannot subsist in ...
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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