A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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Page 36
... beginning of the third . \ From the beginning it was not so . Here the thing denied is , From the beginning ; this clause , therefore , will terminate with the rising inflection , whether it be placed before the rest of the sentence ...
... beginning of the third . \ From the beginning it was not so . Here the thing denied is , From the beginning ; this clause , therefore , will terminate with the rising inflection , whether it be placed before the rest of the sentence ...
Page 42
... beginning of her inquiries ? -Spectator . EXCEPTIONS . 1st . When a question of this kind is repeated with passion or emphasis ; as , Are you going to college ? \ Have you prepared your task ? As , 2ndly . When a threat or a command is ...
... beginning of her inquiries ? -Spectator . EXCEPTIONS . 1st . When a question of this kind is repeated with passion or emphasis ; as , Are you going to college ? \ Have you prepared your task ? As , 2ndly . When a threat or a command is ...
Page 45
... beginning with and how , provided we do not drop * the * See the difference between the falling and the termi- nating inflection , p . 34 . voice before the end , the sense is not at ( 45 ) CHAPTER III Melodious Inflection.
... beginning with and how , provided we do not drop * the * See the difference between the falling and the termi- nating inflection , p . 34 . voice before the end , the sense is not at ( 45 ) CHAPTER III Melodious Inflection.
Page 64
... beginning heavy and ending light ; and into these cadences all spoken language , whether prose or poetry , is divided ; the difference between prose and poetry being this , that , while the former ad- mits into the same sentence ...
... beginning heavy and ending light ; and into these cadences all spoken language , whether prose or poetry , is divided ; the difference between prose and poetry being this , that , while the former ad- mits into the same sentence ...
Page 65
... beginning , which is equal to a Quaver , and of the word no , which is equal to a Crotchet and a half . The second cadence consists of a Crotchet and a half , and a Quaver ; the third of a Crotchet , a pause , and a Quaver ; the fourth ...
... beginning , which is equal to a Quaver , and of the word no , which is equal to a Crotchet and a half . The second cadence consists of a Crotchet and a half , and a Quaver ; the third of a Crotchet , a pause , and a Quaver ; the fourth ...
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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