A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... common than to hear people assign as a reason for their absence from public worship , that their Preacher is so inaudible , so un- graceful , or so dull , that they can derive but little either of pleasure or profit from attending on ...
... common than to hear people assign as a reason for their absence from public worship , that their Preacher is so inaudible , so un- graceful , or so dull , that they can derive but little either of pleasure or profit from attending on ...
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... common prejudice , that Elocution is a subject to which few rules are applicable , and that a young man has himself only to blame , if he do not attain a good delivery by his own unaided exertions . This is the principal rea- son of the ...
... common prejudice , that Elocution is a subject to which few rules are applicable , and that a young man has himself only to blame , if he do not attain a good delivery by his own unaided exertions . This is the principal rea- son of the ...
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... common pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the other . The best method , there- fore , of ascertaining whether we make use of the inflection we intend , is to ...
... common pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the other . The best method , there- fore , of ascertaining whether we make use of the inflection we intend , is to ...
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... common order of the inflections in the shorter kinds of series : SIMPLE SERIES . COMPOUND SERIES . Number of particulars , Commencing Concluding Commencing Conclud . or of numbers . 2 . 3 . 4 . By a single glance at this table it will ...
... common order of the inflections in the shorter kinds of series : SIMPLE SERIES . COMPOUND SERIES . Number of particulars , Commencing Concluding Commencing Conclud . or of numbers . 2 . 3 . 4 . By a single glance at this table it will ...
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... common forms in which the series occurs . When it extends to more particu- lars , or more members than four , the following rules are to be observed : A simple series of more than four particulars , may be divided into portions of three ...
... common forms in which the series occurs . When it extends to more particu- lars , or more members than four , the following rules are to be observed : A simple series of more than four particulars , may be divided into portions of three ...
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accent accident of speech acquire action adopt ÆNEID ÆSCHYLUS antithesis audience beginning cadence Cæsar cæsura 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 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 soft sound speaker spoken style syllabic emphasis taste tence thee thing thou hast tion triple triple metre UNIVERSITY OF LONDON variety verb verse vowels