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... concluding with any other than the falling . Every one who has paid even the slightest attention to the subject , must perceive what wonderful force , spirit , and variety are given to a sentence by a judicious application of the two ...
... concluding with any other than the falling . Every one who has paid even the slightest attention to the subject , must perceive what wonderful force , spirit , and variety are given to a sentence by a judicious application of the two ...
Page 50
... concluding series ; by the former being meant that which , whether it be- gins a sentence or not , does not conclude it ; and by the latter , that which ends a sentence . As a difference of inflection also takes place on the several ...
... concluding series ; by the former being meant that which , whether it be- gins a sentence or not , does not conclude it ; and by the latter , that which ends a sentence . As a difference of inflection also takes place on the several ...
Page 51
... Concluding , of two particulars- / The constitution is strengthened by exercise and temperance . Commencing , of three particulars- / / What some men are prompted to by conscience , duty and religion , which are only different names for ...
... Concluding , of two particulars- / The constitution is strengthened by exercise and temperance . Commencing , of three particulars- / / What some men are prompted to by conscience , duty and religion , which are only different names for ...
Page 52
... concluding , of four particu- lars- / He who resigns the world has no temptation to \ / envy , hatred , malice , or anger , but is in constant pos- session of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very ...
... concluding , of four particu- lars- / He who resigns the world has no temptation to \ / envy , hatred , malice , or anger , but is in constant pos- session of a serene mind ; he who follows the pleasures of it , which are in their very ...
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... Concluding , of three members- It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and transmitted \ to posterity , nations conquered and civilized . Commencing , of four members- \ Labour or ...
... Concluding , of three members- It was necessary for the world , that arts should be invented and improved , books written and transmitted \ to posterity , nations conquered and civilized . Commencing , of four members- \ Labour or ...
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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