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... observation of nature , or , as Pope has well expressed it , Art is but nature better understood . To study Elocution as an art , therefore , is not to give up nature , but only to follow her in a B2 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 3.
... observation of nature , or , as Pope has well expressed it , Art is but nature better understood . To study Elocution as an art , therefore , is not to give up nature , but only to follow her in a B2 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 3.
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... expressed ; and also that , if another pause be made after effects , the reading is still further improved . Thus , The passion for praise , produces excellent effects , in women of sense . But the necessity for additional pauses to ...
... expressed ; and also that , if another pause be made after effects , the reading is still further improved . Thus , The passion for praise , produces excellent effects , in women of sense . But the necessity for additional pauses to ...
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... expressed , if there is a longer pause at ourselves and at answered , than at Maker and at other , although these words are all followed by the same mark of grammatical punc- tuation , namely , the Comma . The qualities of candour ...
... expressed , if there is a longer pause at ourselves and at answered , than at Maker and at other , although these words are all followed by the same mark of grammatical punc- tuation , namely , the Comma . The qualities of candour ...
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... expressed thus , After a compound nominative , i . e . a nominative case consisting of more than one word . 2nd . Between the several members of a series . 3dly . Between the object and the modifying words in their inverted order ...
... expressed thus , After a compound nominative , i . e . a nominative case consisting of more than one word . 2nd . Between the several members of a series . 3dly . Between the object and the modifying words in their inverted order ...
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... expressed , but understood . Thus , The dreadful circumstances you have supposed did not occur . The adverb how may be considered as included in this rule , since it signifies in what manner . Thus , Tell me how I may serve you . VII ...
... expressed , but understood . Thus , The dreadful circumstances you have supposed did not occur . The adverb how may be considered as included in this rule , since it signifies in what manner . Thus , Tell me how I may serve you . VII ...
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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