A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... following lines : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . IV ... following mem- ber his darling child are in apposition with each other , and must each be followed by a short pause ...
... following lines : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . IV ... following mem- ber his darling child are in apposition with each other , and must each be followed by a short pause ...
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... following line : How the sweet moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! The length of the Minim , or long quantity , is equal to the time of pronouncing such syllables as those printed in Italics in the following lines : These are thy glorious ...
... following line : How the sweet moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! The length of the Minim , or long quantity , is equal to the time of pronouncing such syllables as those printed in Italics in the following lines : These are thy glorious ...
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... following words , One , two , three , four , five . These monosyllables , if distinctly and delibe- rately ... lines , namely , One and two and three and four and five and , and ר ד ר One , two , three , four , five , ר will be of ...
... following words , One , two , three , four , five . These monosyllables , if distinctly and delibe- rately ... lines , namely , One and two and three and four and five and , and ר ד ר One , two , three , four , five , ר will be of ...
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... following line : And every stranger finds a | ready chair . It is an error ... lines begin with a heavy syllable followed by two light ones forming a ca ... following line : In a plain pleasant | cottage con- veniently neat . In this ...
... following line : And every stranger finds a | ready chair . It is an error ... lines begin with a heavy syllable followed by two light ones forming a ca ... following line : In a plain pleasant | cottage con- veniently neat . In this ...
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... following lines from Milton's L'Allegro , begin with a heavy syllable , but they are still in common metre ; the sixth and the last lines have a redundant syllable at the beginning , but the measure is not either altered or injured ...
... following lines from Milton's L'Allegro , begin with a heavy syllable , but they are still in common metre ; the sixth and the last lines have a redundant syllable at the beginning , but the measure is not either altered or injured ...
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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