A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... , namely , The first or shortest * pause , marked thus ” . It is difficult to give appropriate names to the pauses . The first is a short pause : the second we cannot call a The second or middle pause ( so called because it PAUSE . 17.
... , namely , The first or shortest * pause , marked thus ” . It is difficult to give appropriate names to the pauses . The first is a short pause : the second we cannot call a The second or middle pause ( so called because it PAUSE . 17.
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... marked thus Z. The third or long pause , marked thus . · The fourth or longest pause , marked thus . One or other of these pauses , generally the shortest , must be introduced in the following places : 1st . After the nominative phrase ...
... marked thus Z. The third or long pause , marked thus . · The fourth or longest pause , marked thus . One or other of these pauses , generally the shortest , must be introduced in the following places : 1st . After the nominative phrase ...
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... marked thus , / the rising inflectio 、 the falling ction . In order to make these different inflections of the voice more easily apprehended , let us sup- pose that we have to pronounce the following sentence : Does Cæsar deserve fame ...
... marked thus , / the rising inflectio 、 the falling ction . In order to make these different inflections of the voice more easily apprehended , let us sup- pose that we have to pronounce the following sentence : Does Cæsar deserve fame ...
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... marked , that in reading a parenthesis , the voice ought to be lowered , the inflections but slightly marked , and the words pronounced in somewhat quicker time than the rest of the sentence . EXAMPLES . Then went the captain with the ...
... marked , that in reading a parenthesis , the voice ought to be lowered , the inflections but slightly marked , and the words pronounced in somewhat quicker time than the rest of the sentence . EXAMPLES . Then went the captain with the ...
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... marked with no greater variety of inflection than what is prescribed in the above rules , and afterwards with that variety , which melody and good reading require . They are wedded to opinions , full of contradiction / 1 and ...
... marked with no greater variety of inflection than what is prescribed in the above rules , and afterwards with that variety , which melody and good reading require . They are wedded to opinions , full of contradiction / 1 and ...
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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