A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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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 B 2 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 B 2 INTRODUCTORY ESSAY . 3.
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... observation of particular instances , is what the art of Elocution professes to do ; and it is clear that when this is done , a great point is gained ; the business of learning to read or speak is wonderfully facilitated , and the ...
... observation of particular instances , is what the art of Elocution professes to do ; and it is clear that when this is done , a great point is gained ; the business of learning to read or speak is wonderfully facilitated , and the ...
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... observe , that although it may to a certain degree succeed with those who can boast of that supe- rior quickness of perception which almost intuitively discerns what is just and natural , yet with the great majority it will be found to ...
... observe , that although it may to a certain degree succeed with those who can boast of that supe- rior quickness of perception which almost intuitively discerns what is just and natural , yet with the great majority it will be found to ...
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... objects . There is a place ( If ancient and prophetic fame in heaven Err not ) another world , the happy seat Of some new race called man . - Milton ... It must here be observed , that there is often 26 RULES FOR PAUSE .
... objects . There is a place ( If ancient and prophetic fame in heaven Err not ) another world , the happy seat Of some new race called man . - Milton ... It must here be observed , that there is often 26 RULES FOR PAUSE .
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Rev. Samuel Wood. It must here be observed , that there is often a parenthetic clause where no parenthesis is mark- ed ; thus , the words taken in their full extent in the following sentence ; ר ר The pleasures of the imagination , taken ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. It must here be observed , that there is often a parenthetic clause where no parenthesis is mark- ed ; thus , the words taken in their full extent in the following sentence ; ר ר The pleasures of the imagination , taken ...
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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