A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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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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... visible 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 .
... visible 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 ; The pleasures of the imagination , taken in ...
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 ; The pleasures of the imagination , taken in ...
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... observed , that although there are but two simple or radically different inflections , the rising and the falling , the latter is divisible into two kinds , of very dif- ferent and even opposite import . The falling in- flection without ...
... observed , that although there are but two simple or radically different inflections , the rising and the falling , the latter is divisible into two kinds , of very dif- ferent and even opposite import . The falling in- flection without ...
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... observe ( for whilst I am in the country I must fetch my allusions from thence ) that only male birds have voices . - Spectator . / / His spear ( to equal which the tallest pine , Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast / Of some great ...
... observe ( for whilst I am in the country I must fetch my allusions from thence ) that only male birds have voices . - Spectator . / / His spear ( to equal which the tallest pine , Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast / Of some great ...
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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