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... perceive that the sense is more clearly 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 ...
... perceive that the sense is more clearly 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 ...
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... perceive those things which God has prepared for those that love him , though they be such as eye hath not seen , ear heard , nor hath it entered in- to the heart of man to conceive . DEFINITION . A loose sentence is one which consists ...
... perceive those things which God has prepared for those that love him , though they be such as eye hath not seen , ear heard , nor hath it entered in- to the heart of man to conceive . DEFINITION . A loose sentence is one which consists ...
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... perceive the advantage in point of me- lody , in placing the falling inflection on the words acquire , taste , and much , and the rising on how , fine , and which , and so natural is this pro- nunciation , that there are few readers so ...
... perceive the advantage in point of me- lody , in placing the falling inflection on the words acquire , taste , and much , and the rising on how , fine , and which , and so natural is this pro- nunciation , that there are few readers so ...
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... perceive what wonderful force , spirit , and variety are given to a sentence by a judicious application of the two inflections - how much this contributes to relieve both the voice of the speaker and the ear of the auditor , and ...
... perceive what wonderful force , spirit , and variety are given to a sentence by a judicious application of the two inflections - how much this contributes to relieve both the voice of the speaker and the ear of the auditor , and ...
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... . p . 194 ; but the word unbroken is supplied before silence , not to improve this writer's style , but to render the sentence a perfect illustra- tion of the rule . and every one will perceive how much it loses in MELODIOUS INFLECTION .
... . p . 194 ; but the word unbroken is supplied before silence , not to improve this writer's style , but to render the sentence a perfect illustra- tion of the rule . and every one will perceive how much it loses in MELODIOUS INFLECTION .
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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