A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... pronounced . Inflection is independent of the pitch of the voice , and of the time in which the whole word is pronounced , as well as of the loudness or soft- ness which may accompany any pitch . On whatever point of the musical scale ...
... pronounced . Inflection is independent of the pitch of the voice , and of the time in which the whole word is pronounced , as well as of the loudness or soft- ness which may accompany any pitch . On whatever point of the musical scale ...
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... pronounced with the proper inflections of voice , by every one who can read at all ; and if the reader will but closely attend to the sound of the words fame and blame , he will have an example of the two inflections here spoken of ...
... pronounced with the proper inflections of voice , by every one who can read at all ; and if the reader will but closely attend to the sound of the words fame and blame , he will have an example of the two inflections here spoken of ...
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... pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates that the sentence is concluded , and is then called the terminating inflection . It must be carefully noted therefore , that when the falling ...
... pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates that the sentence is concluded , and is then called the terminating inflection . It must be carefully noted therefore , that when the falling ...
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... pronounced in somewhat quicker time than the rest of the sentence . EXAMPLES . Then went the captain with the officers , and brought them without violence , ( for they feared the people , \ lest they should have been stoned , ) and when ...
... pronounced in somewhat quicker time than the rest of the sentence . EXAMPLES . Then went the captain with the officers , and brought them without violence , ( for they feared the people , \ lest they should have been stoned , ) and when ...
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... . The length of the Semibreve , or longest quan- tity , is equal to the time of pronouncing such words as , aim , fame , roam , moan , & c . , as they are pronounced in deliberate reading and speaking ; thus it QUANTITY . 61.
... . The length of the Semibreve , or longest quan- tity , is equal to the time of pronouncing such words as , aim , fame , roam , moan , & c . , as they are pronounced in deliberate reading and speaking ; thus it QUANTITY . 61.
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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