A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... reader of his pupil must not say to him , read as I do , but , read according to the rules which I give you . This is the only true method of teaching to read , since it is the only one which can produce an extensive , a certain , and ...
... reader of his pupil must not say to him , read as I do , but , read according to the rules which I give you . This is the only true method of teaching to read , since it is the only one which can produce an extensive , a certain , and ...
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... reader to remember , that , by the pleasures of the imagination , I mean only such pleasures as arise originally from sight . VIII . Before the infinitive mood when not im- mediately preceded by a modifying word . He left the room to ...
... reader to remember , that , by the pleasures of the imagination , I mean only such pleasures as arise originally from sight . VIII . Before the infinitive mood when not im- mediately preceded by a modifying word . He left the room to ...
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... 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 ; fame will have the rising , and blame the falling inflection . But to make this distinction still ...
... 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 ; fame will have the rising , and blame the falling inflection . But to make this distinction still ...
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... readers so bad as * By Rules III . VII . Chap . II . + By Rule I. Chap . II . ‡ The substance of this passage is taken from Walker , ( Elements , p . 219 , ) but I have substituted the word melody for harmony , which he and most of his ...
... readers so bad as * By Rules III . VII . Chap . II . + By Rule I. Chap . II . ‡ The substance of this passage is taken from Walker , ( Elements , p . 219 , ) but I have substituted the word melody for harmony , which he and most of his ...
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... reader , it is needless to enlarge ; for every one must acknowledge , that what pleases the ear serves to arrest the attention , and that , as the ear will soon be wearied by a continued succession of similar inflections , so it will as ...
... reader , it is needless to enlarge ; for every one must acknowledge , that what pleases the ear serves to arrest the attention , and that , as the ear will soon be wearied by a continued succession of similar inflections , so it will as ...
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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