A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... spoken should not only be barely understood , but conveyed with its full force and spirit to those to whom it is addressed . The ob- ject of all public speaking is either instruction or per- suasion , or both ; and it is certain that ...
... spoken should not only be barely understood , but conveyed with its full force and spirit to those to whom it is addressed . The ob- ject of all public speaking is either instruction or per- suasion , or both ; and it is certain that ...
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... spoken language five accidents , or properties . These five accidents of speech are Pause , Inflection , Quantity , Emphasis , and Force . PAUSE is the interval of silence or rest be- tween words and sentences . INFLECTION * denotes the ...
... spoken language five accidents , or properties . These five accidents of speech are Pause , Inflection , Quantity , Emphasis , and Force . PAUSE is the interval of silence or rest be- tween words and sentences . INFLECTION * denotes the ...
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... spoken sounds are uttered . With respect to Pause it will probably be sup- posed that there is little to be learnt from any Elocutionary rules , since we have already in the grammatical points sufficient guides for all the pauses ...
... spoken sounds are uttered . With respect to Pause it will probably be sup- posed that there is little to be learnt from any Elocutionary rules , since we have already in the grammatical points sufficient guides for all the pauses ...
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... spoken of ; fame will have the rising , and blame the falling inflection . But to make this distinction still clearer , if , instead of pronouncing the word fame slightly , he give it a strong emphatic force , and let it drawl off the ...
... spoken of ; fame will have the rising , and blame the falling inflection . But to make this distinction still clearer , if , instead of pronouncing the word fame slightly , he give it a strong emphatic force , and let it drawl off the ...
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... spoken under so confined a pro- portion of quantity as a long and a short sylla- ble . Although it may be convenient for practi- cal purposes , to speak of the time of syllables or of pauses , being either long or short , there are , in ...
... spoken under so confined a pro- portion of quantity as a long and a short sylla- ble . Although it may be convenient for practi- cal purposes , to speak of the time of syllables or of pauses , being either long or short , there are , in ...
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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