The Rhetorical Reader; Consisting of Choice Specimens in Oratorical Composition in Prose and Verse1862 - 432 pages |
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... feeling grateful to Mr. Walker — him I consider as my professional parent . To his efforts , in truth , is the British public indebted for more correct and valuable in- formation on this subject , than is to be found concentrated in the ...
... feeling grateful to Mr. Walker — him I consider as my professional parent . To his efforts , in truth , is the British public indebted for more correct and valuable in- formation on this subject , than is to be found concentrated in the ...
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... feeling alone will command the attention of his hearers ! ) When the left hand is not in action , ( especially at the commencement of his discourse , ) it may occasionally rest on the ledge of the pulpit ; and the right may occupy a ...
... feeling alone will command the attention of his hearers ! ) When the left hand is not in action , ( especially at the commencement of his discourse , ) it may occasionally rest on the ledge of the pulpit ; and the right may occupy a ...
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... feel completely at his ease ! He who preaches from notes will be perpetually embarrassed between his book and his audience ; his action will necessarily be stiff , if not unnatural , and the current of his feelings liable to constant ...
... feel completely at his ease ! He who preaches from notes will be perpetually embarrassed between his book and his audience ; his action will necessarily be stiff , if not unnatural , and the current of his feelings liable to constant ...
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... " * When the definite question is protracted to a considerable length , and concludes a paragraph , the falling inflexion must be used instead of the rising . " Do we not sometimes feel the most at our 20 INTRODUCTION . 20.
... " * When the definite question is protracted to a considerable length , and concludes a paragraph , the falling inflexion must be used instead of the rising . " Do we not sometimes feel the most at our 20 INTRODUCTION . 20.
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John Hall Hindmarsh. " Do we not sometimes feel the most at our ea'se , when we may be treading the confines of some im'minent dan " ger ? " " Are we not often the least thoughtful , when our situation demands the utmost seriousness ...
John Hall Hindmarsh. " Do we not sometimes feel the most at our ea'se , when we may be treading the confines of some im'minent dan " ger ? " " Are we not often the least thoughtful , when our situation demands the utmost seriousness ...
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a'll a'nd accent an'd arms B'ut beauty behold Black Crows blessed bosom breath Brutus Cæsar character cheerfulness Christian circumflex Concluding tone copula cried dear death Deism delight e'ye earth Elocution English EXAMPLES eyes falling inflexion father feel give Go'd grave hand happy hast hath hear heard heart Heaven honour hope human hyæna Joseph Hume kind living look Lord Lord Byron Lord Eldon m'an ma'n mind mother nature never night o'er once passion pause pity poetry poor pride pronounced pronunciation R. B. SHERIDAN requires Rhetorical rising inflexion rule Samian wine scene seemed sentence Sir Francis Burdett smile sorrow soul sound speak speech spirit Stalagmite sweet tears tender th'at thee thi's thing tho'se thou thought tion truth Twas virtue voice WASHINGTON IRVING wh'o whi'ch word