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... acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . In the latter part of this passage , beginning with and how , provided we do not drop the * See the difference between the falling and the termi ...
... acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . In the latter part of this passage , beginning with and how , provided we do not drop the * See the difference between the falling and the termi ...
Page 47
... 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 bad as * By Rules III . and VII . , Chap . II . † By Rule I. Chap . II . ‡ The substance of ...
... 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 bad as * By Rules III . and VII . , Chap . II . † By Rule I. Chap . II . ‡ The substance of ...
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... I shall endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- * See Chapman's Music of the English Language . Chap . Χ . p . 46 . sessed of it , and how we may acquire that 80 ORGANIC EMPHASIS .
... I shall endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- * See Chapman's Music of the English Language . Chap . Χ . p . 46 . sessed of it , and how we may acquire that 80 ORGANIC EMPHASIS .
Page 81
Rev. Samuel Wood. sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste in writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . If , in the second clause of this sentence , we make of a heavy syllable , it is of course the ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste in writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . If , in the second clause of this sentence , we make of a heavy syllable , it is of course the ...
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... acquire this proper pitch of the voice , that is , to form it to a certain key on the musical scale , and to be able also to change this key ac- * Art of Improving the Voice and Ear . London : Prowett . 1825 . cording to the nature of ...
... acquire this proper pitch of the voice , that is , to form it to a certain key on the musical scale , and to be able also to change this key ac- * Art of Improving the Voice and Ear . London : Prowett . 1825 . cording to the nature of ...
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accident of speech acquire action antithesis audible audience beginning cadence Cęsar cęsura called CHAPTER Cicero circumflex clause commencing series common common metre compound series Concluding Crotchet degree delivery discourse distinction Elocution emphasis of force emphasis of sense emphatic word endeavour example expressed Fair Penitent falling inflection flection following lines following passage following sentence give graces Grammar hath heaven heavy syllable human voice language latter loud manner marked melody metre mind musical scale nature necessary observed organic emphasis passion Paul the Apostle perceive phasis phatic pitch pleasures poetry pronounced pronunciation prose quantity Quaver reader reading and speaking require the rising rhythmus riety rising inflection rule simple series slide soft sound speaker spirit spoken style syllabic emphasis taste tence thee thing thou hast tion triple triple metre variety verb verse ر ر