A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... degree succeed with those , who can boast of that supe- rior quickness of perception which almost intuitively discerns what is just and natural , yet with the great majority it will be found to be at best inefficient ; or they will even ...
... degree succeed with those , who can boast of that supe- rior quickness of perception which almost intuitively discerns what is just and natural , yet with the great majority it will be found to be at best inefficient ; or they will even ...
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... degree in which it rises or falls may vary , according to the variety of passion , but it must do either one or the other ; other- wise the sound would degenerate into monotone or song . These slides or inflections , which the voice ...
... degree in which it rises or falls may vary , according to the variety of passion , but it must do either one or the other ; other- wise the sound would degenerate into monotone or song . These slides or inflections , which the voice ...
Page 32
... degrees of the musi- cal scale , does not alter them essentially : the same inflections are preserved as in the common pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the ...
... degrees of the musi- cal scale , does not alter them essentially : the same inflections are preserved as in the common pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the ...
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... degree of force , but with a constant succession of the same inflec- tions , and never concluding with any other than the falling . Every one who has paid even the slightest attention to the subject , must perceive what wonderful force ...
... degree of force , but with a constant succession of the same inflec- tions , and never concluding with any other than the falling . Every one who has paid even the slightest attention to the subject , must perceive what wonderful force ...
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... degrees or pro- portions of quantity . To adopt the terms of music , the longest of these proportions may be called the Semibreve , the long one the Minim , the short one the Crotchet , and the shortest the Quaver ; and as each of these ...
... degrees or pro- portions of quantity . To adopt the terms of music , the longest of these proportions may be called the Semibreve , the long one the Minim , the short one the Crotchet , and the shortest the Quaver ; and as each of these ...
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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