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Page 31
... distinction still clearer , if , instead of pronouncing the word fame slightly , he give it a strong emphatic force , and let it drawl off the tongue for some time before the sound finishes , he will find it slide upwards and end in a ...
... distinction still clearer , if , instead of pronouncing the word fame slightly , he give it a strong emphatic force , and let it drawl off the tongue for some time before the sound finishes , he will find it slide upwards and end in a ...
Page 32
... distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the other . The best method , there- fore , of ascertaining whether we make use of the inflection we intend , is to form the word into a question ...
... distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the other . The best method , there- fore , of ascertaining whether we make use of the inflection we intend , is to form the word into a question ...
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... ; and it admits of a division into several different kinds . The series requires different inflections , as it commences or concludes a sentence : hence arises the distinction of a commencing 50 MELODIOUS INFLECTION .
... ; and it admits of a division into several different kinds . The series requires different inflections , as it commences or concludes a sentence : hence arises the distinction of a commencing 50 MELODIOUS INFLECTION .
Page 51
Rev. Samuel Wood. cludes a sentence : hence arises the distinction of a commencing and a concluding series ; by the former being meant that which , whether it be- gins a sentence or not , does not conclude it ; and by the latter , that ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. cludes a sentence : hence arises the distinction of a commencing and a concluding series ; by the former being meant that which , whether it be- gins a sentence or not , does not conclude it ; and by the latter , that ...
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... distinction , where the sentence commences with a conditional or suppositive conjunction , or where the language is plaintive and poetical , the rising inflection is more suitable . This will be evident from the following example ...
... distinction , where the sentence commences with a conditional or suppositive conjunction , or where the language is plaintive and poetical , the rising inflection is more suitable . This will be evident from the following example ...
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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