A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... endeavour to reduce them to gene- ral rules ? Why not consider the kind and quality of voice , the pauses , the emphasis , and the inflections , which some particular sentence , or member of a sen- tence , requires , and on this found a ...
... endeavour to reduce them to gene- ral rules ? Why not consider the kind and quality of voice , the pauses , the emphasis , and the inflections , which some particular sentence , or member of a sen- tence , requires , and on this found a ...
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... endeavour to discover which words in a sentence are most intimately connected together , and which are less so , and to introduce our pauses accordingly . If we would read and speak well , we must pause on an average at every fifth or ...
... endeavour to discover which words in a sentence are most intimately connected together , and which are less so , and to introduce our pauses accordingly . If we would read and speak well , we must pause on an average at every fifth or ...
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... endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . In the latter part ...
... endeavour to give some account of it , and to lay down rules how we may know whether we are pos- sessed of it , and how we may acquire that fine taste of writing , which is so much talked of among the polite world . In the latter part ...
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... endeavour , in reading , to form the cadences as suitably to the sense , and as agreeably to the ear , as possible . There is nothing which contributes more to the rhythmical flow of prose , than giving a light sound to monosylla- bles ...
... endeavour , in reading , to form the cadences as suitably to the sense , and as agreeably to the ear , as possible . There is nothing which contributes more to the rhythmical flow of prose , than giving a light sound to monosylla- bles ...
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... endeavour to make himself heard rather by loudness of tone than by a high pitch of voice , and rather by distinctness of enuncia- tion than by loudness of tone . If he begin in a loud and vociferous tone , and in a high key , ( as he ...
... endeavour to make himself heard rather by loudness of tone than by a high pitch of voice , and rather by distinctness of enuncia- tion than by loudness of tone . If he begin in a loud and vociferous tone , and in a high key , ( as he ...
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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