A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... pleasure or profit from attending on his ministry . As the first step to the removal of an evil is the knowledge of its cause , it is important to inquire , To what are we to attribute this want of a good elocution ? To this the answer ...
... pleasure or profit from attending on his ministry . As the first step to the removal of an evil is the knowledge of its cause , it is important to inquire , To what are we to attribute this want of a good elocution ? To this the answer ...
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... pleasure , and health become evils to those who do not know how to use them . A patient , sober , honest , and industrious man will always be respected . Wisely , rationally , and prudently to love is , in the opinion of lovers , not to ...
... pleasure , and health become evils to those who do not know how to use them . A patient , sober , honest , and industrious man will always be respected . Wisely , rationally , and prudently to love is , in the opinion of lovers , not to ...
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... pleasure , and contentment these . The pleasures of the imagination taken in their full extent are not so gross as those of sensez , nor so refined as those of the understanding . In this example we shall find all writers and printers ...
... pleasure , and contentment these . The pleasures of the imagination taken in their full extent are not so gross as those of sensez , nor so refined as those of the understanding . In this example we shall find all writers and printers ...
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... good . Wisdom comprehends at once the end and the means , estimates easiness or difficulty , and is cautious or confident in due proportion . God beholds with pleasure that being which he has made 24 RULES FOR PAUSE .
... good . Wisdom comprehends at once the end and the means , estimates easiness or difficulty , and is cautious or confident in due proportion . God beholds with pleasure that being which he has made 24 RULES FOR PAUSE .
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Rev. Samuel Wood. God beholds with pleasure that being which he has made , converting the wretchedness of his natural situa- tion into a theatre of triumph , bringing all the head- long tribes of nature into subjection to his will ; and ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. God beholds with pleasure that being which he has made , converting the wretchedness of his natural situa- tion into a theatre of triumph , bringing all the head- long tribes of nature into subjection to his will ; and ...
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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