A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... poetry , is divided ; the difference between prose and poetry being this , that , while the former ad- mits into the same sentence cadences of various lengths , those of the latter are , in the same piece , all of the same length . It ...
... poetry , is divided ; the difference between prose and poetry being this , that , while the former ad- mits into the same sentence cadences of various lengths , those of the latter are , in the same piece , all of the same length . It ...
Page 78
... to every one who has an ear , that there is a regular rhythmus in poetry , and on the necessity of at- tending to this , if we wish to read verse in an agreeable manner , there can be no necessity to enlarge 78 ORGANIC EMPHASIS .
... to every one who has an ear , that there is a regular rhythmus in poetry , and on the necessity of at- tending to this , if we wish to read verse in an agreeable manner , there can be no necessity to enlarge 78 ORGANIC EMPHASIS .
Page 83
... poetry , as in the following verse : To - morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day , The sabbath of my soul . 2nd , Before the active participle , as , He might have judged by my not going ...
... poetry , as in the following verse : To - morrow will be time enough To feel your harsh control ; Ye shall not violate this day , The sabbath of my soul . 2nd , Before the active participle , as , He might have judged by my not going ...
Page 85
... poetry aloud , and in a variety of measures , taking care to mark the heavy sylla- bles very distinctly by a greater stress of voice , and also by beating time with the hand or the foot , at the moment when the heavy syllable is ...
... poetry aloud , and in a variety of measures , taking care to mark the heavy sylla- bles very distinctly by a greater stress of voice , and also by beating time with the hand or the foot , at the moment when the heavy syllable is ...
Page 127
... poetry , we should reduce it to earnest conversation , and pronounce it in the most familiar and prosaic manner , and we shall , for the most part , fall into those very in- flections , which we ought to adopt in reading verse . As one ...
... poetry , we should reduce it to earnest conversation , and pronounce it in the most familiar and prosaic manner , and we shall , for the most part , fall into those very in- flections , which we ought to adopt in reading verse . As one ...
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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