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... pronunciation which is given to words when they are arranged into sentences and form discourse . As a part of Rhetoric it relates simply to delivery . Rhetoric , or the art of persuasion , may be considered in three lights , as relating ...
... pronunciation which is given to words when they are arranged into sentences and form discourse . As a part of Rhetoric it relates simply to delivery . Rhetoric , or the art of persuasion , may be considered in three lights , as relating ...
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... pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the ... pronunciation of the last mind will be that which I must adopt . If I want to know the rising inflection on ...
... pronunciation , and the distinction , though not so perceptible , is as real in one mode of pronoun- cing as in the ... pronunciation of the last mind will be that which I must adopt . If I want to know the rising inflection on ...
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... pronunciation which in earnest speaking every voice adopts without pre- meditation . Thus , in the following sentence , Cęsar does not deserve fame , but blame . Here the word fame has the rising , and blame the falling inflection , and ...
... pronunciation which in earnest speaking every voice adopts without pre- meditation . Thus , in the following sentence , Cęsar does not deserve fame , but blame . Here the word fame has the rising , and blame the falling inflection , and ...
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... pronunciation and action ; without which part , he affirms , that the best orator in the world can never succeed , and an indifferent one , who is master of this , shall gain much greater applause . \ / / Exercise and temperance ...
... pronunciation and action ; without which part , he affirms , that the best orator in the world can never succeed , and an indifferent one , who is master of this , shall gain much greater applause . \ / / Exercise and temperance ...
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... pronunciation with the suc- ceeding letters , as fall , bale , mood , house , feature . In pronouncing a short vowel , the voice scarcely dwells at all on it , but proceeds quickly to join it to the succeeding letters ; as , ant ...
... pronunciation with the suc- ceeding letters , as fall , bale , mood , house , feature . In pronouncing a short vowel , the voice scarcely dwells at all on it , but proceeds quickly to join it to the succeeding letters ; as , ant ...
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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