A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... slide of the voice either upwards or downwards . QUANTITY denotes the relative value of sounds , and also of pauses , in duration of time . EMPHASIS is the stress which distinguishes syllables or words from one another . * This accident ...
... slide of the voice either upwards or downwards . QUANTITY denotes the relative value of sounds , and also of pauses , in duration of time . EMPHASIS is the stress which distinguishes syllables or words from one another . * This accident ...
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... slide either upwards or downwards to the neighbouring notes , without any perceptible rest on any ; so that speaking and musical sounds are essentially distinct , the former being constantly in motion from the mo- ment they commence ...
... slide either upwards or downwards to the neighbouring notes , without any perceptible rest on any ; so that speaking and musical sounds are essentially distinct , the former being constantly in motion from the mo- ment they commence ...
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... slides or inflections , which the voice makes in pronouncing words , are two , the rising and the falling ; and they may be marked thus , ✓ the rising the falling ... slide downwards , and end in a falling tone INFLECTION . 31.
... slides or inflections , which the voice makes in pronouncing words , are two , the rising and the falling ; and they may be marked thus , ✓ the rising the falling ... slide downwards , and end in a falling tone INFLECTION . 31.
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Rev. Samuel Wood. sound slide downwards , and end in a falling tone ; and this drawling pronunciation , though it length- ens the sounds beyond their proper duration , and carries them through more degrees of the musi- cal scale , does ...
Rev. Samuel Wood. sound slide downwards , and end in a falling tone ; and this drawling pronunciation , though it length- ens the sounds beyond their proper duration , and carries them through more degrees of the musi- cal scale , does ...
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... slide in a high and forcible tone , may frequently be introduced into the middle of of a sentence ; but when this downward slide is pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates that the ...
... slide in a high and forcible tone , may frequently be introduced into the middle of of a sentence ; but when this downward slide is pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates that the ...
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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