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... not the light of fortune's stormy sea . \ \ / And Ruth said unto Naomi , entreat me not to leave DEFINITION . A period or compact sentence is an assemblage. thee . * When from emphasis , or any other cause , 36 THE NECESSARY INFLECTIONS .
... not the light of fortune's stormy sea . \ \ / And Ruth said unto Naomi , entreat me not to leave DEFINITION . A period or compact sentence is an assemblage. thee . * When from emphasis , or any other cause , 36 THE NECESSARY INFLECTIONS .
Page 37
... thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall set right . This is an inverted period , for although the first part ending at thee , makes perfect sense , it is yet modified by what follows . RULE III . Every direct ...
... thee , which no innocence of heart or integrity of conduct shall set right . This is an inverted period , for although the first part ending at thee , makes perfect sense , it is yet modified by what follows . RULE III . Every direct ...
Page 39
... thee . In Poland , as well as in Turkey , magazines must be formed at a great expense , and food must be obtained from a distance , which circumstances are almost in- surmountable obstacles to the keeping a large army together . RULE VI ...
... thee . In Poland , as well as in Turkey , magazines must be formed at a great expense , and food must be obtained from a distance , which circumstances are almost in- surmountable obstacles to the keeping a large army together . RULE VI ...
Page 78
... thee , The | cold chain of | silence had | hung o'er thee | long , Z When | proudly my | own Island | harp I un- | bound thee , And | gave all thy | chords to light , | freedom , and | song ; Z | The | warm lay of | love and the ...
... thee , The | cold chain of | silence had | hung o'er thee | long , Z When | proudly my | own Island | harp I un- | bound thee , And | gave all thy | chords to light , | freedom , and | song ; Z | The | warm lay of | love and the ...
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... thee ? ر If this passage were prose , every line in the first sentence but the fifth , might end with the falling inflection ; but the end of the fifth being the place where the two principal constructive parts of the sentence unite ...
... thee ? ر If this passage were prose , every line in the first sentence but the fifth , might end with the falling inflection ; but the end of the fifth being the place where the two principal constructive parts of the sentence unite ...
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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