A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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... thing to be taught . They are possessed with a very common prejudice , that Elocution is a subject to which few rules are applicable , and that a young man has himself only to blame , if he do not attain a good delivery by his own ...
... thing to be taught . They are possessed with a very common prejudice , that Elocution is a subject to which few rules are applicable , and that a young man has himself only to blame , if he do not attain a good delivery by his own ...
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... thing to its utter in- utility . Because some of those who have studied the subject secundum artem , have fallen into a stiff , arti- ficial , or affected manner , we are not authorized to conclude that the rules of art are unable to ...
... thing to its utter in- utility . Because some of those who have studied the subject secundum artem , have fallen into a stiff , arti- ficial , or affected manner , we are not authorized to conclude that the rules of art are unable to ...
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... thing else than pleasing , because their application of the rules which have been given them will be accom- panied by an evident effort . But to argue from such instances as these , that rules are not only useless but injurious , would ...
... thing else than pleasing , because their application of the rules which have been given them will be accom- panied by an evident effort . But to argue from such instances as these , that rules are not only useless but injurious , would ...
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... thing is observable respecting the period , the time of which is constantly varying , according to the nature of the style , and the in- timacy or remoteness of the connexion which subsists between the sentences . Thus in the fol ...
... thing is observable respecting the period , the time of which is constantly varying , according to the nature of the style , and the in- timacy or remoteness of the connexion which subsists between the sentences . Thus in the fol ...
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... things which seem to be evils , shall either in life or death conduce to his 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 ...
... things which seem to be evils , shall either in life or death conduce to his 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 ...
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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