A Grammar of Elocution1833 |
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Page 12
... variety , and ease ; and agreeably to this definition , good reading or speaking may be con- sidered as that species of delivery which not only expresses the sense of the words so as barely to be understood , but at the same time gives ...
... variety , and ease ; and agreeably to this definition , good reading or speaking may be con- sidered as that species of delivery which not only expresses the sense of the words so as barely to be understood , but at the same time gives ...
Page 15
... variety of passages to which they are applied . The points used by grammarians are the Comта , the Semicolon , the Colon , and the Period . The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semi- colon a pause double that of the Comma ; the ...
... variety of passages to which they are applied . The points used by grammarians are the Comта , the Semicolon , the Colon , and the Period . The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semi- colon a pause double that of the Comma ; the ...
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... variety of passion , but it must do either one or the other ; other- wise the sound would degenerate into monotone or song . These slides or inflections , which the voice makes in pronouncing words , are two , the rising and the falling ...
... variety of passion , but it must do either one or the other ; other- wise the sound would degenerate into monotone or song . These slides or inflections , which the voice makes in pronouncing words , are two , the rising and the falling ...
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... variety of inflection than what is prescribed in the above rules , and afterwards with that variety , which melody and good reading require . / They are wedded to opinions , full of contradiction / / / / and impossibility , and at the ...
... variety of inflection than what is prescribed in the above rules , and afterwards with that variety , which melody and good reading require . / They are wedded to opinions , full of contradiction / / / / and impossibility , and at the ...
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... variety . We often hear a man described as being a very monotonous reader ; and the meaning of this is , that he pronounces every sentence not only in the same pitch of voice , and with the same degree of force , but with a constant ...
... variety . We often hear a man described as being a very monotonous reader ; and the meaning of this is , that he pronounces every sentence not only in the same pitch of voice , and with the same degree of force , but with a constant ...
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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