Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ... with Directions for Strengthening and Modulating the Voice ... to which is Added, a Complete System of the Passions; Showing how They Effect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of Shakespeare |
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... Spectator , No. 590 . This punctuation of the substantive verb runs through our whole typography , and sufficiently shows the division which the ear invariably makes , when delivery requires a distinct and forcible pronuncia- tion ; for ...
... Spectator , No. 590 . This punctuation of the substantive verb runs through our whole typography , and sufficiently shows the division which the ear invariably makes , when delivery requires a distinct and forcible pronuncia- tion ; for ...
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... Spectator , No. 86 : " Every one that speaks and reasons , is a grammarian " and a logician , though he may be utterly unac- " quainted with the rules of grammar or logic as they " are delivered in books and systems . " If we finish ...
... Spectator , No. 86 : " Every one that speaks and reasons , is a grammarian " and a logician , though he may be utterly unac- " quainted with the rules of grammar or logic as they " are delivered in books and systems . " If we finish ...
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... the same time suffer the mind to sink into that negligence and remissness , which are apt to accompany our more sensual delights .-- Spectator , No. 411 . In the first of these sentences we find the conjunc- 26 ELEMENTS OF.
... the same time suffer the mind to sink into that negligence and remissness , which are apt to accompany our more sensual delights .-- Spectator , No. 411 . In the first of these sentences we find the conjunc- 26 ELEMENTS OF.
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... Spectator . Here the word so is understood before I am , and the long pause as much required as if so had been ex- pressed ; since it is here the sentence naturally divides into two correspondent and dependent parts . That point ...
... Spectator . Here the word so is understood before I am , and the long pause as much required as if so had been ex- pressed ; since it is here the sentence naturally divides into two correspondent and dependent parts . That point ...
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... Spectator , No. 255 . Here a direct period is formed at nature ; the prin- cipal constructive parts of this period separate at passions ; and here must be the larger pause : the succeeding members are only additional , and require a ...
... Spectator , No. 255 . Here a direct period is formed at nature ; the prin- cipal constructive parts of this period separate at passions ; and here must be the larger pause : the succeeding members are only additional , and require a ...
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accented syllable adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetic object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma connexion convey couplet Demosthenes different inflexions distinction distinguish emphasis emphatic words example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflexion flexion following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflexion of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive period phasis phatic pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose punctuation question reader reading require the falling requires the rising rising inflexion Rule seems semicolon Shaks Shakspeare's short pause single word slide soul sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator stress substantive syllable taste tence thee thing thou tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse whole Winter's Tale