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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... thing new on punctuation , as it relates to grammar ; but it will not be difficult to show , what perplexity it is involved in when reduced to enunciation ; and how necessary it is to understand distinctly the rhetorical as well as ...
... thing new on punctuation , as it relates to grammar ; but it will not be difficult to show , what perplexity it is involved in when reduced to enunciation ; and how necessary it is to understand distinctly the rhetorical as well as ...
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... thing that is laudable ; 90 nothing is more destructive to them , when it is go- verned by vanity and folly . When a sentence can be divided into two parts , each of which parts are again divisible by semicolons , the former are to be ...
... thing that is laudable ; 90 nothing is more destructive to them , when it is go- verned by vanity and folly . When a sentence can be divided into two parts , each of which parts are again divisible by semicolons , the former are to be ...
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... thing that influences all the points , and sways the whole doctrine of punctuation , which is , the length and shortness of the members and periods ; for when the phrases are long , he says , we point higher than when they are short ...
... thing that influences all the points , and sways the whole doctrine of punctuation , which is , the length and shortness of the members and periods ; for when the phrases are long , he says , we point higher than when they are short ...
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... thing , must either suit all cases or none . Whatever , therefore , may be the integrity of gram- matical connexion to the eye , certain it is that the ear perceives neither obstruction nor obscurity in a pause between the nominative ...
... thing , must either suit all cases or none . Whatever , therefore , may be the integrity of gram- matical connexion to the eye , certain it is that the ear perceives neither obstruction nor obscurity in a pause between the nominative ...
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... thing in general , or only affirms something as limited or qualified by what follows , that we shall discover whether these members are either imme- diately or remotely connected , and , consequently , whether they form a loose or a ...
... thing in general , or only affirms something as limited or qualified by what follows , that we shall discover whether these members are either imme- diately or remotely connected , and , consequently , whether they form a loose or 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