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... Emphasis ; and where the Accent " or Emphasis is thus directed to fall , " that Syllable ( be its natural Quantity " what it will ) is , in that Place confi- " dered as long ; and thofe Syllables that " have neither Accent or Emphasis ...
... Emphasis ; and where the Accent " or Emphasis is thus directed to fall , " that Syllable ( be its natural Quantity " what it will ) is , in that Place confi- " dered as long ; and thofe Syllables that " have neither Accent or Emphasis ...
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... Emphasis which only gives Senfe and Meaning to Sentences . But fuppofing Emphasis to be , what he seems to think it , viz . a Method of laying a greater Strefs upon fome Words in a Sentence than on others , nothing is more certain ...
... Emphasis which only gives Senfe and Meaning to Sentences . But fuppofing Emphasis to be , what he seems to think it , viz . a Method of laying a greater Strefs upon fome Words in a Sentence than on others , nothing is more certain ...
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... Emphasis , as if they were strongly fignificant . 66 In pronouncing the following Line in Othello , Mr. Sheridan fays , " The peculiar Beauty and Force is loft , by laying the Emphasis on the Verb love , instead of laying it on the ...
... Emphasis , as if they were strongly fignificant . 66 In pronouncing the following Line in Othello , Mr. Sheridan fays , " The peculiar Beauty and Force is loft , by laying the Emphasis on the Verb love , instead of laying it on the ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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Accent according admit alfo alſo ancient appear articulate Attention Author better bles Cafe called common Compofition conceive confidered confifts Confonant depends diftinct divided Effect Emphaſis emphatical Engliſh equally evident Expreffion fall fame Feet fhall fhort fhould fimple firſt fome Force former frequently fuch fuppofe give greater hand Harmony hath Hence Idea Importance Inftance Kind laid Language latter laying Length Line loud Manner Meaning Meaſure merely Method Mind Mode moft moſt Mufic muſt natural never Note Numbers obferved Objects Order Paffage Paffions particular Paufe Pauſe Perfons Place Poetry Poets Point Power pronounced Pronunciation Propriety Quantity Reader Reading Reaſon reciting regard require Rhime Rules Senfe Sentence Sheridan ſhort Sound Speaker Speaking Speech Subject Succeffion Syllables thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe tion Tone Tongue true Utterance Verfe Verſes Voice Vowel whole Words Writer written