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Page vi
... emphasis and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will re- main to be taught by the living instructor : much will be attain- able by no ...
... emphasis and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will re- main to be taught by the living instructor : much will be attain- able by no ...
Page vii
... Emphasis ; Tones ; Pauses ; and Mode of reading Verse . SECTION I - PROPER LOUDNESS OF VOICE . The first attention of every person who reads to others , doubt- less , must be , to make himself be heard by all those to whom he reads . He ...
... Emphasis ; Tones ; Pauses ; and Mode of reading Verse . SECTION I - PROPER LOUDNESS OF VOICE . The first attention of every person who reads to others , doubt- less , must be , to make himself be heard by all those to whom he reads . He ...
Page x
... emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is discourse rendered heavy and life- less , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound ...
... emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is discourse rendered heavy and life- less , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and confound ...
Page xi
... emphasis is given , are in general such as seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exempli- fy the superior emphasis . " Of man's first ...
... emphasis is given , are in general such as seem the most important in the sentence , or , on other accounts , to merit this distinction . The following passage will serve to exempli- fy the superior emphasis . " Of man's first ...
Page xii
... emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined entirely by the sense of the passage , and al- ways made alike : but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity ...
... emphasis , in reading as in speaking , must be determined entirely by the sense of the passage , and al- ways made alike : but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fixing its situation and quantity ...
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Page 203 - want spectators, God want praise} Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. All these .with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each- to others* note,
Page 31 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? He that formed the eye, shall he not see ? I have been young, and now I am old ; yet have I never
Page 228 - dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea,. I am lord of the fowl and the brute. Oh ! solitude ! where are the charms, That sages have seen in thy face f Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 239 - Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, .And spread the truth from pole to pole. What tho' in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball 1
Page 202 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 190 - obey ; so God ordains. With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike, Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun "When first on this delightful land he spreads
Page 234 - Fountains, and ye that warble as ye flow ^Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise* Join voices all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings, and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk
Page 67 - far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee ; and" say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal ; and take