Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ...: To which is Added a Complete System of the Passions, Showing how They Affect 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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Page 82
... unaccented words are generally pronounced so fee- bly , as to render it often very difficult to say to which class they belong ; that is , whether to the rising or falling inflection ; but when the accented or emphatick words have their ...
... unaccented words are generally pronounced so fee- bly , as to render it often very difficult to say to which class they belong ; that is , whether to the rising or falling inflection ; but when the accented or emphatick words have their ...
Page 193
... unaccented syllables of words ; so that two words , one accented and the other not , are to the ear exactly like one word ; thus the words , even an indifferent constitution , are sound- ed like a word of eleven syllables , with the ...
... unaccented syllables of words ; so that two words , one accented and the other not , are to the ear exactly like one word ; thus the words , even an indifferent constitution , are sound- ed like a word of eleven syllables , with the ...
Page 199
... unaccented force ; this last kind of force we may call by the name of feebleness ; or , in other words , where the ... unaccented syllables of a word whose accented syllable is pronounced with some degree of force : we shall see likewise ...
... unaccented force ; this last kind of force we may call by the name of feebleness ; or , in other words , where the ... unaccented syllables of a word whose accented syllable is pronounced with some degree of force : we shall see likewise ...
Page 200
... unaccented syl- lables of an accented word , are less forcible than the accented syllable of an unemphatick word . These observations are exemplified in the pronunciation of the following sentences : Exercise and temperance strengthen ...
... unaccented syl- lables of an accented word , are less forcible than the accented syllable of an unemphatick word . These observations are exemplified in the pronunciation of the following sentences : Exercise and temperance strengthen ...
Page 241
... unaccented words , and to class them with the unaccented syllables of accented words . Thus a clear and definite idea was substituted for an indeterminate and obscure one : And I could , with confidence , tell my pupil that the sentence ...
... unaccented words , and to class them with the unaccented syllables of accented words . Thus a clear and definite idea was substituted for an indeterminate and obscure one : And I could , with confidence , tell my pupil that the sentence ...
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adjective admit agreeable antithesis antithetick object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma commencing connected convey couplet Demosthenes different inflections distinction distinguish emphasis emphatick words Euboea example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflection flection following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflection of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone musick nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis particular passage passion perceive perfect sense period phasis pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose publick punctuation question reader reading require the falling require the rising rising inflection Rule seems semicolon shew short pause 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