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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Էջ 76
The three other points , namely , the semicolon , colon , and period , adopt either
the rising or falling in . flection , as the sense or harmony requires , though in
different degrees of elevation and depression . But these different degrees of
rising ...
The three other points , namely , the semicolon , colon , and period , adopt either
the rising or falling in . flection , as the sense or harmony requires , though in
different degrees of elevation and depression . But these different degrees of
rising ...
Էջ 87
IV . is that which I must adopt : the falling inflection on all will be determined by
saying , Is it all , or all ? as the last all has the inflection sought for . In the same
manner , if , in the following couplet of Pope , What the weak head with strongest
...
IV . is that which I must adopt : the falling inflection on all will be determined by
saying , Is it all , or all ? as the last all has the inflection sought for . In the same
manner , if , in the following couplet of Pope , What the weak head with strongest
...
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... for nothing can offend against every species of pronunciation so much as
confusion or obscurity . But though an elegant and harmonious pronunci . ation of
verse will sometimes oblige us to adopt different inflections from those we should
...
... for nothing can offend against every species of pronunciation so much as
confusion or obscurity . But though an elegant and harmonious pronunci . ation of
verse will sometimes oblige us to adopt different inflections from those we should
...
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INTRODUCTION Elocution defined | 17 |
Introduction to the Theory of Rhetorical Punctuation | 25 |
Inconsistencies of the common Doctrine of Punctuation | 31 |
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Common terms and phrases
accent action admit adopt answer appear arises arrangement beginning called comma commencing common concluding connected considered consists convey direct distinction distinguish emphasis emphatical emphatick example expressed eyes falling inflection force former give greater hand harmony idea importance inflection of voice instance interrogative kind latter less lower manner marked meaning mind modified nature necessarily necessary object observed opposition particular passage passion pause perceive perfect perhaps period person pleasure preceding principal produces pronounced pronunciation proper prose question reader reading reason requires rest rising inflection Rule seems sense sentence separated short single slide sometimes sound speaking Spectator stress suppose syllable taste tence thee thing thou thought tion tone tone of voice variety verb verse voice whole words writing