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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If these observations are just , the Irish ought to habituate themselves to a more
frequent use of the rising inflection , and the Scotch to the falling , in or . der to
acquire what is not ( from this view of the subject ) improperly called the English ...
If these observations are just , the Irish ought to habituate themselves to a more
frequent use of the rising inflection , and the Scotch to the falling , in or . der to
acquire what is not ( from this view of the subject ) improperly called the English ...
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By a knowledge of the principles of grammar , we are enabled to express our
thoughts with greater force , precision , and perspicuity ; and it cannot be doubted
, that a knowledge of the gram . mar of pronunciation , if it may be called so , will ...
By a knowledge of the principles of grammar , we are enabled to express our
thoughts with greater force , precision , and perspicuity ; and it cannot be doubted
, that a knowledge of the gram . mar of pronunciation , if it may be called so , will ...
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... to a close , we often lay upon several words in succession : This successive
emphatick force does not , like the former , suggest any particular meaning
excluded by it , and therefore may not improperly be called a general emphasis .
... to a close , we often lay upon several words in succession : This successive
emphatick force does not , like the former , suggest any particular meaning
excluded by it , and therefore may not improperly be called a general emphasis .
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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