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 54
I knew a person who possessed the faculty of distinguishing flavours in so great a
perfection , that , after having tasted ten different kinds of tea , he would
distinguish , without seeing the colour of it , the particular sort which was offered
him .
I knew a person who possessed the faculty of distinguishing flavours in so great a
perfection , that , after having tasted ten different kinds of tea , he would
distinguish , without seeing the colour of it , the particular sort which was offered
him .
Էջ 189
cal , nor have we any rule to distinguish between those words which have a
greater , and those which have a less degree of stress ; the sense of the author is
the sole direction we are referred to , and all is left to the taste and understanding
of ...
cal , nor have we any rule to distinguish between those words which have a
greater , and those which have a less degree of stress ; the sense of the author is
the sole direction we are referred to , and all is left to the taste and understanding
of ...
Էջ 194
faulty . Emphasis is said to be a stress laid on one or more words to distinguish
them from others : but this definition , as we have just seen , makes almost every
word in a sentence emphatical , and , at the same time , confounds the distinction
...
faulty . Emphasis is said to be a stress laid on one or more words to distinguish
them from others : but this definition , as we have just seen , makes almost every
word in a sentence emphatical , and , at the same time , confounds the distinction
...
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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
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| Վերնագիր | 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 ... |
| Հեղինակ | John Walker |
| Edition | 2 |
| Հրատարակիչ | D. Mallory, 1810 |
| Original from | Նյու Յորքի Հանրային գրադարան |
| Digitized | 18 Մայիս 2007 |
| Length | 379 էջ |
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