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 ShakespeareD. Mallory, 1810 - 379 էջ |
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... be the integrity of gram- matical connection to the eye , certain it is that the ear perceives neither obstruction nor obscurity in a pause between ELOCUTION . 27 Inconsistencies of the common Doctrine of Punctuation.
... be the integrity of gram- matical connection to the eye , certain it is that the ear perceives neither obstruction nor obscurity in a pause between ELOCUTION . 27 Inconsistencies of the common Doctrine of Punctuation.
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... eye , between the nominative case and the verb , is not without a foundation in reason . The pauses of distinction between the parts of a com- plex nominative case , seem specifically different from the pause between the nominative case ...
... eye , between the nominative case and the verb , is not without a foundation in reason . The pauses of distinction between the parts of a com- plex nominative case , seem specifically different from the pause between the nominative case ...
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... eye , would be to adopt the hyphen ; this always shews a necessary connection of sense , and at the same time a clear distinction of parts dif- ferent from the distinction and connection exhibited by the comma ; and this seems the point ...
... eye , would be to adopt the hyphen ; this always shews a necessary connection of sense , and at the same time a clear distinction of parts dif- ferent from the distinction and connection exhibited by the comma ; and this seems the point ...
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... eye , and that of the ear , being thus at variance , and the latter being the prin- cipal object of this essay , it may not be useless to attempt to give a general idea of the principles of that punctuation which really exists in ...
... eye , and that of the ear , being thus at variance , and the latter being the prin- cipal object of this essay , it may not be useless to attempt to give a general idea of the principles of that punctuation which really exists in ...
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... eyes on those who are richer than themselves , rather than on those who are under greater difficulties . Here a perfect sentence is formed at possess , and here must be the longest pause , as it intervenes be- tween two parts nearly ...
... eyes on those who are richer than themselves , rather than on those who are under greater difficulties . Here a perfect sentence is formed at possess , and here must be the longest pause , as it intervenes be- tween two parts nearly ...
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ablative absolute adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetick object cadence Cæsar cæsura Cicero 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 kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone marked meaning mind modifying words monotone musick nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis 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 single words 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
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Էջ 329 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Էջ 336 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not seems. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Էջ 315 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Էջ 328 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Էջ 322 - The spinsters -and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Էջ 318 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Էջ 283 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Էջ 172 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Էջ 321 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance; And so am I for Phebe.
Էջ 336 - My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of — willow, An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it...