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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... lower tone of voice than the same inflection on the colon and semicolon . 1 Thus we see , that whatever variety of another kind , such as loudness or softness , highness or lowness , swiftness or slowness , or whatever other variety we ...
... lower tone of voice than the same inflection on the colon and semicolon . 1 Thus we see , that whatever variety of another kind , such as loudness or softness , highness or lowness , swiftness or slowness , or whatever other variety we ...
Էջ 79
... lower tone than the first ; but this , it may be observed , makes no essential differ- ence Let us pronounce the last word in as high a key as we please , provided we preserve the proper inflection , the contrast to the former word will ...
... lower tone than the first ; but this , it may be observed , makes no essential differ- ence Let us pronounce the last word in as high a key as we please , provided we preserve the proper inflection , the contrast to the former word will ...
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... lower tone towards the end , and the word unjustly will be pronounced in a lower tone of voice than in the sentence , No. V .; but the downward slide in both will be nearly of the same duration and extent : for , as we have before ...
... lower tone towards the end , and the word unjustly will be pronounced in a lower tone of voice than in the sentence , No. V .; but the downward slide in both will be nearly of the same duration and extent : for , as we have before ...
Էջ 91
... where no sense is formed , as at the word temperance , Plate I. No. VI .; but when this downward side is pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , ELOCUTION . 91 Practical System of the Inflections of the ...
... where no sense is formed , as at the word temperance , Plate I. No. VI .; but when this downward side is pronounced in a lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , ELOCUTION . 91 Practical System of the Inflections of the ...
Էջ 92
... lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates not only that the sense , but the sentence is concluded . It must be carefully noted , therefore , that whenev- er the falling inflection is said to be on a word , it ...
... lower and less forcible tone than the preceding words , it indicates not only that the sense , but the sentence is concluded . It must be carefully noted , therefore , that whenev- er the falling inflection is said to be on a word , it ...
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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...