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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... with a pause greater than a comma . A simple sentence , that is , a sentence
having but - one subject , or nominative , and one finite verb , admits of no pause
. Thus in the following sentence : The passion for praise produces excellent
effects ...
... with a pause greater than a comma . A simple sentence , that is , a sentence
having but - one subject , or nominative , and one finite verb , admits of no pause
. Thus in the following sentence : The passion for praise produces excellent
effects ...
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Thus if we say , The passion for praise , produces excellent effects , in women of
sense . - - Here , I say , if we make a short pause at praise , and effects , we do
not perceive the least impropriety ; but if we repeat the same sentence , and
make ...
Thus if we say , The passion for praise , produces excellent effects , in women of
sense . - - Here , I say , if we make a short pause at praise , and effects , we do
not perceive the least impropriety ; but if we repeat the same sentence , and
make ...
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Thus in the sentence , The passion for praise produces excellent effects in
women of sense — the noun passion , and the verb produces , with their several
adjuncts , form the two principal portions , or classes , of words in this sentence ;
and ...
Thus in the sentence , The passion for praise produces excellent effects in
women of sense — the noun passion , and the verb produces , with their several
adjuncts , form the two principal portions , or classes , of words in this sentence ;
and ...
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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