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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... question beginning with the verb , not only in a higher tone , but with a different turn of the voice from the other ques- tion ; and in a grammar by Mr. Perry , of Scotland , about thirty years ago , I found the same distinction of ...
... question beginning with the verb , not only in a higher tone , but with a different turn of the voice from the other ques- tion ; and in a grammar by Mr. Perry , of Scotland , about thirty years ago , I found the same distinction of ...
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... question naturally arises , since it is of so much consequence to the sense of a sentence where we admit a pause , what are the parts of speech which allow a pause between them and what are those which do not ? To which it may be answer ...
... question naturally arises , since it is of so much consequence to the sense of a sentence where we admit a pause , what are the parts of speech which allow a pause between them and what are those which do not ? To which it may be answer ...
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... question whether a preceding member affirms any thing in general , or only affirms something as limited or qualified by what follows , that we shall discover whether these members are either immediately or remotely connected , and , con ...
... question whether a preceding member affirms any thing in general , or only affirms something as limited or qualified by what follows , that we shall discover whether these members are either immediately or remotely connected , and , con ...
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... question without the interrogative words , we naturally adopt the rising inflection on the last word ; as , Can Cæsar deserve blame ? Impossible ! Here blame , the last word of the question , has the rising inflection , contrary to the ...
... question without the interrogative words , we naturally adopt the rising inflection on the last word ; as , Can Cæsar deserve blame ? Impossible ! Here blame , the last word of the question , has the rising inflection , contrary to the ...
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... question with the disjunctive or , and to repeat it in the same manner as the interrogative sentences , Plate II . Thus in the following sentence : A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . In ...
... question with the disjunctive or , and to repeat it in the same manner as the interrogative sentences , Plate II . Thus in the following sentence : A contented mind , and a good conscience , will make a man happy in all conditions . In ...
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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...