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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... writer as Mr. Enfield . But , when I found it had not only been adopted , but acknowledged by Mr. Murray , the Author of the best Grammar and Selection of Lessons for Reading in the English Language , I found my- self fully compensated ...
... writer as Mr. Enfield . But , when I found it had not only been adopted , but acknowledged by Mr. Murray , the Author of the best Grammar and Selection of Lessons for Reading in the English Language , I found my- self fully compensated ...
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... writing , but referred the reader to some passages where he could scarcely fail to adopt it upon certain words , and perceive the justness of the distinction . I was confirmed in my opinion by reflecting that à priori , and ...
... writing , but referred the reader to some passages where he could scarcely fail to adopt it upon certain words , and perceive the justness of the distinction . I was confirmed in my opinion by reflecting that à priori , and ...
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... writing the several pauses , or rests , between sentences , and the parts of sentences , ac- cording to their proper quantity or proportion , as they are expressed in a just and accurate pronun- ciation . Others , as Sir James Burrow ...
... writing the several pauses , or rests , between sentences , and the parts of sentences , ac- cording to their proper quantity or proportion , as they are expressed in a just and accurate pronun- ciation . Others , as Sir James Burrow ...
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... writing , are very inadequate to the purposes of just and accurate pronouncing ; as it is certain that a just , a forcible , and easy pronunciation , will oblige a judicious reader to pause much more frequently , than the most correct ...
... writing , are very inadequate to the purposes of just and accurate pronouncing ; as it is certain that a just , a forcible , and easy pronunciation , will oblige a judicious reader to pause much more frequently , than the most correct ...
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... writers * on this subject , after giving a thousand fine - spun reasons for placing the points with justness and precision ... writing , for fear of breaking the grammatical connec- tion of the words : a fear , as will be seen hereafter ...
... writers * on this subject , after giving a thousand fine - spun reasons for placing the points with justness and precision ... writing , for fear of breaking the grammatical connec- tion of the words : a fear , as will be seen hereafter ...
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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...