The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English Language: Or, the Art of Reading and Speaking, on the Principles of the Music of SpeechJ. Robertson, 1821 - 348 էջ |
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Էջ vii
... present in use . As the ground is thus totally unoccupied , the first traveller may , it is hoped , without being charge- able with unworthy motives of ambition , and with- out being accused of usurpation , lay claim to what no one ...
... present in use . As the ground is thus totally unoccupied , the first traveller may , it is hoped , without being charge- able with unworthy motives of ambition , and with- out being accused of usurpation , lay claim to what no one ...
Էջ viii
... adopting this system . 1. By this system , we learn to read and speak with the utmost accuracy , by principle ; at present we are taught these by rote and imitation . 2. By this we acquire , with great facility , vili PREFACE .
... adopting this system . 1. By this system , we learn to read and speak with the utmost accuracy , by principle ; at present we are taught these by rote and imitation . 2. By this we acquire , with great facility , vili PREFACE .
Էջ ix
... present , al- though we are in the constant use of these , in all reading and speaking , yet of the nature of most of them , and their influence , we know nothing . 3. By this , we have all these as evident before our eyes as the words ...
... present , al- though we are in the constant use of these , in all reading and speaking , yet of the nature of most of them , and their influence , we know nothing . 3. By this , we have all these as evident before our eyes as the words ...
Էջ x
... present mode of ac- quiring these arts , no teacher can remedy , because there are no visible symbols to direct to the pro- per use of the accidents of language , from the mis- application of which all those peculiarities arise . 7. By ...
... present mode of ac- quiring these arts , no teacher can remedy , because there are no visible symbols to direct to the pro- per use of the accidents of language , from the mis- application of which all those peculiarities arise . 7. By ...
Էջ xi
... present , music and speech are not in the most , remote sense connected in the teaching of either . The study of music , as one of the fine arts , always keeps pace with the intellectual improvement of a people . As this delightful ...
... present , music and speech are not in the most , remote sense connected in the teaching of either . The study of music , as one of the fine arts , always keeps pace with the intellectual improvement of a people . As this delightful ...
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accidents of language acute accent acute and grave Anapest ancient applied Arsis and Thesis Artificial Feet artificial prosody beauty called circumflex composed dactyl degrees Demosthenes diphthong distinct elocution English equal Examples expression eyes force full melody grace notes Grammar grammarians grave accent Greek and Latin Greek language guage heart heaven heavy and light heavy syllable honour iambus inflexions light syllables loud and soft marked meter monosyllables monotone nature nerally never nosyllables o'er organic emphasis organs of speech passion peculiar poet poetry poize pronounced pronunciation proportion prose prosodians quantity reading and speaking rhetorical pauses rhythm Rhythmical Cadences rules scanning scholar semibrief sense sentence Shakespeare sing Slow song soul sound spoken language spondee sweet syllabic emphasis taste thee thou tion tone triple cadences trochee varieties verse virtue voice vowel words