 | John Walker - 1804 - 330 էջ
...in ironical reproach ; as on the word ye« in the following example : " So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? It is to you that...these inflexions we add the distinction of a phrase inte accentual portions, as Prosperity | gains friends [ and adversity | tries them, | and pronounce... | |
 | John Walker - 1807 - 358 էջ
...used in ironical reproach ; as on the word you in the following example : " So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? " It is to you that...portions, as Prosperity | gains friends | and adversity | tries them, | and pronounce/h'en ds like an unaccented syllable of gains ; and like an unaccented... | |
 | John Walker - 1807 - 326 էջ
...word you in the following example : " So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? f It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief...these inflexions we add the distinction of a phrase intq Accentual portions, as Prosperity | g&ins friends | and adversity | tries them, | and pronounce... | |
 | John Walker - 1830 - 200 էջ
...used in ironical reproach : as on the word you in the following example : " So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? It is to you that...mischief that has befallen me." If to these inflexions \ve add the distinction of a phrase into accentual portions, as Prosperity | gains friends | and adversity... | |
 | Rev. Samuel Wood - 1833 - 224 էջ
...circumflex to express bitter reproach. /-> So then you are the author of this conspiracy against t~\ me. It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief that has befallen me. One or other of the circumflexes is very commonly used when a speaker takes up his own words and puts... | |
 | Hugh Doherty - 1841 - 254 էջ
...circumflex and half-circumflex inflections, IMPRESSIVE INFLECTIONS. Examples. So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me. It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief which has befallen me. ^•^ .-^ Brave peers of England! pillars of the State! To you Duke Humphry... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 էջ
...of humanity ! 355. So, then, you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? It is to ydu, then, that I am indebted for all the mischief that has befallen me. 356. I kn&w you, sir — I know ydu, sir. Y6a, sir, are below contempt ! 357. So, then, Mr. Gil Bias,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 էջ
...tones of mockery, sarcasm, or irony, the circumflex should be used ; as, So, then, ydu are the author of this conspiracy against me ? It is to you that...indebted for all the mischief that has befallen me. Madam, you have my father much offended. RULE XI. In solemn and sublime passages, the monotone should... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1870 - 236 էջ
...retort, should have the emphatic circumflex on the important words. " So, then, you are the author of this conspiracy against me. It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief which has befallen me." The foregoing seem to me the chief rules for the use of those peculiar swelling... | |
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The falling circumflex begins with the rising inflexion, and ends with the falling upon the same syllable, and seems to •twist the voice downwards. This inflexion seems generally to be used in ironical reproach ; as on the word you in the following... 