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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... grammatical division of a sentence , if we would wish to arrive at precision and accuracy in reading and speaking ; this will so evidently appear in the course of this essay , as to make it needless to 18 ELEMENTS OF.
... grammatical division of a sentence , if we would wish to arrive at precision and accuracy in reading and speaking ; this will so evidently appear in the course of this essay , as to make it needless to 18 ELEMENTS OF.
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... appears that the grass has grown , though nobody ever saw it grow ; so the advances we make in knowledge , as they consist of such minute steps , are only perceivable by the distance . Here the advancement in knowledge is compared to ...
... appears that the grass has grown , though nobody ever saw it grow ; so the advances we make in knowledge , as they consist of such minute steps , are only perceivable by the distance . Here the advancement in knowledge is compared to ...
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... appear evidently from the amplified sentence already produced ; which , though not a very common , is a very possible ex- ample ; and rules founded on the reason of a thing , must either suit all cases or none . Whatever , therefore ...
... appear evidently from the amplified sentence already produced ; which , though not a very common , is a very possible ex- ample ; and rules founded on the reason of a thing , must either suit all cases or none . Whatever , therefore ...
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... appearing to injure the sense ; but if we were to place the same points between the nominative and the verb in the following sentence , The lengthening day is followed by the strengthening cold ; we should feel an impropriety at placing ...
... appearing to injure the sense ; but if we were to place the same points between the nominative and the verb in the following sentence , The lengthening day is followed by the strengthening cold ; we should feel an impropriety at placing ...
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... appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ; and it will be shown hereafter , that the sense of a sentence depends much less on the pause than on the inflexion of voice we adopt ; and that , provided ...
... appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ; and it will be shown hereafter , that the sense of a sentence depends much less on the pause than on the inflexion of voice we adopt ; and that , provided ...
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