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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... commenced my system ; infinite were the difficulties and obscurities that impeded my progress at first ; but perseverance , and , perhaps , enthusiasm , at last brought it to a period . Without any breach of modesty , it may be asserted ...
... commenced my system ; infinite were the difficulties and obscurities that impeded my progress at first ; but perseverance , and , perhaps , enthusiasm , at last brought it to a period . Without any breach of modesty , it may be asserted ...
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... commence with conjunctions that correspond with each other , they are sufficiently distinguishable ; as in the following sentence : As we cannot discern the shadow moving along the dial- plate , so the advances we make in knowledge are ...
... commence with conjunctions that correspond with each other , they are sufficiently distinguishable ; as in the following sentence : As we cannot discern the shadow moving along the dial- plate , so the advances we make in knowledge are ...
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... commence ; the latter being at rest for some given time in one precise note . * Smith's Harmonicks , p . 3. Note ( c ) The continual motion of speaking sounds makes it almost as FLOCUTION . 71 Of the two simple Inflections of the Voice.
... commence ; the latter being at rest for some given time in one precise note . * Smith's Harmonicks , p . 3. Note ( c ) The continual motion of speaking sounds makes it almost as FLOCUTION . 71 Of the two simple Inflections of the Voice.
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... commencing point ; we shall find that as this dif- ference is not easily ascertained , so , in an outline of this kind , it is of no great consequence : the rising or falling of the slide , in a greater or a less degree , does not ...
... commencing point ; we shall find that as this dif- ference is not easily ascertained , so , in an outline of this kind , it is of no great consequence : the rising or falling of the slide , in a greater or a less degree , does not ...
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... commencing with as , and the last with so : as the first member of the first sentence is simple , it is marked with a comma only at dial - plate ; as the second is compounded , it is marked with a semicolon at moving ; and as the last ...
... commencing with as , and the last with so : as the first member of the first sentence is simple , it is marked with a comma only at dial - plate ; as the second is compounded , it is marked with a semicolon at moving ; and as the last ...
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adjective admit agreeable antithesis antithetick object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon 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 Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone musick nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis particular 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 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