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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Էջ vii
... convey into something that had the appearance of a system . Those only who are thoroughly acquainted with the subject , can conceive the labour and perplexity in which this task engaged me : It was not a florid harangue on the ...
... convey into something that had the appearance of a system . Those only who are thoroughly acquainted with the subject , can conceive the labour and perplexity in which this task engaged me : It was not a florid harangue on the ...
Էջ viii
... conveying the idea of continua- tion , the other of completion ; the former of which is called the suspending , the latter the closing pause : -though , in a few lines after , we find what is called the closing pause , is often ap ...
... conveying the idea of continua- tion , the other of completion ; the former of which is called the suspending , the latter the closing pause : -though , in a few lines after , we find what is called the closing pause , is often ap ...
Էջ 16
... convey an idea of these two distinctions of voice upon paper , he flatters himself that those parts of the Work , which do not depend upon these distinc- tions , are sufficiently new and useful to reward the time and pains of a perusal ...
... convey an idea of these two distinctions of voice upon paper , he flatters himself that those parts of the Work , which do not depend upon these distinc- tions , are sufficiently new and useful to reward the time and pains of a perusal ...
Էջ 30
... conveys infinite meaning : but where used too often , as in those swarms of modern writers of novels , who affect to write like Sterne , or where used improperly , and when the common points would give more precision to the sense , as ...
... conveys infinite meaning : but where used too often , as in those swarms of modern writers of novels , who affect to write like Sterne , or where used improperly , and when the common points would give more precision to the sense , as ...
Էջ 31
... conveying ideas distinctly by separating such as are distinct , and uniting such as are associated ; the other is , forming ... convey . objects distinguished from each other , however fre- quent and numerous the pauses may be , they are ...
... conveying ideas distinctly by separating such as are distinct , and uniting such as are associated ; the other is , forming ... convey . objects distinguished from each other , however fre- quent and numerous the pauses may be , they are ...
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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