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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... greater than a comma . A simple sentence , that is , a sentence having but one subject , or nominative , and one finite verb , ad- mits of no pause . Thus in the following sentence : The passion for praise produces excellent effects in ...
... greater than a comma . A simple sentence , that is , a sentence having but one subject , or nominative , and one finite verb , ad- mits of no pause . Thus in the following sentence : The passion for praise produces excellent effects in ...
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... greater division of a sentence . Ibid . The very notion of any duration's being past , implies that it was once present ; for the idea of being once present , is actually included in the idea of its being past . Spectator , No. 590 ...
... greater division of a sentence . Ibid . The very notion of any duration's being past , implies that it was once present ; for the idea of being once present , is actually included in the idea of its being past . Spectator , No. 590 ...
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... greater extent than can be easily pronounced together , and at the same time have no such distinct parts as immediately suggest where we ought to pause , the only rule that can be given is , not to sepa- rate such words as are more ...
... greater extent than can be easily pronounced together , and at the same time have no such distinct parts as immediately suggest where we ought to pause , the only rule that can be given is , not to sepa- rate such words as are more ...
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... greater connection between the words praise and universal and unlimited than between these and pas- sion ; the latter class thus secured , by a pause , from mixing with the former , it is subject to such division as its structure ...
... greater connection between the words praise and universal and unlimited than between these and pas- sion ; the latter class thus secured , by a pause , from mixing with the former , it is subject to such division as its structure ...
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... greater quantity of breath , and a much more forcible exertion in the lungs , than such sentences as are short . The folly of this opinion must evidently appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ...
... greater quantity of breath , and a much more forcible exertion in the lungs , than such sentences as are short . The folly of this opinion must evidently appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ...
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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