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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Արդյունքներ 67–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ ix
... less injured , than if every other distinction of the voice had been preserved , and this single one neglected . Here then commenced my system ; infinite were the difficulties and obscurities that impeded my progress at first ; but ...
... less injured , than if every other distinction of the voice had been preserved , and this single one neglected . Here then commenced my system ; infinite were the difficulties and obscurities that impeded my progress at first ; but ...
Էջ xi
... less than two combinations of them : and that they were real circumflexes ; the one beginning with the rising inflection , and ending with the falling upon the same syllable ; and the other beginning with the falling , and ending with ...
... less than two combinations of them : and that they were real circumflexes ; the one beginning with the rising inflection , and ending with the falling upon the same syllable ; and the other beginning with the falling , and ending with ...
Էջ 28
... less separable . Nay , we find the substantive verb , by the most scrupulous grammarians , constant- ly separated from its preceding noun by a comma , whenever the noun is joined to any considerable number of less separable words ...
... less separable . Nay , we find the substantive verb , by the most scrupulous grammarians , constant- ly separated from its preceding noun by a comma , whenever the noun is joined to any considerable number of less separable words ...
Էջ 38
... less on the pause than on the inflexion of voice we adopt ; and that , provided we pause in the proper place , and preserve the proper tone and inflexion of the voice , the sense runs no risk on account of the multiplicity or dura- tion ...
... less on the pause than on the inflexion of voice we adopt ; and that , provided we pause in the proper place , and preserve the proper tone and inflexion of the voice , the sense runs no risk on account of the multiplicity or dura- tion ...
Էջ 45
... less inti- mute connection of the parts , or the concurrence of the parts to the plenitude of a total sense . Sentences thus defined and distinguished into their several kinds , we shall be better enabled to give such rules for dividing ...
... less inti- mute connection of the parts , or the concurrence of the parts to the plenitude of a total sense . Sentences thus defined and distinguished into their several kinds , we shall be better enabled to give such rules for dividing ...
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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