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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... pronounced even with solemnity and energy , by most people , with- out once taking breath ; but if we amplify these ... pronounce the sentence with force and ease , without some interval for respiration ; -for in- stance , if we had the ...
... pronounced even with solemnity and energy , by most people , with- out once taking breath ; but if we amplify these ... pronounce the sentence with force and ease , without some interval for respiration ; -for in- stance , if we had the ...
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... pronounced so as to preserve a perfect equality of time between every word , and consequent- ly , that some words admit of longer intervals than others ; we need only pronounce a short simple sen- tence in the different ways we did the ...
... pronounced so as to preserve a perfect equality of time between every word , and consequent- ly , that some words admit of longer intervals than others ; we need only pronounce a short simple sen- tence in the different ways we did the ...
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... pronounced ; for this reason , when the words , from their signification , re- quire to be distinctly pointed out , that is , to convey . objects distinguished from each other , however fre- quent and numerous the pauses may be , they ...
... pronounced ; for this reason , when the words , from their signification , re- quire to be distinctly pointed out , that is , to convey . objects distinguished from each other , however fre- quent and numerous the pauses may be , they ...
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... 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 united than those that we do not ...
... 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 united than those that we do not ...
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... pronounced to be a loose sentence . If these observations have any solidity , we have at last arrived at the true distinction between a period and a loose sentence ; which is , that a period is an assemblage of such words , or members ...
... pronounced to be a loose sentence . If these observations have any solidity , we have at last arrived at the true distinction between a period and a loose sentence ; which is , that a period is an assemblage of such words , or members ...
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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