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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... short . This confession is a sure proof , that the rules of these grammarians did not reach all cases ; and that ... short simple sen- tence in the different ways we did the long one . Thus if we say , The passion for praise , produces ...
... short . This confession is a sure proof , that the rules of these grammarians did not reach all cases ; and that ... short simple sen- tence in the different ways we did the long one . Thus if we say , The passion for praise , produces ...
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... short pause , may be so frequently admit- ted between words in a grammatical connection , that it will be much easier to say where it cannot inter- vene , than where it can . The only words which seem too intimately connected to admit a ...
... short pause , may be so frequently admit- ted between words in a grammatical connection , that it will be much easier to say where it cannot inter- vene , than where it can . The only words which seem too intimately connected to admit a ...
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... short the parts may be , there seems no impropriety in placing a long pause : thus , in the proverbial sentence , As the day lengthens the cold strengthens : we may place a comma , and even a semicolon , at lengthens , without appearing ...
... short the parts may be , there seems no impropriety in placing a long pause : thus , in the proverbial sentence , As the day lengthens the cold strengthens : we may place a comma , and even a semicolon , at lengthens , without appearing ...
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... short to be pronounced with ease ; but if distinctness had made it necessary to pause at praise , then notwithstanding the shortness of the phrase , it would have formed a distinct mem- ber , and have readily admitted a pause . Thus in ...
... short to be pronounced with ease ; but if distinctness had made it necessary to pause at praise , then notwithstanding the shortness of the phrase , it would have formed a distinct mem- ber , and have readily admitted a pause . Thus in ...
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... short . The folly of this opinion must evidently appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ; and it will be shown hereafter , that the sense of a sentence depends much less on the pause than on the ...
... short . The folly of this opinion must evidently appear to those who have taken notice how often we may pause in a long sentence ; and it will be shown hereafter , that the sense of a sentence depends much less on the pause than on the ...
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Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are ... John Walker Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1810 |
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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