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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... of Lessons for Reading in the English Language , I found my- self fully compensated for the misfortune of not being noticed by the Author of the Speaker . upward and downward slide , into which all speaking sounds viii PREFACE .
... of Lessons for Reading in the English Language , I found my- self fully compensated for the misfortune of not being noticed by the Author of the Speaker . upward and downward slide , into which all speaking sounds viii PREFACE .
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... sounds may be resolved : The moment I admitted this distinction , I found I had pos- session of the quality of the voice I wanted ; for though these slides or inflections were indef- inite as to their quantity or duration , they were ...
... sounds may be resolved : The moment I admitted this distinction , I found I had pos- session of the quality of the voice I wanted ; for though these slides or inflections were indef- inite as to their quantity or duration , they were ...
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... sound Ordain them laws . Milton . Here , he descending , neither governs nor is govern- ed by any other part of the sentence ; and is said to be in the ablative absolute , and this independence must be marked by a short pause before and ...
... sound Ordain them laws . Milton . Here , he descending , neither governs nor is govern- ed by any other part of the sentence ; and is said to be in the ablative absolute , and this independence must be marked by a short pause before and ...
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... sounds may be divided into two kinds , namely , speaking sounds , and musical sounds . Mu- sical sounds are such as continue a given time on one precise point of the musical scale , and leap , as it were , from one note to another ...
... sounds may be divided into two kinds , namely , speaking sounds , and musical sounds . Mu- sical sounds are such as continue a given time on one precise point of the musical scale , and leap , as it were , from one note to another ...
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... sounds makes it almost as impossible for the ear to mark their sev- eral differences , as it would be for the eye to define an object that is swiftly passing before it , and contin- ually vanishing away ; the difficulty of arresting ...
... sounds makes it almost as impossible for the ear to mark their sev- eral differences , as it would be for the eye to define an object that is swiftly passing before it , and contin- ually vanishing away ; the difficulty of arresting ...
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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