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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Էջ vii
... tion at the University of Oxford , I was some time afterwards invited by several of the Heads of Houses to give private lectures on the Art of Reading , in their respective Colleges . So flat- tering an invitation made me extremely ...
... tion at the University of Oxford , I was some time afterwards invited by several of the Heads of Houses to give private lectures on the Art of Reading , in their respective Colleges . So flat- tering an invitation made me extremely ...
Էջ viii
... tion ; and in a grammar by Mr. Perry , of Scotland , about thirty years ago , I found the same distinction of voice in the same case : and , except in these two authors , I never met with this dis- tinction in reading till the last ...
... tion ; and in a grammar by Mr. Perry , of Scotland , about thirty years ago , I found the same distinction of voice in the same case : and , except in these two authors , I never met with this dis- tinction in reading till the last ...
Էջ xii
... tion of the voice , it must continue in a monotone . Second- ly , if the voice was inflected , it must be either upwards or downwards , and so produce either the rising or falling inflec- tion . Thirdly , if these two were united on the ...
... tion of the voice , it must continue in a monotone . Second- ly , if the voice was inflected , it must be either upwards or downwards , and so produce either the rising or falling inflec- tion . Thirdly , if these two were united on the ...
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... tion of the words : a fear , as will be seen hereafter , which arose from a superficial knowledge of the prin- ciples of rhetorical punctuation . But as a proof that the shortest sentences are not always to be pronounced so as to ...
... tion of the words : a fear , as will be seen hereafter , which arose from a superficial knowledge of the prin- ciples of rhetorical punctuation . But as a proof that the shortest sentences are not always to be pronounced so as to ...
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... tion ; for not the smallest reason can be given , why this verb should be separated from its noun , that will not be equally applicable to every other verb in the language . The general reluctance , however , at admitting a pause to the ...
... tion ; for not the smallest reason can be given , why this verb should be separated from its noun , that will not be equally applicable to every other verb in the language . The general reluctance , however , at admitting a pause to the ...
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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