Elements of Elocution: In which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ... with Directions for Strengthening and Modulating the Voice ... to which is Added, a Complete System of the Passions; Showing how They Effect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body, Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of ShakespeareCadell and Davis, 1815 - 354 pages |
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Page 129
... Demosthenes on the Crown . Rollin . In these examples , we find , that , however variously the voice may employ itself on the rest of the sen- tence , the concluding words in the last member must necessarily be suspended with the rising ...
... Demosthenes on the Crown . Rollin . In these examples , we find , that , however variously the voice may employ itself on the rest of the sen- tence , the concluding words in the last member must necessarily be suspended with the rising ...
Page 132
... Demosthenes on the Crown . Rollin . In this and the preceding sentence , we shall find the ear relieved , and the sense greatly enforced , by placing the falling inflexion with emphasis in a high tone of voice on the words conqueror ...
... Demosthenes on the Crown . Rollin . In this and the preceding sentence , we shall find the ear relieved , and the sense greatly enforced , by placing the falling inflexion with emphasis in a high tone of voice on the words conqueror ...
Page 140
... Demosthenes , In pronouncing this passage , we find no method so proper as that of annexing the rising inflexion to every single question ; and as they are not final , but are closed by a sentence with the falling inflexion , the whole ...
... Demosthenes , In pronouncing this passage , we find no method so proper as that of annexing the rising inflexion to every single question ; and as they are not final , but are closed by a sentence with the falling inflexion , the whole ...
Page 144
... Demosthenes ' First Philippic . Rollin . In this passage we find the first question including the last , and , being formed without the interrogative words , requires the rising inflexion ; and as the sen- tence of admiration , What ...
... Demosthenes ' First Philippic . Rollin . In this passage we find the first question including the last , and , being formed without the interrogative words , requires the rising inflexion ; and as the sen- tence of admiration , What ...
Page 153
... Demosthenes on the Crown . As to my own abilities in spéaking ( for I shall admit this charge although experience hath convinced me , that what is called the power of eloquence depends for the most part upon the hearers , and that the ...
... Demosthenes on the Crown . As to my own abilities in spéaking ( for I shall admit this charge although experience hath convinced me , that what is called the power of eloquence depends for the most part upon the hearers , and that the ...
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accented syllable adjective admit adopt the falling agreeable antithesis antithetic object cadence Cæsar cæsura called Cicero colon comma connexion convey couplet Demosthenes different inflexions distinction distinguish emphasis emphatic words example expressed eyes Fair Penitent falling inflexion flexion following sentence force former give harmony hath heaven Ibid idea inflexion of voice interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind last member last word latter loose sentence lower tone manner marked meaning mind modifying words monotone nature necessarily necessary nounced observed Oroonoko Othello parenthesis passage passion perceive period phasis phatic pleasure preceding pronounced pronunciation prose punctuation question reader reading require the falling requires the rising rising inflexion Rule seems semicolon Shaks Shakspeare's short pause single word 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