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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... member modifies the former , or places it in a point of view different from what it ap- pears in alone , we may pronounce the members ne- cessarily connected , and the sentence to be compact and periodic . In the last instance , the first ...
... member modifies the former , or places it in a point of view different from what it ap- pears in alone , we may pronounce the members ne- cessarily connected , and the sentence to be compact and periodic . In the last instance , the first ...
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... last member ; but as that only adds to the sense of the preceding members , and does not qualify them , the whole assemblage of members , taken together , form but one loose sentence . The last member of the last sentence is necessarily ...
... last member ; but as that only adds to the sense of the preceding members , and does not qualify them , the whole assemblage of members , taken together , form but one loose sentence . The last member of the last sentence is necessarily ...
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... member of the first sentence , no words seem so readily to admit a pause between them as shadow and moving , as here the object is distinguished from the circumstance at- tending it ; and if a pause were necessary in the last member ...
... member of the first sentence , no words seem so readily to admit a pause between them as shadow and moving , as here the object is distinguished from the circumstance at- tending it ; and if a pause were necessary in the last member ...
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... last member is intersected by an incidental member between the nominative and the verb , it ought to have two subordinate pauses , one at knowledge and the other at steps , before the final pause at distance . Thus when the sentence is ...
... last member is intersected by an incidental member between the nominative and the verb , it ought to have two subordinate pauses , one at knowledge and the other at steps , before the final pause at distance . Thus when the sentence is ...
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... member of this sentence , which may be called a subordinate pause respecting the whole sentence , is at lost , and that of the last member at themselves ; if , for the sake of precision , other and shorter pauses were admitted , it ...
... member of this sentence , which may be called a subordinate pause respecting the whole sentence , is at lost , and that of the last member at themselves ; if , for the sake of precision , other and shorter pauses were admitted , it ...
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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