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... separately , though life employs them all in combination . So analytic study and criticism of expression must often trace separately these different properties of thought , which in live utterance assert themselves in combination ...
... separately , though life employs them all in combination . So analytic study and criticism of expression must often trace separately these different properties of thought , which in live utterance assert themselves in combination ...
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... separate portions — as para- graphs , or sentences - taken by themselves . The mo- mentary will usually be decided in the light of the final , which should , of course , be determined first . The immediate purpose , rather than the ...
... separate portions — as para- graphs , or sentences - taken by themselves . The mo- mentary will usually be decided in the light of the final , which should , of course , be determined first . The immediate purpose , rather than the ...
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... separate facts , comparatively unrelated , or at least pre- sented for separate consideration , has now given place to the presentation of related facts , with the evident . purpose of having them considered in their relations . When he ...
... separate facts , comparatively unrelated , or at least pre- sented for separate consideration , has now given place to the presentation of related facts , with the evident . purpose of having them considered in their relations . When he ...
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... separate and re- lated , then to the sensibilities , and lastly to the will . He has addressed in turn every faculty of his hearers , and by observing the natural order of approach , he has captured the very stronghold of the enemy , he ...
... separate and re- lated , then to the sensibilities , and lastly to the will . He has addressed in turn every faculty of his hearers , and by observing the natural order of approach , he has captured the very stronghold of the enemy , he ...
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... general logical and literary sense , while it directly prepares for oral expression . The simple types must be studied separately before their combinations can be profitably or rightly con- sidered . MOODS OF UTTERANCE . 25.
... general logical and literary sense , while it directly prepares for oral expression . The simple types must be studied separately before their combinations can be profitably or rightly con- sidered . MOODS OF UTTERANCE . 25.
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abruptness accented action amphibrach analysis anapestic appoggiatura assertion attitude bearing breath Brutus Bunker Hill Monument business waiting Cæs cæsura CHAPTER chest circumflex clause condition connection dactylic deliberative diaphragm discrimination effect element emotional energy especially euphony example expansion expressional falling slide feeling force gesture give gliding hand hath heaven heigh-ho iambic ically impulse inflection insistent intensity interpretation intervals Julius Cæsar lines listener logical Lord measure melody ment mental mind moods of utterance movement muscles N. P. Willis natural ness noble object pantomimic paraphrase passages pause phrase poetry practical properties prose rhythms purpose reader reason relations reveal rhetorical scansion Scene Scrooge sense sentence significance simply singing soul sound speak speaker speech spondaic stress student subjective suggest syllables thee thing thou thought tion tone trochaic unaccented unto usually verse vocal expression voice volitional vowels whole words
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Page 213 - PRAISE ye the LORD: For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
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Page 198 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not Pompey ? "Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...
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Page 183 - There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.