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 Shakespeare |
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... substantive , the substantive and the adjec- tive in their natural order , and the preposition and the noun it governs ; every other combination of words , when forming simple sentences of considerable length , seems divisible if ...
... substantive , the substantive and the adjec- tive in their natural order , and the preposition and the noun it governs ; every other combination of words , when forming simple sentences of considerable length , seems divisible if ...
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... substantive verb runs through our whole typography , and sufficiently shows the division which the ear invariably makes , when delivery requires a distinct and forcible pronuncia- tion ; for not the smallest reason can be given , why ...
... substantive verb runs through our whole typography , and sufficiently shows the division which the ear invariably makes , when delivery requires a distinct and forcible pronuncia- tion ; for not the smallest reason can be given , why ...
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... substantive passion ? It may be an- swered , that a pause of distinction is admitted at violent ; but if we were to pause at ungovernable , the two modifying words would seem to form a class , before the word modified by them is ...
... substantive passion ? It may be an- swered , that a pause of distinction is admitted at violent ; but if we were to pause at ungovernable , the two modifying words would seem to form a class , before the word modified by them is ...
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... substantive malice , and the adjective prepense , are equally inseparable by a pause ; but in the following phrases : It was from a preconceived and prepense malice that he committed the action ; and It was from a malice , preconceived ...
... substantive malice , and the adjective prepense , are equally inseparable by a pause ; but in the following phrases : It was from a preconceived and prepense malice that he committed the action ; and It was from a malice , preconceived ...
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... substantive and an ad- jective in their inverted than in their natural order . For example , in the following lines from the Rape of the Lock : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne ...
... substantive and an ad- jective in their inverted than in their natural order . For example , in the following lines from the Rape of the Lock : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne ...
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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