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... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most ... rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ...
... render his voice louder , without altering the key : and we shall always be able to give most body , most ... rendered inca- pable of that variety of elevation and depression which constitutes the true harmony of utterance , and affords ...
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... render every such performance insipid and fatigu ing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ; and ... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . I the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and ...
... render every such performance insipid and fatigu ing . But the extreme of reading too fast is much more common ; and ... rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . I the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and ...
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... render every thing he expresses , of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with Italic ...
... render every thing he expresses , of high importance , by a multitude of strong emphasis , we soon learn to pay little regard to them . To crowd every sentence with emphatical words , is like crowding all the pages of a book with Italic ...
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... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated , much more than by the length of them . which ...
... render pauses pleasing and expressive , they must not only be made in the right place , but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice , by which the nature of these pauses is intimated , much more than by the length of them . which ...
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... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear ; for , what is the use of melody , or ...
... renders this always sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ought also to read it so as to make every line sensible to the ear ; for , what is the use of melody , or ...
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