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... truth is , that I have been gradually and almost unavoida- bly drawn into this measure . As an instructor of theological students , my attention was , many years ago , called to some prevalent defects in delivery . These I ascribed ...
... truth is , that I have been gradually and almost unavoida- bly drawn into this measure . As an instructor of theological students , my attention was , many years ago , called to some prevalent defects in delivery . These I ascribed ...
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... truth of it , I could not be- The rising slide , on the contrary , as it occurs in an emphatic series of direct questions , rises higher on each particular , as it proceeds . 15 ] RULE X. Emphatic repetition requires the fall- ing slide ...
... truth of it , I could not be- The rising slide , on the contrary , as it occurs in an emphatic series of direct questions , rises higher on each particular , as it proceeds . 15 ] RULE X. Emphatic repetition requires the fall- ing slide ...
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... truth is only one important ground of emphasis , is made the sole , and the universal ground . Indeed , if it were admit- ted that there is no emphasis without antithesis , it would by no means follow , ( as I shall show under emphatic ...
... truth is only one important ground of emphasis , is made the sole , and the universal ground . Indeed , if it were admit- ted that there is no emphasis without antithesis , it would by no means follow , ( as I shall show under emphatic ...
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... truth is , when strong passion speaks , it speaks strongly , and , if no untoward habit intervenes , speaks with just that degree and kind of stress which the passion itself demands . 21 ] 2. Antithetic or relative stress . Though we ...
... truth is , when strong passion speaks , it speaks strongly , and , if no untoward habit intervenes , speaks with just that degree and kind of stress which the passion itself demands . 21 ] 2. Antithetic or relative stress . Though we ...
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... truth is that this position being erroneous , the " intrica- cies of distinction " resulting from it are needless . One who is familiar with the simple rules of inflection , can sel- dom mistake as to the proper slide on an emphatic ...
... truth is that this position being erroneous , the " intrica- cies of distinction " resulting from it are needless . One who is familiar with the simple rules of inflection , can sel- dom mistake as to the proper slide on an emphatic ...
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Absalom accent action Ahimaaz angels answer arms art thou behold blood Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex common dark dead death delivery denote distinction dread earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal Euboea example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire gesture give grave habits hand hath hear heard hearers heart heaven HYMN Iago imitation immortal Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain never o'er open vowels orator palms united passions pause phatic poetry praise pride 15 principles PSALM reader remarks rhetorical rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine things thought throne thunder tion tones utterance voice words