The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation, and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises : Designed for the Use of Academies and High-schools |
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... rest ; -- they will be right , or nearly so , of course . But if you require the pupil to give stress and in- flection to all the words , you teach him to sacrifice the sense , and aim at conformity to some arbitrary standard of ...
... rest ; -- they will be right , or nearly so , of course . But if you require the pupil to give stress and in- flection to all the words , you teach him to sacrifice the sense , and aim at conformity to some arbitrary standard of ...
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... rest on the consonant before u , so as to make it quite distinct , would remove the difficulty . The same sort of defect , it may be added , often appears in the distinct utterance of consonants ending syllabes ; thus in attempt , at ...
... rest on the consonant before u , so as to make it quite distinct , would remove the difficulty . The same sort of defect , it may be added , often appears in the distinct utterance of consonants ending syllabes ; thus in attempt , at ...
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... rest of it is often to be spoken in the monotone ; as , " Know ye not , brethren , ( for I speak to them that know the law , ) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ? ” An exception may apply to the general ...
... rest of it is often to be spoken in the monotone ; as , " Know ye not , brethren , ( for I speak to them that know the law , ) that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ? ” An exception may apply to the general ...
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... rest . When the syllable has the rising inflection , the slide continues upward till the word is finished ; so that when several sylla- bles of a word follow the accent , they rise to a higher note than that which is acented ; and when ...
... rest . When the syllable has the rising inflection , the slide continues upward till the word is finished ; so that when several sylla- bles of a word follow the accent , they rise to a higher note than that which is acented ; and when ...
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... rests in his consciousness and his expe- rience as the basis of argument ; and philosophy no more requires or allows us to push our inquiries beyond first principles or facts , in elo- cution , than in logic . Emphatic Clause . It will ...
... rests in his consciousness and his expe- rience as the basis of argument ; and philosophy no more requires or allows us to push our inquiries beyond first principles or facts , in elo- cution , than in logic . Emphatic Clause . It will ...
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accent angel answer antithetic arms behold blessings cadence circumflex close dark day of judgement dead death delivery denote distinction divíne dreadful earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series emphatic stress emphatic words eternal examples EXERCISE expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault fire flames gesture give habits happiness hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Hispaniola hope Jesus Julius Cæsar language live Lord loud mark Massillon meaning mind never night o'er open vowels pause phatic principle proper question reader requires the falling rhetorical right hand rising inflection rising slide Rolla rule say unto sense senseless things sentence sentiment servant shining instruments ship Sidon soul sound speak speaker spirit stand strong syllable tears tell tences thee thing thou thought throne thunder tion tones turn unem uttered vowel whole wings
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Page 80 - Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us?
Page 130 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 131 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 133 - The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Page 130 - And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Page 129 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Page 128 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 120 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 288 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year?
Page 130 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.