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... stress attaches to syl- lables on which it falls requires them to be spoken in a more full and deliberate manner than others . Hence , if the recurrence of this stress is too close , it occasions heav- iness in utterance ; if too remote ...
... stress attaches to syl- lables on which it falls requires them to be spoken in a more full and deliberate manner than others . Hence , if the recurrence of this stress is too close , it occasions heav- iness in utterance ; if too remote ...
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... stress to particles and unaccented syllables ; thus , “ He is the man of all the world whom I rejoice to meet . " Perhaps there is something in the technical for- malities of language attached to the bar , which inclines some speakers ...
... stress to particles and unaccented syllables ; thus , “ He is the man of all the world whom I rejoice to meet . " Perhaps there is something in the technical for- malities of language attached to the bar , which inclines some speakers ...
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... stress , and a higher note , than on the preceding ; thus , -- * All Walker's rules of inflection as to a series of single words , when unemphatic , are in my opinion , worse than useless . No rule of harmonic inflection , that is ...
... stress , and a higher note , than on the preceding ; thus , -- * All Walker's rules of inflection as to a series of single words , when unemphatic , are in my opinion , worse than useless . No rule of harmonic inflection , that is ...
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... stress , it demands the falling slide . Thus in Julius Cæsar , Cassius says ; You wrong me every way , you wròng me , Brutus . The word wrong is slightly emphatic , with the falling slide , in the first clause ; but in the second , it ...
... stress , it demands the falling slide . Thus in Julius Cæsar , Cassius says ; You wrong me every way , you wròng me , Brutus . The word wrong is slightly emphatic , with the falling slide , in the first clause ; but in the second , it ...
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... stress and inflection of voice . For this reason , the com- mon method of reading our Saviour's parable of the wise and the foolish builder , with the rising slide on both parts , is much less impressive than that which adopts the ...
... stress and inflection of voice . For this reason , the com- mon method of reading our Saviour's parable of the wise and the foolish builder , with the rising slide on both parts , is much less impressive than that which adopts the ...
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accent Ahimaaz answer arms art thou behold blood Cæsar Christian Cicero circumflex clause common dark death delivery denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal example expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling give gospel grave habits hand hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven honour human Hyder Ali Iago idolatry important Jehovah Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain nature never o'er open vowels orator passion pause phatic preacher principle PSALM question reader remarks requires rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine thing thou thought throne tion tones truth turn unto utterance voice vowels words
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Page 266 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 248 - 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.
Page 189 - His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant ; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Page 233 - 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 247 - 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 249 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 245 - 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 61 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 198 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 251 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the LoRD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the- hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.