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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... words as admit of being separat- ed ; and that it is not so much the number as the position of the pauses that ... modifying words , it may be connected ; and , consequently , how difficult it will be to carry the voice on to the verb ...
... words as admit of being separat- ed ; and that it is not so much the number as the position of the pauses that ... modifying words , it may be connected ; and , consequently , how difficult it will be to carry the voice on to the verb ...
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... words that convey these ideas into such classes , or portions , as may be forcibly and easily pronounced ; for this ... modifying words are themselves modified by other words , and thus be- come divisible into superior and subordinate ...
... words that convey these ideas into such classes , or portions , as may be forcibly and easily pronounced ; for this ... modifying words are themselves modified by other words , and thus be- come divisible into superior and subordinate ...
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... words more united among themselves than the several classes are with each other . Thus in the sentence , The passion ... modifying words , and the modifying words themselves , which are necessarily more united with each other than with ...
... words more united among themselves than the several classes are with each other . Thus in the sentence , The passion ... modifying words , and the modifying words themselves , which are necessarily more united with each other than with ...
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... modifying words , is separated from them by a pause , not because such a pause is necessary the better to understand the con- nexion between them ; for had the modifying word been single , it would not have admitted a pause : but be ...
... modifying words , is separated from them by a pause , not because such a pause is necessary the better to understand the con- nexion between them ; for had the modifying word been single , it would not have admitted a pause : but be ...
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... words for praise being neither associated with , nor distinguished from , any succeeding words , they ought to be ... modifying word , when unaccompanied by adjuncts , and the word modified , form but one class , and do not admit of a pause , ...
... words for praise being neither associated with , nor distinguished from , any succeeding words , they ought to be ... modifying word , when unaccompanied by adjuncts , and the word modified , form but one class , and do not admit of a pause , ...
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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