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 ShakespeareCadell and Davis, 1815 - 354 páginas |
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... marked thus- ; The comma and those pauses , which are accompanied with an alteration in the tone of the voice , into The interrogation The exclamation The parenthesis marked thus The period is supposed to be a pause double the time of ...
... marked thus- ; The comma and those pauses , which are accompanied with an alteration in the tone of the voice , into The interrogation The exclamation The parenthesis marked thus The period is supposed to be a pause double the time of ...
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... marked with a colon , EXAMPLES . The discourse consisted of two parts : in the first was shown the necessity of fighting ; in the second , the advantages that would arise from it . The Augustan age was so eminent for good poets , that ...
... marked with a colon , EXAMPLES . The discourse consisted of two parts : in the first was shown the necessity of fighting ; in the second , the advantages that would arise from it . The Augustan age was so eminent for good poets , that ...
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... marked with a period . This is the most concise and comprehensive view I could possibly collect from the several authors who have written on this subject . But it may be observed , that these rules , though sufficient to prevent confu ...
... marked with a period . This is the most concise and comprehensive view I could possibly collect from the several authors who have written on this subject . But it may be observed , that these rules , though sufficient to prevent confu ...
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... marked by cases . Dr. Lowth's Grammar . A colon , or member , is a chief constructive part , or greater divi- sion of a sentence . Ibid . The very notion of any duration's being past , implies that it was once present ; for the idea of ...
... marked by cases . Dr. Lowth's Grammar . A colon , or member , is a chief constructive part , or greater divi- sion of a sentence . Ibid . The very notion of any duration's being past , implies that it was once present ; for the idea of ...
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... marked by a semicolon , and as a semico- lon is often a mark of disjunction , it would be highly improper to place it between words so intimately con- nected as the nominative and the verb ; for as these words , except sometimes on ...
... marked by a semicolon , and as a semico- lon is often a mark of disjunction , it would be highly improper to place it between words so intimately con- nected as the nominative and the verb ; for as these words , except sometimes on ...
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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