The Art of Speech ...D. Appleton, 1879 |
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... minds of all , that the course herein adopted , while in line with spe- cific professional duties , is also the very best method even when venturing before a larger public . The lofty and inspiring conceptions of the Bible , the ...
... minds of all , that the course herein adopted , while in line with spe- cific professional duties , is also the very best method even when venturing before a larger public . The lofty and inspiring conceptions of the Bible , the ...
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... mind of some one else , is seen to do so by emitting , at stated intervals , a portion of his breath , modified by certain movements of the vocal organs . These movements are known to start corresponding un- dulations in the atmosphere ...
... mind of some one else , is seen to do so by emitting , at stated intervals , a portion of his breath , modified by certain movements of the vocal organs . These movements are known to start corresponding un- dulations in the atmosphere ...
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... minds at every fresh observation . * A second matter of attention , far less surprising but perhaps equally suggestive , is the fact that artic- ulate speech in the form of conversation or commu- nication , is a universal and an ...
... minds at every fresh observation . * A second matter of attention , far less surprising but perhaps equally suggestive , is the fact that artic- ulate speech in the form of conversation or commu- nication , is a universal and an ...
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... minds as indisputable . This remarkable group of lan- guages is found spoken by nearly all modern civil- ized nations.10 But upon extending the research and while seek- ing the origin of this Aryan family of languages , history and ...
... minds as indisputable . This remarkable group of lan- guages is found spoken by nearly all modern civil- ized nations.10 But upon extending the research and while seek- ing the origin of this Aryan family of languages , history and ...
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... mind of the linguist is well - nigh bewildered in trying to bring anything like a distinct classifica- tion out of the speech of these multitudes of scat- tered races and tribes . At first glance they present , seemingly , " a vast ...
... mind of the linguist is well - nigh bewildered in trying to bring anything like a distinct classifica- tion out of the speech of these multitudes of scat- tered races and tribes . At first glance they present , seemingly , " a vast ...
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Art of Speech: In Two Volumes; I. Studies in Poetry and Prose ... Luther Tracy Townsend Visualização integral - 1885 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
accent adjective adverb Æsop allegory Allophylian Anglo-Saxon Aryan Aryan family BALFOUR STEWART beautiful belonging better called Celt CHAPTER Chaucer Cicero clause common composition compound connection consonant correct definition Demosthenes diction Dryden eloquence employed English language English speech English tongue euphonic expression fact figurative speech Figures of Oratory foreign given grammar Greek guage harmony hearer Hence human idea idiom illustration instance language Latin Law of Economy likewise linguistic literature long sentences Lord Luke Macaulay Matt Max Müller metaphor metonymy mind narration natural NOTE noun object original parables person phrase plural poems poetic speech poetic-prose speech poetry preacher principle pronoun prose Quintilian repetition requires rhetorical rhyme rules Sanskrit Saxon says Semitic sense sermon Shakspeare simile singular sound speak speaker student style syllables tence termed things thou thought tion tive usage verb verbal vocabulary vowel writer
Passagens conhecidas
Página 242 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Página 60 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Página 129 - So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Página 232 - To this succeeded that licentiousness which entered with the restoration, and, from infecting our religion and morals, fell to corrupt our language ; which last was not like to be much improved by those who at that time made up the court of king Charles the Second ; either such...
Página 35 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon...
Página 35 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Página 242 - The deed was executed with a degree of self-possession and steadiness, equal to the wickedness with which it was planned. The circumstances, now clearly in evidence, spread out the whole scene before us. Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace.
Página 49 - Then Apollyon straddled quite over the whole breadth of the way, and said, I am void of fear in this matter; prepare thyself to die; for I swear by my infernal den, that thou shalt go no further; here will I spill thy soul.
Página 61 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Página 129 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.