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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... monotone . Secondly , if the voice was inflected , it must be either upwards or down- wards , and so produce either the rising or falling inflexion . Thirdly , if these two were united on the same syllable , it could only be by ...
... monotone . Secondly , if the voice was inflected , it must be either upwards or down- wards , and so produce either the rising or falling inflexion . Thirdly , if these two were united on the same syllable , it could only be by ...
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... monotone : thus , when we ask a question without the interrogative words , we naturally adopt the rising in- flexion on the last word ; as , Can Cæsar deserve blame ? Impossible ! Here blame , the last word of the question , has the ...
... monotone : thus , when we ask a question without the interrogative words , we naturally adopt the rising in- flexion on the last word ; as , Can Cæsar deserve blame ? Impossible ! Here blame , the last word of the question , has the ...
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... monotone . These inflexions , there- fore , which are the most marking differences in read- ing and speaking , perhaps are not improperly pitch- ed upon to serve as guides to an accurate pronunci- ation ; but as so much depends upon a ...
... monotone . These inflexions , there- fore , which are the most marking differences in read- ing and speaking , perhaps are not improperly pitch- ed upon to serve as guides to an accurate pronunci- ation ; but as so much depends upon a ...
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... monotone ; and this monotone , will greatly add to the dignity and grandeur of the object described . As poetry , therefore , when properly read , will often greatly diminish , and sometimes even entirely sink the inflexions into a monotone ...
... monotone ; and this monotone , will greatly add to the dignity and grandeur of the object described . As poetry , therefore , when properly read , will often greatly diminish , and sometimes even entirely sink the inflexions into a monotone ...
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... monotone would be extremely dis- gusting , and that some general idea of the variety they are capable of , may at least give the ear a hint of a better pronunciation , it will not be thought use- less that so much pains has been ...
... monotone would be extremely dis- gusting , and that some general idea of the variety they are capable of , may at least give the ear a hint of a better pronunciation , it will not be thought use- less that so much pains has been ...
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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