The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice, with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation ; and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises. Designed for the Use of Academies and High-schoolsGould and Newman, 1838 - 304 Seiten |
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... standing canon to the learner in elocution . In contending with any bad habit of voice , let him break up the sentence on which the difficulty occurs , and throw it , if possible , into the colloquial form . Let him observe in himself ...
... standing canon to the learner in elocution . In contending with any bad habit of voice , let him break up the sentence on which the difficulty occurs , and throw it , if possible , into the colloquial form . Let him observe in himself ...
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... stands opposed to the claims of custom or of harmony , these always give way to its supremacy . Now I presume that every one , who is at all accustomed to accurate observation on this subject , must be sensible how very little this ...
... stands opposed to the claims of custom or of harmony , these always give way to its supremacy . Now I presume that every one , who is at all accustomed to accurate observation on this subject , must be sensible how very little this ...
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... stands opposed to something in sense . The theory which supposes this , is too narrow to cor- respond with the philosophy of elocution . Emphasis is the soul of delivery , because it is the most discriminating mark of emotion . Contrast ...
... stands opposed to something in sense . The theory which supposes this , is too narrow to cor- respond with the philosophy of elocution . Emphasis is the soul of delivery , because it is the most discriminating mark of emotion . Contrast ...
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... stand it . One more question remains to be answered ; how shall we know when an emphatic word demands the rising , and when the falling inflection ? If the reader has studied the RULES OF INFLECTION which begin at p . 29 , he can seldom ...
... stand it . One more question remains to be answered ; how shall we know when an emphatic word demands the rising , and when the falling inflection ? If the reader has studied the RULES OF INFLECTION which begin at p . 29 , he can seldom ...
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... standing in close succession , we are in danger of diminishing the amount of meaning , expressed by the whole . The only rule that can be adopt- ed is , so to adjust the stress and inflection of voice , on the different terms , as shall ...
... standing in close succession , we are in danger of diminishing the amount of meaning , expressed by the whole . The only rule that can be adopt- ed is , so to adjust the stress and inflection of voice , on the different terms , as shall ...
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Seite 131 - 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. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Seite 133 - The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Seite 65 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Seite 38 - 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.
Seite 102 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
Seite 120 - 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...
Seite 287 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Seite 133 - Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Seite 112 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite 120 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...