A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are Detected and the True Sources of Elegant Pronunciation are Pointed Out : With a Complete Analysis of the Voice, Showing Its Specific Modification, and how They May be Applied to Different Figures of Rhetoric, to which are Added Outline of Composition, Or Plain Rules for Writing Orations and Speaking Them in PublicS. Hamilton, 1801 - 392 Seiten |
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... highest degree of perfection , Pronunciation or Delivery has scarcely attained a mediocrity . The import- ance , however ... tone and inflexion which form the essence of a good enunciation . Pauses , dashes , notes of interrogation ...
... highest degree of perfection , Pronunciation or Delivery has scarcely attained a mediocrity . The import- ance , however ... tone and inflexion which form the essence of a good enunciation . Pauses , dashes , notes of interrogation ...
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... better company ; and that is , giving the u an obscure sound , which confounds it with vowels of a very dif- ferent ... more to tarnish and vulgarise the pronunciation than this short and obscure sound of the unaccented u . It may ...
... better company ; and that is , giving the u an obscure sound , which confounds it with vowels of a very dif- ferent ... more to tarnish and vulgarise the pronunciation than this short and obscure sound of the unaccented u . It may ...
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... sound of e , and this sound to be preserved distinct and pure as if written sen- se - ble , ter - re - ble , de ... more distinct- ly , forcibly , and harmoniously . Thus this ac- cent is on the first syllable of conversation , com ...
... sound of e , and this sound to be preserved distinct and pure as if written sen- se - ble , ter - re - ble , de ... more distinct- ly , forcibly , and harmoniously . Thus this ac- cent is on the first syllable of conversation , com ...
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... sound ; but to this it may be add- ed , that though such words as have the long sound of the a in father , or the ... more mellow and fluent , but infinitely more elegant and fashionable . At first sight we are surprised that two ...
... sound ; but to this it may be add- ed , that though such words as have the long sound of the a in father , or the ... more mellow and fluent , but infinitely more elegant and fashionable . At first sight we are surprised that two ...
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... Sound of T , D , S , and soft C , after the Accent , and before the semi - consonant Diph- thongs . NOTHING can be better established in the ge- nuine pronunciation of our language than the liquid sibilation of these consonants , when ...
... Sound of T , D , S , and soft C , after the Accent , and before the semi - consonant Diph- thongs . NOTHING can be better established in the ge- nuine pronunciation of our language than the liquid sibilation of these consonants , when ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
accent ANACOENOSIS arguments arise Asyndeton attend beauty beginning blank verse Cæsar Cæsura called Catiline character Cicero Clodius common composition consider couplet degree Demosthenes discourse distinct distinguished emphasis emphatic words endeavour example expression falling inflexion figure flexion following sentence force former give harmony heav'n higher tone honour Ibid idea inflexion of voice instance interrogative interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind language latter likewise long pause lower tone manner mark meaning Milo mind monotone nature necessary nounced nunciation object observed orator ornament Paradise Lost particular passion person phatical poet Polysyndeton Pompey Pope principal pronouncing this passage pronunciation proper prose question Quintilian racter reader reading reason Rhetoric rhyme riety rising inflexion Roman rule says simile sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator style syllable tence thing thou thought tion tone of voice variety verb verse virtue vowels whole writing
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Seite 233 - God save him; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, — His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience ; — That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Seite 33 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams...
Seite 228 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Seite 177 - When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains ; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god : Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions', being's use and end ; Why doing, suffering, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity.
Seite 234 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Seite 229 - Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil.
Seite 162 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.
Seite 179 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Seite 171 - And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid pow'r of understanding fails ; Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away.
Seite 209 - Muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos.