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 ... and the Several Figures of Rhetoric. To which are Added Outlines of Composition, Or Plain Rules for Writing Orations and Speaking Them in Public |
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Page 137
... the degree of emphatic words is not so essential to emphasis as the degree of
accented force is to accented - words : if we pronounce the smaller and less
important words of a sentence with the same force we do the more significant
words ...
... the degree of emphatic words is not so essential to emphasis as the degree of
accented force is to accented - words : if we pronounce the smaller and less
important words of a sentence with the same force we do the more significant
words ...
Page 138
... opposition to each other , and are therefore emphatical ; but in order to express
this emphasis , we do not find ourselves under the least necessity of pronouncing
these words louder or more forcibly than the words corruption and produces .
... opposition to each other , and are therefore emphatical ; but in order to express
this emphasis , we do not find ourselves under the least necessity of pronouncing
these words louder or more forcibly than the words corruption and produces .
Page 139
Having thus shown the nature of accent and emphasis , as they are two species
of force , and endeavoured to evince the necessity of attending more to the
inflexion of the accent than to any greater degree of force upon it ; I shall , in the
next ...
Having thus shown the nature of accent and emphasis , as they are two species
of force , and endeavoured to evince the necessity of attending more to the
inflexion of the accent than to any greater degree of force upon it ; I shall , in the
next ...
Page 149
From the want of a clear idea of the nature of emphasis , and of the difference
between accented and unaccented force , those who mark books for
pronunciation , think they have never done enough till they have put every single
significant ...
From the want of a clear idea of the nature of emphasis , and of the difference
between accented and unaccented force , those who mark books for
pronunciation , think they have never done enough till they have put every single
significant ...
Page 156
The words not in this passage must necessarily have the emphasis with the rising
inflexion , as this specific emphasis is the only way of rendering the sense of the
passage intelligible . As a further proof of the necessity of distin , guishing ...
The words not in this passage must necessarily have the emphasis with the rising
inflexion , as this specific emphasis is the only way of rendering the sense of the
passage intelligible . As a further proof of the necessity of distin , guishing ...
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accent action admit adopt answer appear arguments arises attention beauty beginning better called cause character Cicero common composition considered depends direct discourse distinct distinguished emphasis emphatical endeavour example express falling falling inflexion figure force former give greater hand heads higher idea importance instance kind language latter less likewise lower manner mark meaning mind nature necessary never object observed orator particular passage passion pause period person preceding present principal pronounced pronunciation proper question reader reading reason regard relates requires rest Rhetoric rising rising inflexion rule says seems sense sentence short slide sometimes sound speaker speaking style syllable taken thing third thought tion tone tone of voice turn variety verb verse virtue voice vowels whole words writing written
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Page 31 - 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...
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Page 207 - 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.
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| Title | 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 ... and the Several Figures of Rhetoric. To which are Added Outlines of Composition, Or Plain Rules ... |
| Author | John Walker |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | S. Hamilton, 1801 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 May 2007 |
| Length | 392 pages |
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