The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis: Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry ... |
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... expression , which are given to few . 3. To Bourdaloue , the French critics attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon , a more pleasing and engaging manner . Bourdaloue is indeed a great rea- soner , and inculcates his ...
... expression , which are given to few . 3. To Bourdaloue , the French critics attribute more solidity and close reasoning ; to Massillon , a more pleasing and engaging manner . Bourdaloue is indeed a great rea- soner , and inculcates his ...
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... expressed or understood , succeed each other , the first end with the rising and the rest with the falling inflection . † EXAMPLES . 1 1 Does God , after having made his creatures , take no further ' care of them ? Has he left them to ...
... expressed or understood , succeed each other , the first end with the rising and the rest with the falling inflection . † EXAMPLES . 1 1 Does God , after having made his creatures , take no further ' care of them ? Has he left them to ...
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... expression of a picture , the composition of a discourse ' , the conduct of a third person , the proportions of different quantities and numbers , the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting ...
... expression of a picture , the composition of a discourse ' , the conduct of a third person , the proportions of different quantities and numbers , the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting ...
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... expressed or understood . And hence will follow this general rule : Wherever there is contradistinction in the sense of the words there ought to be emphasis in the pronunciation of them . All words are pronounced either with emphatic ...
... expressed or understood . And hence will follow this general rule : Wherever there is contradistinction in the sense of the words there ought to be emphasis in the pronunciation of them . All words are pronounced either with emphatic ...
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... expressed ; the third of the double emphasis ; and the fourth , of the treble emphasis . * 1. Exercise and temperance strengthen even an indiffer ent constitution . 2. You were paid to fight against Alexander , and not to rail ' at him ...
... expressed ; the third of the double emphasis ; and the fourth , of the treble emphasis . * 1. Exercise and temperance strengthen even an indiffer ent constitution . 2. You were paid to fight against Alexander , and not to rail ' at him ...
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accent Æneid American arms army beauty blessings blood bosom brave breath British cæsura called cause character circumflex COMMENCING conduct constitution danger dare death Demosthenes dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemies England EXAMPLES falling inflection fame fathers favour fear feel force France gentleman give glory grave grave accent Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre holy alliance honour hope human independence king land laws liberty Lochinvar look mankind means measure MEMBERS.-RULE ment mind mountains nation nature never o'er object opinion ourselves palæstra passions pause peace pleasure possession principles pronounced racter reason rising inflection RULE Samian wine sense sentence smile soul Spain spirit sword syllable thee thing thou thought thousand tion tone true union verse victory Virgil Virginia virtue voice warrior waves whole
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Page 92 - 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.
Page 94 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 320 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand, undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it. I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in ' the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and...
Page 92 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
Page 94 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 382 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Page 274 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Page 86 - The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours.
Page 73 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 193 - Now let there be the merry sound of music and of dance, Through thy corn-fields green, and sunny vines, oh pleasant land of France ! And thou, Rochelle, our own Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.