The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English LanguageGeorg Olms Verlag |
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... Manner of lengthening Quantities.- Ac- cent and Quantity combined - Exercises CHAP . IV . Pauses or Rests . - Grammatical Punctuation . -Rhetorical Punctuation . - The important use of Rhetorical runctuation . - Examples of Rhetorical ...
... Manner of lengthening Quantities.- Ac- cent and Quantity combined - Exercises CHAP . IV . Pauses or Rests . - Grammatical Punctuation . -Rhetorical Punctuation . - The important use of Rhetorical runctuation . - Examples of Rhetorical ...
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... manner as masters of music , who , throughout the whole kingdom , teach exactly the same notes of the same piece , and differ only in their knowledge of the art , the varieties of voice , and the introduction of those graces which arise ...
... manner as masters of music , who , throughout the whole kingdom , teach exactly the same notes of the same piece , and differ only in their knowledge of the art , the varieties of voice , and the introduction of those graces which arise ...
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... manner of reading and speaking , in so far as all the externals of elocution are concerned , as certainly as the composer of music . What benefits may not arise to posterity from such a system ! - Had the orators of former times ...
... manner of reading and speaking , in so far as all the externals of elocution are concerned , as certainly as the composer of music . What benefits may not arise to posterity from such a system ! - Had the orators of former times ...
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Contents
CHAP I | 1 |
CHAP II | 17 |
CHAP III | 40 |
CHAP IV | 65 |
CHAP V | 82 |
CHAP VI | 91 |
Rhythm Ancient Rhythm whatEssentials | 100 |
CHAP IX | 116 |
Three hundred and eightyeight questions | 232 |
CHAP XV | 251 |
Set to the Music of Specch | 252 |
The Soldiers Dream Ditto | 260 |
The Contented Miller | 266 |
The Swollen Torrent | 274 |
Hohenlinden an Epic Song | 280 |
Set to the Music of Speech | 299 |
CHAP X | 128 |
CHAP XI | 142 |
CHAP XII | 153 |
CHAP XIII | 183 |
CHAP XIV | 222 |
Battle of Waterloo | 325 |
The Rainbow | 332 |
The Temple of Jerusalem | 338 |
Hamlets Directions to the Players | 345 |
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accidents of language acute accent acute and grave Anapest ancient applied Arsis and Thesis Artificial Feet artificial prosody beauty called circumflex composed dactyl degrees Demosthenes diphthong distinct elocution English English language equal Examples expression eyes force full melody grace notes Grammar grammarians grave accent Greek and Latin Greek language guage heart heaven heavy and light heavy syllables honour iambus inflexions light syllables loud and soft marked meter monosyllables monotone nature nerally never nosyllables o'er organic emphasis organs of speech passion peculiar pleasure poet poetry poize pronounced pronunciation proportion prose prosodians quantity reading and speaking rhetorical pauses rhythm Rhythmical Cadences rules scanning semibrief sense sentence Shakespeare sing Slow song soul sound spoken language spondee sweet syllabic emphasis taste thee thou tion tone triple cadences trochee varieties verse virtue voice vowel words