The Original Rhythmical Grammar of the English LanguageGeorg Olms Verlag |
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... voice only , there being no guides to direct the eye , and enable us duly to appreciate their value and importance . 4. By this , the ear is tuned to perceive and re- lish that delicacy of tone , and the voice to execute those melodious ...
... voice only , there being no guides to direct the eye , and enable us duly to appreciate their value and importance . 4. By this , the ear is tuned to perceive and re- lish that delicacy of tone , and the voice to execute those melodious ...
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... voice , which its numbers require ; we can analyse the rhythmn and cadences of our verse on the principles of rational prosody ; and we always measure as we read ; and can give every author , whether in verse or prose , his exact tune ...
... voice , which its numbers require ; we can analyse the rhythmn and cadences of our verse on the principles of rational prosody ; and we always measure as we read ; and can give every author , whether in verse or prose , his exact tune ...
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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