The Sixth Reader of the United States Series: Embracing, in Brief, the Principles of Rhetoric, Criticism, Eloquence, and Oratory, as Applied to Both Prose and Poetry, the Whole Adapted to Elocutionary InstructionHarper & Brothers, 1872 - Всего страниц: 372 |
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... pauses , and , consequently , to the entire reading of a piece , must also depend upon the character of the piece . If the piece be grave or pathetic , it will require slow time in the enunciation . If it be a narrative or descriptive ...
... pauses , and , consequently , to the entire reading of a piece , must also depend upon the character of the piece . If the piece be grave or pathetic , it will require slow time in the enunciation . If it be a narrative or descriptive ...
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... pause of suspension , denoting that the sense is unfinished , such as a succession of particulars that are not emphatic , cases of direct address , sentences imply- ing condition , the case absolute , etc. , generally requires the ...
... pause of suspension , denoting that the sense is unfinished , such as a succession of particulars that are not emphatic , cases of direct address , sentences imply- ing condition , the case absolute , etc. , generally requires the ...
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... pause but one in a sentence is usually preceded by the ris- ing inflection . EXAMPLES . - The minor longs to be of age ' ; then to be a man of business ' ; then to arrive at honors " ; then to retire ' . Time taxes our health ' , our ...
... pause but one in a sentence is usually preceded by the ris- ing inflection . EXAMPLES . - The minor longs to be of age ' ; then to be a man of business ' ; then to arrive at honors " ; then to retire ' . Time taxes our health ' , our ...
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... pause of suspension . Remark . - v . Here the melody of the sentence requires the rising inflec- tion , and we know no other reason to assign for it . RULE VIII - a . A Commencing Series . In an emphatic series of particulars , where ...
... pause of suspension . Remark . - v . Here the melody of the sentence requires the rising inflec- tion , and we know no other reason to assign for it . RULE VIII - a . A Commencing Series . In an emphatic series of particulars , where ...
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... PAUSE . RULE XIII . - The rhetorical pause is a pause by which the voice is momentarily suspended where the grammatical con- struction of the sentence does not require it , or ELEMENTARY ELOCUTIONARY TREATISE . xxiii.
... PAUSE . RULE XIII . - The rhetorical pause is a pause by which the voice is momentarily suspended where the grammatical con- struction of the sentence does not require it , or ELEMENTARY ELOCUTIONARY TREATISE . xxiii.
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Стр. 285 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced...
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