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... meaning of its author . The chief purpose of the correct reader is to be intelligible ; and this requires an accurate perception of grammatical relation in the structure of sentences ; a due regard to accent and pauses , to strength of ...
... meaning of its author . The chief purpose of the correct reader is to be intelligible ; and this requires an accurate perception of grammatical relation in the structure of sentences ; a due regard to accent and pauses , to strength of ...
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... meaning of words , singly ; and the principles which govern their combination in sentences . Our eye may glance over a page in our own tongue , so as to perceive all its meaning , in the same time that would be employed on a short sen ...
... meaning of words , singly ; and the principles which govern their combination in sentences . Our eye may glance over a page in our own tongue , so as to perceive all its meaning , in the same time that would be employed on a short sen ...
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... meaning is , you shall never return , or you shall never perish , unless a pause is inserted before or after nunquam , to determine with which verb it is gramatically connected . mark with his voice So far the principles of written ...
... meaning is , you shall never return , or you shall never perish , unless a pause is inserted before or after nunquam , to determine with which verb it is gramatically connected . mark with his voice So far the principles of written ...
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... meaning by construction . I have heard a preacher with a good voice , in addressing his hearers with the ex- hortation , " repent , and return to the Lord , " -- utter dis- tinctly but three syllables , namely , pent , -turn , -Lord ...
... meaning by construction . I have heard a preacher with a good voice , in addressing his hearers with the ex- hortation , " repent , and return to the Lord , " -- utter dis- tinctly but three syllables , namely , pent , -turn , -Lord ...
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... meaning of words . The way is now prepared to notice some of those dif- ficulties in articulation , which arise from the sounds to be spoken . The first and chief difficulty lies in the fact that arti- culation consists essentially in ...
... meaning of words . The way is now prepared to notice some of those dif- ficulties in articulation , which arise from the sounds to be spoken . The first and chief difficulty lies in the fact that arti- culation consists essentially in ...
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accent action affirmation Ahimaaz answer antithetic arms articulation behold cadence Cęsar cęsura Christian Cicero circumflex clause common commonly death delivery demands denote distinction earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling flection gesture give gospel grave habits hand hast hath hear heard hearers heart heaven hymns Iago imitation imperative mood important Jesus Julius Cęsar king language Lord loud Macd manner mark meaning mind modulation never o'er open vowels orator palms united passion pause phatic pitch poetry preacher principle proper psalms public speaker question reader reading reason remark requires respect rhetorical rising inflection rising slide rule SECT sense sentence sentiment soul sound speak spirit spoken syllables taste Tell thee things thou thought tion tones turn unto utterance variety vocal vowels Walker
Popular passages
Page 272 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 204 - I conjure you, by that which you profess, (Howe'er you come to know it,) answer me : Though you untie the winds, and let them fight Against the churches ; though the yesty waves Confound and swallow navigation up; Though bladed corn be lodg'd, and trees blown down; Though castles topple on their warders...
Page 255 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Page 65 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that...
Page 254 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 67 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 208 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Page 254 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him a hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 195 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo there thou hast that is thine.
Page 257 - When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.