A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are Detected, and the True Sources of Elegant Pronunciation are Pointed Out ... To which are Added, Outlines of Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ...J. Johnson ... J. Walker ... G. Wilkie, and J. Robinson ... and G. Robinson ... and T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807 - 373 pages |
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... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. On Emphatic Forte ........ What it is that constitutes Emphasis . On the different Forces of Emphatic Words ..... Page 130 ... 132 ... 136 On ...
... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. On Emphatic Forte ........ What it is that constitutes Emphasis . On the different Forces of Emphatic Words ..... Page 130 ... 132 ... 136 On ...
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... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. This part of Rhetoric , which consists in pro- nunciation and action , and which may be called the Soul of Oratory , is , from its very ...
... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. This part of Rhetoric , which consists in pro- nunciation and action , and which may be called the Soul of Oratory , is , from its very ...
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... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. lish pronunciation has been crossed and coun teracted by an affectation of reducing our quan- tity to that of the Latin ; but , though this ...
... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. lish pronunciation has been crossed and coun teracted by an affectation of reducing our quan- tity to that of the Latin ; but , though this ...
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... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. duce that harshness we call the Irish accent . But if this letter is too forcibly pronounced in Ireland , it is often too feebly sounded in ...
... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. duce that harshness we call the Irish accent . But if this letter is too forcibly pronounced in Ireland , it is often too feebly sounded in ...
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... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. antithesis with yours , and consequently must be pronounced long and full , so as to rhyme with high , nigh , & c . The word your is exactly ...
... Composition, Or, Plain Rules for Writing Orations, and Speaking Them in Public ... John Walker. antithesis with yours , and consequently must be pronounced long and full , so as to rhyme with high , nigh , & c . The word your is exactly ...
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