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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... my pupils listen to any thing but my pronunciation . When I have explained to them the five modifications of the voice , they have assented and admired ; but so difficult did it appear to adopt them , especially to ( vi )
... my pupils listen to any thing but my pronunciation . When I have explained to them the five modifications of the voice , they have assented and admired ; but so difficult did it appear to adopt them , especially to ( vi )
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... thing more distinguishes a person of a mean from one of a good education than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels . When vowels are under the accent , the prince and the lowest of the people , with very few exceptions , pronounce ...
... thing more distinguishes a person of a mean from one of a good education than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels . When vowels are under the accent , the prince and the lowest of the people , with very few exceptions , pronounce ...
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... thing is more common than to hear The want of men is occasioned by the want of money , pro 、 nounced the want o'men is occasioned by the want o'money ; and , I spoke of the man who told me of the woman you mentioned , as if . written ...
... thing is more common than to hear The want of men is occasioned by the want of money , pro 、 nounced the want o'men is occasioned by the want o'money ; and , I spoke of the man who told me of the woman you mentioned , as if . written ...
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... may appear at first sight , -when we consider the importance of audibility , we shall not think any thing that conduces to such an object below our notice . 1 The rough and smooth sound of R. SCARCELY any letter 16 RHETORICAL GRAMMAR .
... may appear at first sight , -when we consider the importance of audibility , we shall not think any thing that conduces to such an object below our notice . 1 The rough and smooth sound of R. SCARCELY any letter 16 RHETORICAL GRAMMAR .
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... but where the same sound immediately precedes , as in singin , bringin , flingin , & c .; with- out saying any thing of the ambiguity it may possibly form by confounding it with the preposition in D 3 RHETORICAL GRAMMAR . 37.
... but where the same sound immediately precedes , as in singin , bringin , flingin , & c .; with- out saying any thing of the ambiguity it may possibly form by confounding it with the preposition in D 3 RHETORICAL GRAMMAR . 37.
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accent agreeable arguments arises Asyndeton attention beauty beginning blank verse Cæsar Cæsura called character Cicero Clodius comma common composition considered couplet Demosthenes depends discourse distinct distinguished Elocution emphasis emphatic words endeavour example express falling inflexion figure flexion following sentence force former give higher tone honour Ibid idea inflexion of voice instance interrogative interrogative words Julius Cæsar kind language latter likewise long pause lower tone manner mark Mark Antony meaning Milo mind monotone nature necessary neral nounced nunciation object observed orator ornament particular passage passion person phatic Polysyndeton Pompey principal pronounced pronunciation proper propriety prose punctuation question Quintilian racter reader reading reason requires Rhetoric rhyme riety rising inflexion Roman rule says slide sound speaker speaking Spect Spectator style syllable tence thing thou thought tion tone of voice unaccented variety verb verse virtue vowels whole writer