The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice : with a Rhetorical Notation, Illustrating Inflection, Emphasis, and Modulation; : and a Course of Rhetorical Exercises. : Designed for the Use of Academies and High-schools |
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Page vi
... distinction of inflections , by reading the familiar examples under one rule , occasionally turning to the Exercises , when more examples are necessary ; and the Teacher's voice should set him right whenever he makes a mistake . In the ...
... distinction of inflections , by reading the familiar examples under one rule , occasionally turning to the Exercises , when more examples are necessary ; and the Teacher's voice should set him right whenever he makes a mistake . In the ...
Page xii
... Distinctions 112. Eloquence of Bossuet 113. Eloquence of Bourdaloue 114. Eloquence of Bridaine 115. Eloquence of Whitefield 116. Satan's Lamentation 117. Eloquence of Sheridan 118. Spirit of the American Revolution America Patriotism of ...
... Distinctions 112. Eloquence of Bossuet 113. Eloquence of Bourdaloue 114. Eloquence of Bridaine 115. Eloquence of Whitefield 116. Satan's Lamentation 117. Eloquence of Sheridan 118. Spirit of the American Revolution America Patriotism of ...
Page 18
... melody and language . So the elemen- tary modifications of voice in speaking , are few , and easily understood ; and to mark them , so far as distinction is use- ful , does not require a tenth part of the 18 READING .
... melody and language . So the elemen- tary modifications of voice in speaking , are few , and easily understood ; and to mark them , so far as distinction is use- ful , does not require a tenth part of the 18 READING .
Page 19
... distinction between the notes sol , fa , as uttered in mu- sic , and the same sounds in speech , where they occur in examples like the following ; 66 ' My soul , how lovely is the place , " " Father of all , in every age , in every ...
... distinction between the notes sol , fa , as uttered in mu- sic , and the same sounds in speech , where they occur in examples like the following ; 66 ' My soul , how lovely is the place , " " Father of all , in every age , in every ...
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... distinction between the two sorts of reading , the grammatical , and the rhetorical . Grammatical reading , as I have just intimated , respects merely the sense of what is read . When performed audi- bly , for the benefit of others , it ...
... distinction between the two sorts of reading , the grammatical , and the rhetorical . Grammatical reading , as I have just intimated , respects merely the sense of what is read . When performed audi- bly , for the benefit of others , it ...
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accent angel answer antithetic arms battle behold Beotia blessings Bossuet Bourdaloue circumflex colossal cavern cried dark dead death denote distinction dreadful earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic series eternal examples EXERCISE expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault fear feeling fire flames give glory grave habits hand happiness hast hath head hear heard heart heaven Hispaniola hope horror Jesus live look Lord loud meaning mind never night o'er open vowels pause phatic Phocis principle question reader requires the falling rhetorical rising inflection rising slide Rolla say unto sense senseless things sentence shining instruments ship smile soul sound speak speaker spirit stand stood storm syllable tears tell tence thee thing thou thought throne thunder thy servant tion tones turn uttered voice vowel whole wife William Reed wind words