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 ... |
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... human voice , there certainly is no inflection . But no man of accurate ear will say that there is any neces- sary distinction between the notes sol , fa , as uttered in mu- sic , and the same sounds in speech , where they occur in ...
... human voice , there certainly is no inflection . But no man of accurate ear will say that there is any neces- sary distinction between the notes sol , fa , as uttered in mu- sic , and the same sounds in speech , where they occur in ...
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... human speech , and the in- articulate sounds of brutes , lies not in the vowels , but in the conso- nants ; and that in a defective utterance of these , bad articulation pri- marily consists . A second difficulty arises from the ...
... human speech , and the in- articulate sounds of brutes , lies not in the vowels , but in the conso- nants ; and that in a defective utterance of these , bad articulation pri- marily consists . A second difficulty arises from the ...
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... countenance those who are guilty of bad actions , is to be guilty ourselves . " " To be pure in heart , to be pious and benévolent , constitutes human happiness . " 4. The vocative case without strong emphasis , when it INFLECTIONS . 31.
... countenance those who are guilty of bad actions , is to be guilty ourselves . " " To be pure in heart , to be pious and benévolent , constitutes human happiness . " 4. The vocative case without strong emphasis , when it INFLECTIONS . 31.
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... human face divine , But cloud instead , and ever during dark Surround me So in the beautiful little poem of Cowper , on the receipt of his mother's picture My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of ...
... human face divine , But cloud instead , and ever during dark Surround me So in the beautiful little poem of Cowper , on the receipt of his mother's picture My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of ...
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... human mind , by which internal emotion is connected with its external signs . The heart , that is bursting with grief , feels the sympathy that speaks in a silent grasp of the hand , in tears , or in gentle tones of voice ; while it is ...
... human mind , by which internal emotion is connected with its external signs . The heart , that is bursting with grief , feels the sympathy that speaks in a silent grasp of the hand , in tears , or in gentle tones of voice ; while it is ...
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