Elements of Elocution in which the Principles of Reading and Speaking are Investigated ...: To which is Added a Complete System of the Passions, Showing how They Affect the Countenance, Tone of Voice, and Gesture of the Body. Exemplified by a Copious Selection of the Most Striking Passages of ShakespeareD. Mallory, 1810 - 379 |
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... separating those that are distinct ; and secondly , as it directs to such pauses , elevations , and depressions of the voice , as not only mark the sense of the sentence more precisely , but . give it a variety and beauty which ...
... separating those that are distinct ; and secondly , as it directs to such pauses , elevations , and depressions of the voice , as not only mark the sense of the sentence more precisely , but . give it a variety and beauty which ...
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... separated by a relon . EXAMPLES . As we cannot discern the shadow moving along the dial- plate , so the advances we make in knowledge are only per- ceived by the distance gone over . Here the two members , being both simple , are 22 ...
... separated by a relon . EXAMPLES . As we cannot discern the shadow moving along the dial- plate , so the advances we make in knowledge are only per- ceived by the distance gone over . Here the two members , being both simple , are 22 ...
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... separated by a comma . As we perceive the shadow to have moved , but did not perceive it moving ; so our advances in learning , as they consist of such minute steps , are only perceivable by the dis- tance . Here the sentence being ...
... separated by a comma . As we perceive the shadow to have moved , but did not perceive it moving ; so our advances in learning , as they consist of such minute steps , are only perceivable by the dis- tance . Here the sentence being ...
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... separated by a point . This he illustrates by a sentence , where the subject and the verb are accompanied by as many adjuncts as they commonly are , but no provision is made for such phrases as extend to twice the length , and yet con ...
... separated by a point . This he illustrates by a sentence , where the subject and the verb are accompanied by as many adjuncts as they commonly are , but no provision is made for such phrases as extend to twice the length , and yet con ...
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... separated ; and that it is not so much the number as the position of the pauses that affects the sense of a sentence . And here a question naturally arises , since it is of so much consequence to the sense of a sentence where we admit a ...
... separated ; and that it is not so much the number as the position of the pauses that affects the sense of a sentence . And here a question naturally arises , since it is of so much consequence to the sense of a sentence where we admit a ...
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Strona 329 - Took it in snuff; and still he smil'd and talk'd ; And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, He call'd them untaught knaves, unmannerly, To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility.
Strona 336 - Seems, madam ! nay, it is ; I know not seems. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black...
Strona 315 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Strona 328 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Strona 322 - The spinsters -and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Strona 318 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Strona 283 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Strona 172 - His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Strona 321 - It is to be all made of fantasy, All made of passion, and all made of wishes; All adoration, duty, and observance, All humbleness, all patience, and impatience, All purity, all trial, all observance; And so am I for Phebe.
Strona 336 - My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of — willow, An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it...