The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis : Also, Copious Extracts in Prose and Poetry, Calculated to Assist the Teacher, and to Improve the Pupil in Reading and Recitation |
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... true that some remarkable men have won their way to distinction as orators , without carefully studying the principles of elocution , it is not less true that their way would have been smoother , and their difficulties fewer , if they ...
... true that some remarkable men have won their way to distinction as orators , without carefully studying the principles of elocution , it is not less true that their way would have been smoother , and their difficulties fewer , if they ...
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... true Eloquence .. 343 143. The Best of Classics ..... 344 144. The Love of Country and of Home .. 345 145. No Excellence without Labour ... 346 146. The Passing of the Rubicon .. 347 147. To the American Flag .... 348 148. Influence of ...
... true Eloquence .. 343 143. The Best of Classics ..... 344 144. The Love of Country and of Home .. 345 145. No Excellence without Labour ... 346 146. The Passing of the Rubicon .. 347 147. To the American Flag .... 348 148. Influence of ...
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... true meaning , but will have a meaning very different from that intended by the writer . Whether words are pronounced in a high or low , in a loud or soft tone ; whether they are pronounced swiftly or slowly , forcibly or feebly , with ...
... true meaning , but will have a meaning very different from that intended by the writer . Whether words are pronounced in a high or low , in a loud or soft tone ; whether they are pronounced swiftly or slowly , forcibly or feebly , with ...
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... True charity is not a meteor , which occasionally ' glares ; but a luminary , which , in its orderly and regular course , dispenses a benignant influence . PENULTIMATE MEMBER . * RULE III . - The penultimate member of a sentence re ...
... True charity is not a meteor , which occasionally ' glares ; but a luminary , which , in its orderly and regular course , dispenses a benignant influence . PENULTIMATE MEMBER . * RULE III . - The penultimate member of a sentence re ...
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... true honour a distinction is to be made . The former is a blind and noisy ' applause ; the latter a more silent and internal homage . Fame floats on the breath of the multitude ' : honour rests on the judgment of the thinking . Fame may ...
... true honour a distinction is to be made . The former is a blind and noisy ' applause ; the latter a more silent and internal homage . Fame floats on the breath of the multitude ' : honour rests on the judgment of the thinking . Fame may ...
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aban don accent adopt American Amphibrach antithesis arms army beauty blessings blood bosom brave British cæsura called character circumflex conduct constitution danger death declaration Demosthenes divine dread earth emphasis emphatic word enemies England epic poetry EXAMPLES falling inflection fame fear feel force France friends gentlemen give glory grave grave accent Greece hand happiness hath heart heaven honour hope human independence inflection takes place king land laws liberty Lochinvar look means measures MEMBERS.-RULE ment mind mountains nations nature never o'er object ourselves palæstra passion pause peace pleasure poetry possess principles pronounced prose racter reason require the rising rest rising inflection RULE Samian wine sense sentence slide smile soul Spain spirit sword syllable thee thing thou thought thousand tion tone true truth union verb verse victory Virgil Virginia virtue voice WILLIAM PENN