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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... Arguments suited to Demonstrative Discourses .... ..324 Of Arguments suited to Deliberative Discourses ..... ..334 Of Arguments suited to Judicial Discourses ........ ........ 342 Of the Character and Address of an Orator ...
... Arguments suited to Demonstrative Discourses .... ..324 Of Arguments suited to Deliberative Discourses ..... ..334 Of Arguments suited to Judicial Discourses ........ ........ 342 Of the Character and Address of an Orator ...
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... to its foundations , and are sometimes at a loss for that conviction in the arguments of Cicero , which balanced , in the midst of convulsions , the tottering republic of Rome . B This part of Rhetoric , which consists in pro- nunciation.
... to its foundations , and are sometimes at a loss for that conviction in the arguments of Cicero , which balanced , in the midst of convulsions , the tottering republic of Rome . B This part of Rhetoric , which consists in pro- nunciation.
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... argument in the latter : for in this case the middle of the sentence has the falling , and the latter member the rising inflexion . EXAMPLES . If we have no regard for religion in youth , we ought to have some regard for it in áge . If ...
... argument in the latter : for in this case the middle of the sentence has the falling , and the latter member the rising inflexion . EXAMPLES . If we have no regard for religion in youth , we ought to have some regard for it in áge . If ...
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... arguments and reasons to prove that they are in the right . Strictures on Modern Female Education , vol . ii . p . 15 . Variation . THE causes of variety in reading and speak- ing are felt in their effects , but are very difficult to ...
... arguments and reasons to prove that they are in the right . Strictures on Modern Female Education , vol . ii . p . 15 . Variation . THE causes of variety in reading and speak- ing are felt in their effects , but are very difficult to ...
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... argument biasphemous , false , and proud ! Refrain'd his tongue blásphèmous ; but anon- Ibid . vi . 360 . Here the ear feels no great impropriety , espe- cially as this word is still accented by many speakers ( though of the lower order ) ...
... argument biasphemous , false , and proud ! Refrain'd his tongue blásphèmous ; but anon- Ibid . vi . 360 . Here the ear feels no great impropriety , espe- cially as this word is still accented by many speakers ( though of the lower order ) ...
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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