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... but more of pomp and circumstance , and display is suited to the grand and majestic style of princely residence . ... with great propriety , and with equal grace , the circumstances being considered , retrenches from its CHAP . XX .
... but more of pomp and circumstance , and display is suited to the grand and majestic style of princely residence . ... with great propriety , and with equal grace , the circumstances being considered , retrenches from its CHAP . XX .
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In order to render every circumstance the more clearly intelligible , I have marked the notation more minutely , than necessary for general use . For general use it is sufficient to note the most prominent and important circumstances ...
In order to render every circumstance the more clearly intelligible , I have marked the notation more minutely , than necessary for general use . For general use it is sufficient to note the most prominent and important circumstances ...
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Substantives may be considered as the outlines or images of things , adjectives as the colouring or circumstances added to those images , or limitations deducting something from them . In poetical language they are called epithets .
Substantives may be considered as the outlines or images of things , adjectives as the colouring or circumstances added to those images , or limitations deducting something from them . In poetical language they are called epithets .
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Contents
Chironomia or a Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery | 1 |
Of the Voice | 27 |
Of the VoiceGeneral Precepts | 67 |
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| Title | Chironomia: Or, A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery Landmarks in rhetoric and public address |
| Author | Gilbert Austin |
| Editors | Mary Margaret Robb, Lester Thonssen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0809302292, 9780809302291 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / General |
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