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. Designed for the Use of Academies and High-schoolsGould and Newman, 1838 - 304 pages |
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... heart , without the help of syntax ; and the same principle exists as to all the lower degrees of passion , till we come down again to the mere province of words , and grammar . Now passion and discriminating sentiment demand an ...
... heart , without the help of syntax ; and the same principle exists as to all the lower degrees of passion , till we come down again to the mere province of words , and grammar . Now passion and discriminating sentiment demand an ...
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... heart of man to man . " 2. The case absolute ; as , " His father dying , and no heir being left except himself , he succeeded to the estate . " " The question having been fully dis- cussed , and all objections completely refuted , the ...
... heart of man to man . " 2. The case absolute ; as , " His father dying , and no heir being left except himself , he succeeded to the estate . " " The question having been fully dis- cussed , and all objections completely refuted , the ...
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... hearts ; and who can doubt that he is entitled to the homage of our hearts . " Here the word hearts has the same slide in the middle of the sentence as at the close . Though it has a much lower note in the latter case than in the former ...
... hearts ; and who can doubt that he is entitled to the homage of our hearts . " Here the word hearts has the same slide in the middle of the sentence as at the close . Though it has a much lower note in the latter case than in the former ...
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... heart . On Here the antithetic terms gold and heart , being both expressed , a com- mon emphatic stress on these , makes the sense obvious . But in the following case , only one part of the antithesis is expressed . Brutus says , You ...
... heart . On Here the antithetic terms gold and heart , being both expressed , a com- mon emphatic stress on these , makes the sense obvious . But in the following case , only one part of the antithesis is expressed . Brutus says , You ...
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... hearts , you cruel men of Rome ! and read it first in a voice barely audible . Then let him read it again and again , on the same pitch , doubling his quantity or impulse of sound , at each repetition , and he will find that it requires ...
... hearts , you cruel men of Rome ! and read it first in a voice barely audible . Then let him read it again and again , on the same pitch , doubling his quantity or impulse of sound , at each repetition , and he will find that it requires ...
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Page 131 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 133 - The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven ; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men ; we fear the people ; for all hold John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Page 65 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 38 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 102 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
Page 120 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed. The mustering squadron, and the clattering car. Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 287 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 133 - Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Page 112 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 120 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...