The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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Página viii
... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech con- founds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to ob- serve , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech con- founds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to ob- serve , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
Página xi
... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the accent . This is demonstrable from the following examples . " He shall increase , but I shall decrease . " There is a difference between giving and ...
... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the accent . This is demonstrable from the following examples . " He shall increase , but I shall decrease . " There is a difference between giving and ...
Página xiv
... regard to the closing pause : it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfrequently connected with the rising inflection . Interroga- tive sentences , for instance , are often terminated in ...
... regard to the closing pause : it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfrequently connected with the rising inflection . Interroga- tive sentences , for instance , are often terminated in ...
Página xv
... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , rhyme renders this al- ways sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , rhyme renders this al- ways sensible ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
Página xvi
... regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the line sound somewhat unharmoniously ; but the effect would be much worse , if the sense were sacrificed to the ...
... regard only the pause which the sense forms ; and to read the line accordingly . The neglect of the cæsural pause may make the line sound somewhat unharmoniously ; but the effect would be much worse , if the sense were sacrificed to the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give Greek language ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honor hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit stancy suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth