Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery: As Applied to Reading and Speaking |
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... meaning of its author . The chief purpose of the correct reader is to be intelligible ' ; and this requires an accurate perception of grammatical relation in the structure of sentences ; a due regard to accent and pauses , to strength ...
... meaning of its author . The chief purpose of the correct reader is to be intelligible ' ; and this requires an accurate perception of grammatical relation in the structure of sentences ; a due regard to accent and pauses , to strength ...
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... meaning of words , singly ; and the principles which govern their combination , in sentences . Our eye may glance over a page in our own tongue , so as to perceive all its meaning , in the same time that would be employed on a short sen ...
... meaning of words , singly ; and the principles which govern their combination , in sentences . Our eye may glance over a page in our own tongue , so as to perceive all its meaning , in the same time that would be employed on a short sen ...
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... meaning is , you shall never return , or you shall never perish , unless a pause is inserted before or after nunquam , to determine with which verb it is grammatically connected . So far the principles of written language go ; they ...
... meaning is , you shall never return , or you shall never perish , unless a pause is inserted before or after nunquam , to determine with which verb it is grammatically connected . So far the principles of written language go ; they ...
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... meaning by construction . I have heard a preacher with a good voice , in addressing his hearers with the ex- hortation , " repent , and return to the Lord , " - utter dis- tinctly but three syllables , namely pent , —turn , —Lord : Who ...
... meaning by construction . I have heard a preacher with a good voice , in addressing his hearers with the ex- hortation , " repent , and return to the Lord , " - utter dis- tinctly but three syllables , namely pent , —turn , —Lord : Who ...
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... meaning of words . The way is now prepared to notice some of those dif- ficulties in articulation , which arise from the sounds to be spoken . The first and chief difficulty lies in the fact that arti- culation consists essentially in ...
... meaning of words . The way is now prepared to notice some of those dif- ficulties in articulation , which arise from the sounds to be spoken . The first and chief difficulty lies in the fact that arti- culation consists essentially in ...
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Page 262 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 247 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said ; Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Page 219 - 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 229 - 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 172 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 345 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Page 244 - 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 233 - Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires; Strike — for the green graves of your sires, God — and your native land!
Page 185 - Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed ; and I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo there thou hast that is thine.
Page 309 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.