A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced ... To which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names ... Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity ...T. Cadell, 1822 - 285 Seiten |
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... singing : it is singing ill , indeed , as Julius Cæsar said of a bad reader , —but still it is singing , and therefore essen- tially different from speaking : for in speaking , the voice is con- tinually sliding upwards or downwards ...
... singing : it is singing ill , indeed , as Julius Cæsar said of a bad reader , —but still it is singing , and therefore essen- tially different from speaking : for in speaking , the voice is con- tinually sliding upwards or downwards ...
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... singing , we are led into the errour of sup- posing , that singing and speaking differ only in degree , and not in kind ; whereas they are just as different as motion and rest * . 5. Whenever in speaking we adopt a singing tone ...
... singing , we are led into the errour of sup- posing , that singing and speaking differ only in degree , and not in kind ; whereas they are just as different as motion and rest * . 5. Whenever in speaking we adopt a singing tone ...
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... singing and speaking sounds , when this difference is just as open to them by experiment as it was to him . Who can sufficiently admire the confidence of Isaac Vossius , who says " In cantu latius evagari sonos , quam in " recitatione ...
... singing and speaking sounds , when this difference is just as open to them by experiment as it was to him . Who can sufficiently admire the confidence of Isaac Vossius , who says " In cantu latius evagari sonos , quam in " recitatione ...
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... singing , the sound has a larger compass than in reading or common speaking , insomuch that in common discourse , whatever is higher than the diapente is held to be extremely vicious . * Thus Priscian . " In unaquaque parte orationis ...
... singing , the sound has a larger compass than in reading or common speaking , insomuch that in common discourse , whatever is higher than the diapente is held to be extremely vicious . * Thus Priscian . " In unaquaque parte orationis ...
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... singing , I boldly assert that this is not matter of authority but of experiment , and that singing and speaking are as distinct as motion and rest . It is true some motion may be so slow as not to be perceived : but then it is to be ...
... singing , I boldly assert that this is not matter of authority but of experiment , and that singing and speaking are as distinct as motion and rest . It is true some motion may be so slow as not to be perceived : but then it is to be ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
a-chus a-des A-gas A-hi A-le a-mas a-mus a-nes a-res A-ris a-tes accent and quantity Accent the Antepenultimate Accent the Penultimate accented syllable acute accent analogy ancients antepenultimate accent antepenultimate syllable bi-us chus ci-a ci-us circumflex consonants di-a di-us diphthong E-li e-mus e-nes e-nus e-ra E-re e-us Gouldman grave accent Greek and Latin Greek language Hebrew Hesiod human voice i-cus i-das i-des i-on i-um i-us Idomeneus inflexion Initial Vocabulary Labbe language Latin languages Latin Proper Names Lempriere li-a li-us long quantity mi-a ni-a ni-us nounced o-chus o-lis o-nes o-pe o-ras observed penultimate syllable phis pi-a pi-us place the accent prefixed pronounced pronunciation prosodists ra-tes ri-a ri-um ri-us Rule short si-a si-us sound syllable termination the-nes Thra three syllables ti-a ti-um ti-us tone tra-tus unaccented vi-us voice vowel
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Seite 210 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Seite 274 - Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Seite 5 - Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. Up led by thee Into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have presum'd, An Earthly Guest, and drawn Empyreal Air, Thy temp'ring; with like safety guided down Return me to my Native Element: Lest from this flying Steed unrein'd, (as once Bellerophon, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th' Aleian Field I fall Erroneous there to wander and forlorn.
Seite i - A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names ; in which the words are Accented and Divided into Syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced, according to Rules drawn from Analogy and the best usage.
Seite 263 - ... hear in our own language : the third is, to pronounce the accented syllable with the falling inflexion, 'and the unaccented syllables with the rising, in a lower tone : and the fourth to pronounce the accented syllable with the rising inflexion, and the unaccented with the falling, in a lower tone. None of these modes, but the first and last, do we ever hear in our own language : the second and third seem too difficult to permit us to suppose that they could be the natural current of the human...
Seite 259 - ... with a flute in my hand, or rather with an organ before us, I would engage to convince them of the consistency of these two. I would take any two keys next to each other, one of which would consequently give a sound lower than the other : suppose the word...
Seite 276 - THE AUTHORITIES OF OUR BEST PRONOUNCING DICTIONARIES ARE FULLY EXHIBITED, THE REASONS FOR EACH ARE AT LARGE DISPLAYED, AND THE PREFERABLE PRONUNCIATION IS POINTED OUT.
Seite 238 - Suspends the infant audience with her tales, Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes, And evil spirits; of the death-bed call Of him who robb'd the widow, and devour'd...
Seite 277 - Metaphor," Thought, XXX (Autumn 1955), 421-439. Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich. Thought and Language, trans, by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar. Cambridge, MA, 1962. Walker, John. The Teacher's Assistant in English Compositon: or easy Rules for Writing Themes and Composing Exercises on Subjects Proper for the Improvement of Youth of Both Sexes at School. To which are added, Hints for Correcting and Improving Juvenile Composition.
Seite 244 - Sheridan's definition of accent : and this pronunciation certainly comes under the definition of singing ; it is singing ill, indeed, as Julius Caesar said of a bad reader, — but still it is singing, and therefore essentially different from speaking; for in speaking, the voice is continually sliding upwards or downwards ; and in singing, it is leaping, as it were, from a lower to a higher, or from a higher to a lower note; the only two possible ways of varying the human voice with respect to elevation...