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THE

EMPHASIZED

LITURGY;

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY

ON

THE THEORY OF EMPHASIS

AND THE

INTELLECTUAL AND MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES

OF

PUBLIC READING.

BY

ALEXANDER MELVILLE BELL,

F.E.I.S., F.R.S.S.A., &C.

PROFESSOR OF ELOCUTION AND VOCAL PHYSIOLOGY,
INVENTOR OF "VISIBLE SPEECH,"

Author of

"Principles of Speech," "Elocutionary Manual," "Standard Elocutionist,"
"Letters and Sounds,"
&c. &c.

LONDON:

HAMILTON, ADAMS & CO.; AND

SIMPKIN & MARSHALL.

1866.

Price Three Shillings and Sixpence.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION: ON THE THEORY OF EMPHASIS, &c.

The Principles of Expression by Tone,

Degrees of Emphasis,

Relative force of Unemphatic Words,

Repetitions of the same idea,

The Emphasizing of Quotations,

Mr Sheridan's Art of Reading,'...
New Signs for Clause and Emphasis,
Application of the Sign for Clause,
Relative duration of Pauses,

...

Application of the Sign for Emphasis,

...

The Lord's Prayer, as marked by Mr Sheridan,
Critical Examination of each clause,

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Page

5

6

8

9

11

12

13

ib.

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25

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The Lord's Prayer, with the New Marks for Clause

and Emphasis,

The Inferior Accents' of Sentences Variable,

SUMMARY OF THE INTELLECTUAL PRINCIPLES OF