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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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EM'PHASIS, n. In rhetoric, a particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given to the words or parts of a discourse, whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience; or a distinctive utterance of words, specially significant, with a degree and kind of stress suited to convey their meaning in the best manner.
The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it.
A particular
stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking
to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to
impress specially upon his audience.
The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or
weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to
dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton. | ||||||||