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CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
Observations on some of the principal Faults in the Pronun-
ciation of the generality of Pupils, with the Methods of
correcting them
Too slightly sounding the Unaccented Vowels -
Page
6
ib.
Wavering and uncertain Pronunciation of the Vowels under
the Secondary Accent
The Liquid Sound of K, C, or G, hard, before the Vowels
A and I
8
11
The Liquid Sound of T, D, S, and soft C, after the Accent,
and before the Semi-consonant Diphthongs -
Suppressing the Sound of the Final Consonants
The rough and smooth Sound of R
Hissing too much the Terminations tion and sion
Pronouncing S indistinctly after ST
Pronouncing W for V, and inversely
Not sounding H after W
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13
15
17
19.
20
21
Not sounding H where it ought to be sounded, and inversely, ib.
Observations on the Pronunciation of certain Words fre-
quently mistaken in Reading -
The true Sound of the Auxiliary Verbs: also, when ed makes
a distinct Syllable, and when not
245
it.
When you is to be pronounced like ye, and my like me
When of, from, and by, are to have a long, and when a
How to pronounce the Possessive thy
How to pronounce the Adjective Possessive mine
The indistinct Sound of the Word not
How to pronounce the Participial Termination ing -
How to pronounce the Word to when succeeded by you
Reading defined.-Its Relation to Speaking
General Idea of the common Doctrine of Punctuation
Practical System of Rhetorical Punctuation
Of Visible Punctuation
Rules for Pausing
The principal Pause in the Compact Sentence
The principal Pause in the Loose Sentence
The subordinate Pause in the Compact Sentence
Audible Punctuation
Explanation of the Inflexions of the Voice
Explanation of Plate the First
The different States of the Voice
41
43
50
56
59
62
75
77
80
82
84
Practical System of the Inflexions of the Voice
Compact Sentence-Direct Period with Two Conjunctions - ib.
On Emphatic Force
What it is that constitutes Emphasis
On the different Forces of Emphatic Words
- 137
139
143
147
148
154
On the Propriety of marking Emphatic Words -
A Method of marking the different Forces of Words
Utility of understanding the different Inflexions and dif
ferent Forces of Words
Rules for reading Verse -
Of the Accent and Emphasis of Verse -
163
When the Poetical Accent is to be preserved, and when not
How e and o, when apostrophised, are to be pronounced - 169
Of the Pause or Casura of Verse
Of the Cadence of Verse
On Blank Verse
170
Explanation of the Figures of Rhetoric,-with Directions
for the proper Method of pronouncing them
Aparithmesas; or Enumeration, Gradation, and Climax
Epanaphora
Modulation and Management of the Voice
Instructions for acquiring Low Tones of Voice
Instructions for acquiring High Tones of Voice -
- 202
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212
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221
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235
239
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249
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252
The general Characters of Style-Diffuse, concise, &c.
- 292
Of the State of a Controversy -
Of Arguments suited to Demonstrative Discourses
Of Arguments suited to Deliberative Discourses
Of Arguments suited to Judicial Discourses -
Of the Character and Address of an Orator
Of the Passions