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... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
... regard to the speed of pronouncing . Precipitancy of speech confounds all articulation , and all meaning . It is scarcely necessary to observe , that there may be also an extreme on the opposite side . It is obvious that a lifeless ...
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... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the acccnt . This is demonstrable from the following examples : " He sball in . crease , but I shall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and ...
... regard to meaning . Emphasis also , in particular cases , alters the seat of the acccnt . This is demonstrable from the following examples : " He sball in . crease , but I shall decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and ...
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... regard to the rest of the anima world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , in deed , from the superior rank that we hold , are in a high degree more compre- bensive ; as there is not an act of the ...
... regard to the rest of the anima world ; all of which express their various feelings , by various tones . Ours , in deed , from the superior rank that we hold , are in a high degree more compre- bensive ; as there is not an act of the ...
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... regard to the closing pause : it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfrequent- ly connected with the rising inflection . Interrogative sentences , for instance , are often terminated in ...
... regard to the closing pause : it admits of both . The falling inflection generally accompanies it ; but it is not unfrequent- ly connected with the rising inflection . Interrogative sentences , for instance , are often terminated in ...
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... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , rhyme renders this always sensi- ble ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
... regard to the pause at the end of the line , which marks that strain or verse to be finished , rhyme renders this always sensi- ble ; and in some measure compels us to observe it in our pronunciation . In respect to blank verse , we ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.