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... rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . After the fundamental attentions to the pitch ...
... rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . After the fundamental attentions to the pitch ...
Page 8
... rest sometimes on the vowel , and sometimes on the consonant . The genius of the language re quires the voice to mark that syllable by a stronger percussion , and to pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the ...
... rest sometimes on the vowel , and sometimes on the consonant . The genius of the language re quires the voice to mark that syllable by a stronger percussion , and to pass more slightly over the rest . Now , after we have learned the ...
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... 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 mind , an ...
... 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 mind , an ...
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... rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the voice , ou ring a perceptible , and in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses are equally necessary to the speaker , and the hearer . To the speaker , that he may ...
... rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the voice , ou ring a perceptible , and in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses are equally necessary to the speaker , and the hearer . To the speaker , that he may ...
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... rests of its own : and to adjust and compound these properly with the pauses of the sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understand- ing , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so seldom meet with good ...
... rests of its own : and to adjust and compound these properly with the pauses of the sense , so as neither to hurt the ear , nor offend the understand- ing , is so very nice a matter , that it is no wonder we so seldom meet with good ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
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