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... vowels , whether they form a syllable or part of a syllable ; as , Sep ' - rate for sep - a - rate ; met - ri - c'l ... vowel is omitted ; it may also be improperly sounded as in the following examples ; viz . , Sep - er - ate for sep ...
... vowels , whether they form a syllable or part of a syllable ; as , Sep ' - rate for sep - a - rate ; met - ri - c'l ... vowel is omitted ; it may also be improperly sounded as in the following examples ; viz . , Sep - er - ate for sep ...
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... vowel sounds , which , it is believed , will be found of great utility , and to which the learner is directed for practice . The teacher will recollect , that in correcting a fault , there is always danger of erring in the opposite ...
... vowel sounds , which , it is believed , will be found of great utility , and to which the learner is directed for practice . The teacher will recollect , that in correcting a fault , there is always danger of erring in the opposite ...
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... vowel . They may both be denoted by the same mark ; thus ( ^ ) . The circumflex is used chiefly to indicate the em- phasis of irony , or of contrast , or of hypothesis . Λ Queen . Hamlet , you have your father much offended . Hamlet ...
... vowel . They may both be denoted by the same mark ; thus ( ^ ) . The circumflex is used chiefly to indicate the em- phasis of irony , or of contrast , or of hypothesis . Λ Queen . Hamlet , you have your father much offended . Hamlet ...
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... vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very common fault , which makes reading flat , inexpressive , and uninteresting . Some vowel sounds cannot be prolonged without altering the ...
... vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very common fault , which makes reading flat , inexpressive , and uninteresting . Some vowel sounds cannot be prolonged without altering the ...
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... vowels that are italicized . D - ay , a - ge , l - aw , awe - d , f - a - ther , a - rm , th - ee , ee - l , oo - ze , th - y , i - sle , th - ou . We have e - rr'd and str - ay ' - d from thy w - ay - s like l - o - st sh - ee - p . Sp ...
... vowels that are italicized . D - ay , a - ge , l - aw , awe - d , f - a - ther , a - rm , th - ee , ee - l , oo - ze , th - y , i - sle , th - ou . We have e - rr'd and str - ay ' - d from thy w - ay - s like l - o - st sh - ee - p . Sp ...
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Absalom accent Ahimaaz Arth ARTICULATION Babylon beautiful blessed boat bosom called cesura character child circumflex clouds commenced consonants dark dear death deep Demosthenes distinctly ducats earth emphasis emphatic eternity examples EXERCISES Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel following words genius give hand happy hast hath head heard heart heaven hour inflections marked Joab kind king LESSON light live Lochiel look Lord mind mother nature never nouns o'er object paragraph Parse passed pause poetry poor praise pronounced PRONUNCIATION pupil QUESTIONS Repeat rising inflection Rule Rule II sentence shalt ship Shylock smile Socrates soul sound SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 Spelled and Defined spirit stanza syllable teacher Tell thee thing thou thought thousand tion tone unto utterance verbs voice vowels William Reed wind wonderful young
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Page 183 - Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
Page 183 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world; that they which see not might see, and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 180 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 181 - Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 331 - And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Page 241 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 182 - These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Page 175 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 287 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound, And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each, for Madness ruled the hour, Would prove his own expressive power.
Page 246 - The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.