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... falling inflection , in which the voice slides downward , and is marked thus ( ` ) ; as , I did not walk ' . They are both exhibited in the following question : Did you walk ' , or did you ride ? In pronouncing the word walk ' in this ...
... falling inflection , in which the voice slides downward , and is marked thus ( ` ) ; as , I did not walk ' . They are both exhibited in the following question : Did you walk ' , or did you ride ? In pronouncing the word walk ' in this ...
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... FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I - The falling inflection is generally proper , wher- ever the sense is complete ; as , Truth is more wonderful than fiction ' . Men generally die as they live ' . By industry , we obtain wealth ' . The falling ...
... FALLING INFLECTION . RULE I - The falling inflection is generally proper , wher- ever the sense is complete ; as , Truth is more wonderful than fiction ' . Men generally die as they live ' . By industry , we obtain wealth ' . The falling ...
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... falling inflection according to Rule II ; as , We do not desire your money . I did not say a better soldier . 38. Or ... falling inflections upon the same sound . Properly speaking , there are two of these , the one called the rising ...
... falling inflection according to Rule II ; as , We do not desire your money . I did not say a better soldier . 38. Or ... falling inflections upon the same sound . Properly speaking , there are two of these , the one called the rising ...
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DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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Absalom Ahimaaz Arth Babylon beautiful birds blessed boat bosom breath called cesura character child circumflex commenced consonants dark dear death deep Demosthenes ducats earth emphasis emphatic ERRORS ERRORS.1 eternity examples EXERCISES Explain the inflections eyes falling inflection father fault fear feel genius give hand happy hath head heard heart heaven hour inflections marked Joab kind king LESSON liberty light live Lochiel look Lord mind mother nature never o'er paragraph Parse passed pause poetry poor praise pronounced pupil QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.-1 reader Repeat rising inflection rocks Rule Rule II sentence ship Shylock sight smile Socrates soul sound SPELL AND DEFINE SPELL AND DEFINE.-1 spirit stanza sweet syllable Tell thee thing thought thousand thousand guineas tion tone unto utterance voice vowels William Reed wind wonderful words young