The Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry, from the Best American and English Writers : with Copious Rules for Reading and Directions ... |
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... principle of contrast and emphasis , ( as will hereafter be more fully explained ) the sentence necessarily closes with the rising inflection . Sometimes also , emphasis alone , seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding ...
... principle of contrast and emphasis , ( as will hereafter be more fully explained ) the sentence necessarily closes with the rising inflection . Sometimes also , emphasis alone , seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding ...
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... principle of this Rule will be found to apply especially to the last pause before a cadence , as that is generally the most interesting point of suspension . See examples under Rule II . 3ยง . Harmony of sound , also , seems to require ...
... principle of this Rule will be found to apply especially to the last pause before a cadence , as that is generally the most interesting point of suspension . See examples under Rule II . 3ยง . Harmony of sound , also , seems to require ...
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... principles to their children , and that , peopled by such a race , our country was always free . So long as its ... principle of liberty and re- sistance to arbitrary power , in the breasts of the Puritans , it was not more so than ...
... principles to their children , and that , peopled by such a race , our country was always free . So long as its ... principle of liberty and re- sistance to arbitrary power , in the breasts of the Puritans , it was not more so than ...
Contents
DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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Absalom Ahimaaz Arth Babylon beautiful birds blessed boat bosom 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 laws 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