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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... requires the falling inflection , it must close with the rising inflection . See Rule VI . and 2§ . Note . Examples . No ... require , that the last but one should be the rising inflection . Such , in fact , is the very common custom of ...
... requires the falling inflection , it must close with the rising inflection . See Rule VI . and 2§ . Note . Examples . No ... require , that the last but one should be the rising inflection . Such , in fact , is the very common custom of ...
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... requires no ordinary de- gree of self - command ' . ' Night coming on ' , both armies retired from the field of battle ... require the rising , and their answers , the falling in- flection ; as , Has he arrived ' ? Will he return ' ? Yes ...
... requires no ordinary de- gree of self - command ' . ' Night coming on ' , both armies retired from the field of battle ... require the rising , and their answers , the falling in- flection ; as , Has he arrived ' ? Will he return ' ? Yes ...
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... require constant attention throughout the whole course of instruction upon this subject . Such other directions for reading , and such general rules as are considered of practical utility , will be found in the Introduc- tory Article ...
... require constant attention throughout the whole course of instruction upon this subject . Such other directions for reading , and such general rules as are considered of practical utility , will be found in the Introduc- tory Article ...
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 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