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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... sense , is a species of the fault above mentioned . If the reader or speaker is guided by the sense , and if he gives that emphasis , inflection , and expression , required by the mean- ing , these faults will speedily disappear . The ...
... sense , is a species of the fault above mentioned . If the reader or speaker is guided by the sense , and if he gives that emphasis , inflection , and expression , required by the mean- ing , these faults will speedily disappear . The ...
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... sense . purpose of this is , to make prominent the melody of the measure , and , in rhyme , to allow the ear to appreciate the harmony of the similar sounds . There is , also , another important pause , somewhere near the middle of each ...
... sense . purpose of this is , to make prominent the melody of the measure , and , in rhyme , to allow the ear to appreciate the harmony of the similar sounds . There is , also , another important pause , somewhere near the middle of each ...
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... sense merely of meeting your pecuniary engagements , and paying your debts ; for this the common pride of gentle- men will constrain you to do . 5. I use it in its larger sense of discharging all your duties , both public and private ...
... sense merely of meeting your pecuniary engagements , and paying your debts ; for this the common pride of gentle- men will constrain you to do . 5. I use it in its larger sense of discharging all your duties , both public and private ...
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