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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... sound correctly the a in met ' - ri - cal , the pupil is very apt to say met - ri - cal ' , accenting the last syllable instead of the first . In correcting the sound of o , in pro - pose ' he will perhaps pronounce it pro ' - pose ...
... sound correctly the a in met ' - ri - cal , the pupil is very apt to say met - ri - cal ' , accenting the last syllable instead of the first . In correcting the sound of o , in pro - pose ' he will perhaps pronounce it pro ' - pose ...
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... sound to the vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very ... sound ; while others may be lengthened to almost any extent , without any appreciable alteration of sound . Let every ...
... sound to the vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very ... sound ; while others may be lengthened to almost any extent , without any appreciable alteration of sound . Let every ...
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... sound of revelry by night , And Belgium's capital had gathered there Her beauty and her chivalry , and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men . A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous ...
... sound of revelry by night , And Belgium's capital had gathered there Her beauty and her chivalry , and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men . A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous ...
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DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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