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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... vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very common fault , which makes reading flat , inexpressive , and uninteresting . Some vowel sounds can- not be prolonged without altering the ...
... vowels , yet be careful not to alter their proper sounds . This rule is intended to correct a very common fault , which makes reading flat , inexpressive , and uninteresting . Some vowel sounds can- not be prolonged without altering the ...
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... vowels correctly , and very full . Exercises under the Rule . - Prolong the sounds of the following vowels that are italicized . A - we , a - ge , a - rm , o - ld , o - r , ee - l , oo - ze , bu - oy , i - sle . These are the only vowel ...
... vowels correctly , and very full . Exercises under the Rule . - Prolong the sounds of the following vowels that are italicized . A - we , a - ge , a - rm , o - ld , o - r , ee - l , oo - ze , bu - oy , i - sle . These are the only vowel ...
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... vowels correctly and very full . EXERCISES . - Prolong the sounds of the vowels that are italicized in the following words , -A - ge , a - we , a - rm , o - ld , o - ur , ee - l , bu - oy , i - sle . SPELL AND Can ' - ni - bals , n ...
... vowels correctly and very full . EXERCISES . - Prolong the sounds of the vowels that are italicized in the following words , -A - ge , a - we , a - rm , o - ld , o - ur , ee - l , bu - oy , i - sle . SPELL AND Can ' - ni - bals , n ...
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