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John Rice. to the Ideas or Objects they serve to re- prefent . Now the Art of Reading , being in fact the Art of converting Writing into Speech , the Relation which the living Voice bears to the dead Letter , becomes a very peculiar ...
John Rice. to the Ideas or Objects they serve to re- prefent . Now the Art of Reading , being in fact the Art of converting Writing into Speech , the Relation which the living Voice bears to the dead Letter , becomes a very peculiar ...
Page 277
... serve only to render him lefs intelligible ; all the Paffions , whether of Joy , Sorrow , Rage , or Fear , being deftructive of Arti- culation . Now , though an Orator engaged in a bad Caufe , or an Actor reciting Non- fenfe , may find ...
... serve only to render him lefs intelligible ; all the Paffions , whether of Joy , Sorrow , Rage , or Fear , being deftructive of Arti- culation . Now , though an Orator engaged in a bad Caufe , or an Actor reciting Non- fenfe , may find ...
Page 315
... serve to indicate a greater Afpiration , or an Addition of Force to a a Mode expreffed by another ; thus in the Labials B and P , the latter is only stronger or more forcible ; differing very little from the former in Point of Mode ...
... serve to indicate a greater Afpiration , or an Addition of Force to a a Mode expreffed by another ; thus in the Labials B and P , the latter is only stronger or more forcible ; differing very little from the former in Point of Mode ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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