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... short , their Force being inverfely proportional , to their Length . Their natural Length , however , would not , in this Cafe , be ne- ceffarily altered ; for they would not be Short , because they were loud ; but loud , because they ...
... short , their Force being inverfely proportional , to their Length . Their natural Length , however , would not , in this Cafe , be ne- ceffarily altered ; for they would not be Short , because they were loud ; but loud , because they ...
Page 107
... short Syllable even to three Times its natural Length . The fame Thing , indeed , he fays , is obfervable in the ... short . If Syllables are long and short , there are undoubtedly fome that are neither ; it being Quinctilian , Lib . ix ...
... short Syllable even to three Times its natural Length . The fame Thing , indeed , he fays , is obfervable in the ... short . If Syllables are long and short , there are undoubtedly fome that are neither ; it being Quinctilian , Lib . ix ...
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... short by Accent . Now , I cannot poffibly find out how these Sylla- bles can naturally be equally long , or even ... Short Syllables may be well enough blended into a long one , but to have a long and a short both contracted into a short ...
... short by Accent . Now , I cannot poffibly find out how these Sylla- bles can naturally be equally long , or even ... Short Syllables may be well enough blended into a long one , but to have a long and a short both contracted into a short ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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Accent according admit alfo alſo ancient appear articulate Attention Author better bles Cafe called common Compofition conceive confidered confifts Confonant depends diftinct divided Effect Emphaſis emphatical Engliſh equally evident Expreffion fall fame Feet fhall fhort fhould fimple firſt fome Force former frequently fuch fuppofe give greater hand Harmony hath Hence Idea Importance Inftance Kind laid Language latter laying Length Line loud Manner Meaning Meaſure merely Method Mind Mode moft moſt Mufic muſt natural never Note Numbers obferved Objects Order Paffage Paffions particular Paufe Pauſe Perfons Place Poetry Poets Point Power pronounced Pronunciation Propriety Quantity Reader Reading Reaſon reciting regard require Rhime Rules Senfe Sentence Sheridan ſhort Sound Speaker Speaking Speech Subject Succeffion Syllables thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe tion Tone Tongue true Utterance Verfe Verſes Voice Vowel whole Words Writer written