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... Author's Senfe ; which is not , as be- fore observed , altogether fufficient for grown Perfons at present . To eradicate entirely a vicious Habit of Pronunciation must be the Work of Time : It is requifite , however , that fuch as are ...
... Author's Senfe ; which is not , as be- fore observed , altogether fufficient for grown Perfons at present . To eradicate entirely a vicious Habit of Pronunciation must be the Work of Time : It is requifite , however , that fuch as are ...
Page 148
... Author ) muft " feel the ill Effect of the Monotony in " these Lines ; the Caufe of it is ob- " vious ; this Verse consists of ten Sylla- bles , or ve Feet . When the Pause " falls on the fourth Syllable , we shall " find that we ...
... Author ) muft " feel the ill Effect of the Monotony in " these Lines ; the Caufe of it is ob- " vious ; this Verse consists of ten Sylla- bles , or ve Feet . When the Pause " falls on the fourth Syllable , we shall " find that we ...
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... Author , with the ingenious Critic laft mentioned , and think that the Sound of Flies o'er th ' unbending Corn , and skims along the Main , bears no Similitude whatever to Rapidity of Motion , however we may fuppofe it prolonged ...
... Author , with the ingenious Critic laft mentioned , and think that the Sound of Flies o'er th ' unbending Corn , and skims along the Main , bears no Similitude whatever to Rapidity of Motion , however we may fuppofe it prolonged ...
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