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... Syllables . These are , accordingly , never to be made long by any Accent or Emphasis whatever . 3. Syllables that begin and end , or that begin or end with two mute Confonants , are neutral , i . e . neither long nor short ; nor can ...
... Syllables . These are , accordingly , never to be made long by any Accent or Emphasis whatever . 3. Syllables that begin and end , or that begin or end with two mute Confonants , are neutral , i . e . neither long nor short ; nor can ...
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... Syllables , viz . the loud and the foft : The former belonging to short Syl- lables , the latter to long ones . 3. That Words of more than one Syllable are not confined to a fingle Accent ; nor Words of any Number of Syllables to a ...
... Syllables , viz . the loud and the foft : The former belonging to short Syl- lables , the latter to long ones . 3. That Words of more than one Syllable are not confined to a fingle Accent ; nor Words of any Number of Syllables to a ...
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... Syllables the next ; and so on to Polyfyllables of any Number . By the way it is to be obférved , that when I fay the Strefs will be the greatest , I mean , that accented Syllables in Words , of the feweft Syllables will be founded so ...
... Syllables the next ; and so on to Polyfyllables of any Number . By the way it is to be obférved , that when I fay the Strefs will be the greatest , I mean , that accented Syllables in Words , of the feweft Syllables will be founded so ...
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Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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