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... admits , however , that they obtain their Accent , and become Words , only by being emphatical . But unless they constitute , or form Part of a Sentence , they cannot be emphatical : Whereas Po ... Admit- and proper Ufe of Accents . 89.
... admits , however , that they obtain their Accent , and become Words , only by being emphatical . But unless they constitute , or form Part of a Sentence , they cannot be emphatical : Whereas Po ... Admit- and proper Ufe of Accents . 89.
Page 131
... admit ; but if the Numbers , of which they are compofed , are justly efti- mated by the Succeffion of long and short Syllables , I cannot fee how their Force or Propriety depends merely on their Num- bers : For certain it is , that the ...
... admit ; but if the Numbers , of which they are compofed , are justly efti- mated by the Succeffion of long and short Syllables , I cannot fee how their Force or Propriety depends merely on their Num- bers : For certain it is , that the ...
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... admit of any Tranfpofition of Words at all . Now one of the first and most indispen- fible Qualifications in the Reader of any Language , is a perfect Knowledge in the idiomatical Order of its Words in com- mon Discourse and fimple ...
... admit of any Tranfpofition of Words at all . Now one of the first and most indispen- fible Qualifications in the Reader of any Language , is a perfect Knowledge in the idiomatical Order of its Words in com- mon Discourse and fimple ...
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