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... also to know the Ef- fect of his fecond Method of accenting Syllables . Will the smart Percuffion , he fpeaks of , render the Tone more acute , or only more loud ? If the former , it hath some- thing to do with Tune . But the Truth is ...
... also to know the Ef- fect of his fecond Method of accenting Syllables . Will the smart Percuffion , he fpeaks of , render the Tone more acute , or only more loud ? If the former , it hath some- thing to do with Tune . But the Truth is ...
Page 85
... also naturally as long , as ship and whirl ; and yet we frequently hear the Accent laid , in common Converfation , on the first Syllables only , while the lat- ter are hurried indiftinctly off the Tongue , as if they were totally ...
... also naturally as long , as ship and whirl ; and yet we frequently hear the Accent laid , in common Converfation , on the first Syllables only , while the lat- ter are hurried indiftinctly off the Tongue , as if they were totally ...
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... also in Conformity to the Character . Thus the fame Narrative and Defcription , if fpoken by different Perfonages , must be differently recited . Will it be faid , " this is to require the " Reader to be an Actor , and to affume " the ...
... also in Conformity to the Character . Thus the fame Narrative and Defcription , if fpoken by different Perfonages , must be differently recited . Will it be faid , " this is to require the " Reader to be an Actor , and to affume " the ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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