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... distinct and emphatical , the long will not be fo loud as the 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 ...
... distinct and emphatical , the long will not be fo loud as the 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 ...
Page 90
... , recapitulation , tranfubftantiation , & c . It is evidently impoffible to pronounce any of the latter Words tolerably distinct , without laying almost as much Stress on the unaccented Syllables with- 90 Of the Number , Diverfity ,
... , recapitulation , tranfubftantiation , & c . It is evidently impoffible to pronounce any of the latter Words tolerably distinct , without laying almost as much Stress on the unaccented Syllables with- 90 Of the Number , Diverfity ,
Page 194
... adopting of articulate Voices to distinct Syllables . Again , of Customs , that is the moft acknowledged Standard , which is adopted by the Learned and 1 and polished Speakers of any Age or Na- tion , 194 Of the Difference between.
... adopting of articulate Voices to distinct Syllables . Again , of Customs , that is the moft acknowledged Standard , which is adopted by the Learned and 1 and polished Speakers of any Age or Na- tion , 194 Of the Difference between.
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