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... 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 be Short , because they were loud ; but loud ...
... 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 be Short , because they were loud ; but loud ...
Page 75
... loud and the foft ; of which every Perfon must form a Judgment from the ufu ? Diftance at which he is heard , and the Effort he ufu- ally makes without ftraining the Organs . By louder , alfo , is not meant in a higher Tone , but with ...
... loud and the foft ; of which every Perfon must form a Judgment from the ufu ? Diftance at which he is heard , and the Effort he ufu- ally makes without ftraining the Organs . By louder , alfo , is not meant in a higher Tone , but with ...
Page 83
... loud and fhort , the other soft and long . 4. That hence Syllables may be equally ac- cented , though one of them be pro- nounced foftly , and the other loud , pro- vided the former be proportionably longer in Utterance than the latter ...
... loud and fhort , the other soft and long . 4. That hence Syllables may be equally ac- cented , though one of them be pro- nounced foftly , and the other loud , pro- vided the former be proportionably longer in Utterance than the latter ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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