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... most excellent Understand- * As a Proof of this , might be quoted a Number of Paffages , literally harmlefs and inoffenfive ; which may nevertheless be so spoken as to inflame the Hearer with the most fudden and impetuous Refentment . B ...
... most excellent Understand- * As a Proof of this , might be quoted a Number of Paffages , literally harmlefs and inoffenfive ; which may nevertheless be so spoken as to inflame the Hearer with the most fudden and impetuous Refentment . B ...
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... most . feductive , would be the most dan- gerous of all others . If the Perfon pof- feffed of it were not the most virtuous of Mankind , to what pernicious Purposes might he not employ fo fafcinating , fo powerful an Art ? Nor would ...
... most . feductive , would be the most dan- gerous of all others . If the Perfon pof- feffed of it were not the most virtuous of Mankind , to what pernicious Purposes might he not employ fo fafcinating , fo powerful an Art ? Nor would ...
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... most filent to the most vocal . The Confequence of this Enquiry , was the following Table or Alphabet con- ftructed ; in which I have diftinguished them , as well as I could , by the Sounds most usually annexed to the Letters . But as ...
... most filent to the most vocal . The Confequence of this Enquiry , was the following Table or Alphabet con- ftructed ; in which I have diftinguished them , as well as I could , by the Sounds most usually annexed to the Letters . But as ...
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