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Page 89
... regard to the fifth , viz . " That the " Accent placed on Diffyllables is always " greatest , and that it grows weaker in " Proportion as the Number of Syllables " in a Word increase ; " It will be neceffary to observe , that Ac- cent ...
... regard to the fifth , viz . " That the " Accent placed on Diffyllables is always " greatest , and that it grows weaker in " Proportion as the Number of Syllables " in a Word increase ; " It will be neceffary to observe , that Ac- cent ...
Page 100
... regard to a living Language , a Man hath nothing to do but to liften with Attention , to be able , in a very short Time , to judge , with tolerable Accuracy , of the Length of fimple Sounds . with regard to a dead Language , it is ...
... regard to a living Language , a Man hath nothing to do but to liften with Attention , to be able , in a very short Time , to judge , with tolerable Accuracy , of the Length of fimple Sounds . with regard to a dead Language , it is ...
Page 108
... regard to the Difference of the Syl- lables , hath given great Room for his afferting , " That there is nothing but ' Confufion of Quantities in the modern " Odes . - That the Moderns have no re- gard to the natural Quantity of Sylla ...
... regard to the Difference of the Syl- lables , hath given great Room for his afferting , " That there is nothing but ' Confufion of Quantities in the modern " Odes . - That the Moderns have no re- gard to the natural Quantity of Sylla ...
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