The Art of Reading and Writing English: Or, the Chief Principles and Rules of Pronouncing Our Mother-tongue, ... By I. Watts, D.D.T. Longman, J. Buckland, and W. Fenner; J. Waugh; E. Dilly; and T. Field, 1761 - 126 pages |
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... Word or Words in a Sentence . T has been faid already , that as that Force IT of the Voice which is placed on the ... Emphatical Word , because it gives Force , and Spirit , or Beauty , to the whole Sentence ; as in Nehemiah vi . 11 ...
... Word or Words in a Sentence . T has been faid already , that as that Force IT of the Voice which is placed on the ... Emphatical Word , because it gives Force , and Spirit , or Beauty , to the whole Sentence ; as in Nehemiah vi . 11 ...
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... Word be of two Syllables , then the accented Syllable of the emphatical Word must be pro- nounced stronger than otherwife it would be , and not any new or different Accent placed up- on that Word . As in this Question , Did you travel ...
... Word be of two Syllables , then the accented Syllable of the emphatical Word must be pro- nounced stronger than otherwife it would be , and not any new or different Accent placed up- on that Word . As in this Question , Did you travel ...
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... emphatical Word in a Sentence , is this ; Confider what is the chief Defign of the Speaker or Writer ; and that Word which fhews the chief Defign of the Sentence , is the emphatical Word : For it is for the fake of that Word , or Words ...
... emphatical Word in a Sentence , is this ; Confider what is the chief Defign of the Speaker or Writer ; and that Word which fhews the chief Defign of the Sentence , is the emphatical Word : For it is for the fake of that Word , or Words ...
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... Word . To make it appear of how great Import- ance it is to place the Emphafis aright , let us confider , that the ... Emphatical Word ; for the Beauty and Propriety of Reading depends much upon it : And that every Reader may fully ...
... Word . To make it appear of how great Import- ance it is to place the Emphafis aright , let us confider , that the ... Emphatical Word ; for the Beauty and Propriety of Reading depends much upon it : And that every Reader may fully ...
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... Word bis , where the Verse seems to require it ; but on the Word heavy Yet it happens to have a fort of Beauty in it here , to keep the natural Ac- cent , and thereby you fhew the Heaviness of the Sluggard more emphatically , while he ...
... Word bis , where the Verse seems to require it ; but on the Word heavy Yet it happens to have a fort of Beauty in it here , to keep the natural Ac- cent , and thereby you fhew the Heaviness of the Sluggard more emphatically , while he ...
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