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... distinct articulate utterance , and cor- rect pronunciation : it will be readily admitted , he thinks , that where these are wanting , the higher graces of expression are without value . In drawing up the following lessons , the ob ...
... distinct articulate utterance , and cor- rect pronunciation : it will be readily admitted , he thinks , that where these are wanting , the higher graces of expression are without value . In drawing up the following lessons , the ob ...
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... distinct articulation , the latter of which is of much greater assistance in enabling the reader to be heard by a large audience , than any increased effort of the voice . A very common cause of indistinctness is found in those B 2 ...
... distinct articulation , the latter of which is of much greater assistance in enabling the reader to be heard by a large audience , than any increased effort of the voice . A very common cause of indistinctness is found in those B 2 ...
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... the practice of repeating either prose or poetry with due attention to a firm and distinct articu- lation may be made a beneficial elocutionary exercise . 9 CHAP . II . ON ELEMENTARY SOUNDS AND LETTERS ∞ THE ART OF READING .
... the practice of repeating either prose or poetry with due attention to a firm and distinct articu- lation may be made a beneficial elocutionary exercise . 9 CHAP . II . ON ELEMENTARY SOUNDS AND LETTERS ∞ THE ART OF READING .
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... distinct positions of the organs may be observed . In the first , the mouth is closed by the application of the lips to each other . The letters pronounced in this way are p , b , and m . To sound p at the beginning of a word , the lips ...
... distinct positions of the organs may be observed . In the first , the mouth is closed by the application of the lips to each other . The letters pronounced in this way are p , b , and m . To sound p at the beginning of a word , the lips ...
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... distinct , by giving a feeble , incorrect , and mincing tone to the open vowels . It is very common to hear such words as roses , flaming , duty , sounded as if written , ruzzes , flemming , jitty . In the following exercise a full ...
... distinct , by giving a feeble , incorrect , and mincing tone to the open vowels . It is very common to hear such words as roses , flaming , duty , sounded as if written , ruzzes , flemming , jitty . In the following exercise a full ...
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accent applied appulse arms ART OF READING articulation aspirate h attention beautiful beneath blood Britain Britons closed committed to memory consonants correct discourse Earl Earl Marshal Earl of Kent Earl of Shrewsbury elementary sounds emitting the breath emphasis England fault feel flame flat mutes following exercise fore teeth give guttural murmur guttural sound hath heard heart Heaven honour Jane Kennedy John Barleycorn king LESSON letter light lips manner Matthew of Westminster mind minister of religion mouth nature noble o'er observed palate pause peasantry phatic Pixies position practice preceded pronounced pronunciation pupil Queen race requires round Saxons scaffold Scotland sentence Shakspeare sharp mutes Sir Amyas Paulet sleep smile solemn song soul sweet sword syllable teacher tears thee thine thou shalt tion tone tongue Tyrol Tyrolese unaccented utterance voice vowel vowel sound weary weep West Saxons words written youth
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