The National Fourth Reader: Containing a Simple Comprehensive, and Practical Treatise on Elocution, Numerous and Classified Exercises in Reading and Declamation, Copious Notes, and a Complete Supplementary Index |
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... sound of a , when not a syllable by itself , is always imme- diately followed by the oral element of f , n , or 8 , in words . For convenience , ƒ only is introduced in these combinations . I. TONICS AND SUBTONICS . bå , bår , båf ; bẻ ...
... sound of a , when not a syllable by itself , is always imme- diately followed by the oral element of f , n , or 8 , in words . For convenience , ƒ only is introduced in these combinations . I. TONICS AND SUBTONICS . bå , bår , båf ; bẻ ...
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... sound of 1A initial . — A in many words , as an initial unaccented syllable , is also marked short ( ă ) , its quantity or volume of sound being less than that of a sixth power ( å ) , as in ĕlås , ămåss , ǎbåft . sh , in the same ...
... sound of 1A initial . — A in many words , as an initial unaccented syllable , is also marked short ( ă ) , its quantity or volume of sound being less than that of a sixth power ( å ) , as in ĕlås , ămåss , ǎbåft . sh , in the same ...
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... sound of o in do ; as , Are you sure that shrewd youth was rude ? 5. R MAY BE TRILLED when immediately followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable . When thus situated in emphatic words , it should always be trilled ; as , He is both ...
... sound of o in do ; as , Are you sure that shrewd youth was rude ? 5. R MAY BE TRILLED when immediately followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable . When thus situated in emphatic words , it should always be trilled ; as , He is both ...
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... sound to final consonants and to unaccented vowels , if he does it without stiffness or formality , can hardly fail to articulate well . EXERCISE IN SYLLABICATION.1 1. THIRTY years ago , Marseilles ' lay burning in the sun , one day . A ...
... sound to final consonants and to unaccented vowels , if he does it without stiffness or formality , can hardly fail to articulate well . EXERCISE IN SYLLABICATION.1 1. THIRTY years ago , Marseilles ' lay burning in the sun , one day . A ...
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... sounds , by a pause , or even by a whisper . 3. Emphatic words are often printed in italics ; those more emphatic , in small CAPITALS ; and those that receive the greatest force , in large CAPITALS . 4. By the proper use of emphasis ...
... sounds , by a pause , or even by a whisper . 3. Emphatic words are often printed in italics ; those more emphatic , in small CAPITALS ; and those that receive the greatest force , in large CAPITALS . 4. By the proper use of emphasis ...
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Abbas Pasha arms beautiful birds bless breath bright called CASCO BAY CHARLES MACKAY child clouds dark dead dear death earth eyes feeling flowers give gold grave hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven HENRY WARD BEECHER hippopotamus hope hour human Julius Cæsar kind labor land light lips live look ment mind mōre morning mother nature never night Nubia o'er oral elements passed pause peace person poor prayer rich rising round Samuel Foote shōre silent smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stand Staszic subtonic sweet tears tell thee thing THOMAS BUCHANAN READ thou thought tion tree turned utter věry voice walked WASHINGTON IRVING WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT wind words young youth