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... emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in prac tice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will remain to be taught by the living instructor ; much will be attainable by no ...
... emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in prac tice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will remain to be taught by the living instructor ; much will be attainable by no ...
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... emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is dis- > course rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and ...
... emphasis depends the life of pronunciation . If no emphasis be placed on any words , not only is dis- > course rendered heavy and lifeless , but the meaning left often ambiguous . If the emphasis be placed wrong , we pervert and ...
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... emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it would read thus : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit , " & c . But if it were a notorious truth , that mankind had transgressed in a pecu liar manner more than ...
... emphasis upon the word man's in the first line ; and hence , it would read thus : " Of man's first disobedience , and the fruit , " & c . But if it were a notorious truth , that mankind had transgressed in a pecu liar manner more than ...
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... Emphasis , besides its other offices , is the great regulator of quantity . Though the quantity of our syllables is fixed , in words separately pronounced , yet it is mutable , when these words are arranged in sentences ; the long being ...
... Emphasis , besides its other offices , is the great regulator of quantity . Though the quantity of our syllables is fixed , in words separately pronounced , yet it is mutable , when these words are arranged in sentences ; the long being ...
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... emphasis totally lost , by divisions being made in the wrong place . To avoid this , every one , while he is reading , should be very careful to provide a full supply of breath for what he is to utter . It is a great mistake to imagine ...
... emphasis totally lost , by divisions being made in the wrong place . To avoid this , every one , while he is reading , should be very careful to provide a full supply of breath for what he is to utter . It is a great mistake to imagine ...
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