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... pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will remain to be taught by the living instructer : much will be attainable by ...
... pauses , emphasis , and tones , may be discovered and put in practice , is not possible . After all the directions that can be offered on these points , much will remain to be taught by the living instructer : much will be attainable by ...
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... pauses and rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental attentions to ...
... pauses and rests which it allows the reader more easily to make ; and it enables the reader to swell all his sounds , both with more force and more harmony . SECTION IV . Propriety of Pronunciation . AFTER the fundamental attentions to ...
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... pauses ; consisting in the notes of variations of sound which we employ , in the expression of our sentiments . Emphasis affects particular words and phrases , with a degree of tone or in- flexion of voice ; but tones , peculiarly so ...
... pauses ; consisting in the notes of variations of sound which we employ , in the expression of our sentiments . Emphasis affects particular words and phrases , with a degree of tone or in- flexion of voice ; but tones , peculiarly so ...
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... Pauses . PAUSES or rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the voice , during a perceptible , and in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses are equally necessary to the speaker , and the hearer . To the ...
... Pauses . PAUSES or rests , in speaking or reading , are a total cessation of the voice , during a perceptible , and in many cases , a measurable space of time . Pauses are equally necessary to the speaker , and the hearer . To the ...
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... pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis ; and are subject to the same rules ... pause signifies that the sense is completed . The preceding example is an illustration of the suspending pause , in its ...
... pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same effect as a strong emphasis ; and are subject to the same rules ... pause signifies that the sense is completed . The preceding example is an illustration of the suspending pause , in its ...
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