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... syllables . For these reasons the ancients regarded articulation as the first requisite in delivery ; -- without ... syllable too many or too few . Not that the crowd had any notion of numbers ; nor could they tell what it was which ...
... syllables . For these reasons the ancients regarded articulation as the first requisite in delivery ; -- without ... syllable too many or too few . Not that the crowd had any notion of numbers ; nor could they tell what it was which ...
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... syllables of a book , in as many lines , cut off by the carelessness of a binder ? The same inconvenience is felt from a similar omission in spoken language ; with this additional disad- vantage , that we are not at liberty to stop and ...
... syllables of a book , in as many lines , cut off by the carelessness of a binder ? The same inconvenience is felt from a similar omission in spoken language ; with this additional disad- vantage , that we are not at liberty to stop and ...
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... syllable over syllable ; nor as it were melted together into a mass of confusion . They should be neither abridged , nor prolonged ; nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be trailed , nor drawled , nor let to slip out carelessly ...
... syllable over syllable ; nor as it were melted together into a mass of confusion . They should be neither abridged , nor prolonged ; nor swallowed , nor forced ; they should not be trailed , nor drawled , nor let to slip out carelessly ...
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... syllables , which are elsewhere spoken with perfect ease . The same fact extends to different nations . There are some sounds of the English language , as the nice distinc- tion between d and t , and between the two aspirated sounds of ...
... syllables , which are elsewhere spoken with perfect ease . The same fact extends to different nations . There are some sounds of the English language , as the nice distinc- tion between d and t , and between the two aspirated sounds of ...
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... syllable which ends with p , k , d , or t , all the sound must be uttered on the preceding vowel ; for when the organs come to the prop- er position for speaking the mute , the voice instantly ceases . Let any experienced singer ...
... syllable which ends with p , k , d , or t , all the sound must be uttered on the preceding vowel ; for when the organs come to the prop- er position for speaking the mute , the voice instantly ceases . Let any experienced singer ...
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Absalom accent action Ahimaaz angels answer arms art thou behold blood Cæsar cæsura Christian Cicero circumflex common dark dead death delivery denote distinction dread earth elocution eloquence emotion emphasis emphatic emphatic series eternal Euboea example Exercises expressed falling inflection falling slide father fault feeling fire gesture give grave habits hand hath hear heard hearers heart heaven HYMN Iago imitation immortal Jesus Joab Julius Cæsar king language look Lord Macd manner mark meaning Michael Cassio mind mountain never o'er open vowels orator palms united passions pause phatic poetry praise pride 15 principles PSALM reader remarks rhetorical rising slide rule sense sentence sentiment servant sleep soul sound speak speaker spirit stress syllable taste Tell thee thine things thought throne thunder tion tones utterance voice words