Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery: As Applied to Reading and Speaking |
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... syllables . For these reasons the ancients regarded articulation as the first requisite in delivery ; without which ... 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 which ... 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 pro- per 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 pro- per position for speaking the mute , the voice instantly ceases . Let any experienced singer ...
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