The American SpeakerExcerpt from The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises on Pronunciation, Pauses, Inflections, Accent, and Emphasis Exercises on the Interrogation, Exclamation, and Parenthesis. Table of Inflections on the Series. Simple Commencing Series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... consider poetry in particular , and discourse in gene- ral , as imitative , or descriptive ; it is evident , that their whole power in recalling the impressions of real objects , is derived from the signifi- cancy of words . 9. Were ...
... consider the vanity of grieving for those ' whom we must quickly follow : when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side ' , or the holy men that divided the world with their contests ...
... consider , earnestly and anxiously consider , how we shall best preserve those signal blessings , which have been transmitted to us , -how we shall transmit them unimpaired to our posterity . This is the honour which would have been ...
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DIFFERENT Methods by which the Principles and Lessons may | 15 |
Sentences depending on Adjectives | 21 |
Exclamation | 28 |
Copyright | |
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