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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... give them an affected and fanciful meaning , we ought by no means to lay the emphasis upon them . EXAMPLE . 3. A man ... give pleasure to all , but with those which give pleasure to such only as can converse with them . All emphasis has ...
... give up the power of direct taxation , but for a scourge . I am willing to give it conditionally ; that is , after non - compliance with requisi- tions : I will do more , sir , and what I hope will convince the most skeptical man , that ...
... give away my children's patrimony ! Thos . Sir , take your choice . - Resign this petty lordship , Or go you to the prison ! [ He resumes his pen , and sits down doggedly to his calculations . Lord of T Ah , my wife , - My little ...
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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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