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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... pleasure in conversing with those objects which give pleasure to all , but with those which give pleasure to such only as can converse with them . All emphasis has an antithesis either expressed or understood : if the emphasis excludes ...
... pleasure ' , as labour ' sweetens rest ' . 7. Prosperity gains ' friends , and adversity ' tries them . 8 The wise ... pleasure corrupts ' the mind , living to animal and trifling ' ones debases ' it . 20. Grief is the counter passion of ...
... pleasure equal this ? Yet still e'en here , imperfect is the bliss . For ah , how oft must awkward learning yield To graceful dulness the unequal field Of gallantry ; what lady can endure The shrug scholastic and the bow demure ? Can ...
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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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