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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John Frost. marked with the inflections . The learner may thus acquire the principles , upon which a classical and cor- rect style of oratory can be formed ; and he will find among the pieces which constitute the body of the work , a ...
... principles should be gradually reduced to practice . Words that require the rising inflection , may , by the pupil , be marked with a pencil with the acute accent ; and such as require the falling inflection , with the grave accent ...
... principles in human nature reign ; Self - love to urge , and reason to restrain ; Nor this a good , nor that a bad we call ; Each works its end , to move or govern all . 13. See the sole bliss Heaven could on all bestow , Which who but ...
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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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