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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... Rules are printed in Italics : these , it is understood , will be either atten- tively studied , or committed to memory by the pupil , according to cir- cumstances . A single rule may be given out each day as an exercise ; the examples ...
... Rule . 1` , 2 ' . * — Dependence` and obe- dience ' belong to youth . - 3 MEMBERS . RULE . 1` , 2` , 3 ' .- The young ' , the healthy , and the prosperous ' , should not presume on their advantages . ‡ 4 MEMBERS . - RULE . 1 ' , 2` , 3 ...
... RULE . 1 ' , 2. - The spirit of true reli gion breathes gentleness ' and affability` . 3 MEMBERS . - RULE . 1 ' , 2 ' , 3` . - Industry is the law of our being ; it is the demand of nature ' , of reason ' , and of God ' . * 4 MEMBERS . - ...
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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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