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... Rising 177. Gossip 178. The Champion Snorer 179. The Deacon's Story 180. The Guileless Witness 181. The Bore 182. John Jankin's Sermon . AUTHOR . PAGE . 415 Saxe . 417 418 • 420 Emerson . 422 • 425 Saxe . 427 183. To Make Mischief 184 ...
... Rising 177. Gossip 178. The Champion Snorer 179. The Deacon's Story 180. The Guileless Witness 181. The Bore 182. John Jankin's Sermon . AUTHOR . PAGE . 415 Saxe . 417 418 • 420 Emerson . 422 • 425 Saxe . 427 183. To Make Mischief 184 ...
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... rising and the falling inflections , and still more important to be able to give them with ease and accuracy , from the short slide , which indicates the absence of feeling or inter- est , to the slide , either upward or downward , that ...
... rising and the falling inflections , and still more important to be able to give them with ease and accuracy , from the short slide , which indicates the absence of feeling or inter- est , to the slide , either upward or downward , that ...
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... rising inflection either denotes a direct question , negation , or emotion , or qualified or conditional affirmation . The tones of pathos and of grief usually have the rising slide . EXERCISES IN FALLING SLIDE . When the question ...
... rising inflection either denotes a direct question , negation , or emotion , or qualified or conditional affirmation . The tones of pathos and of grief usually have the rising slide . EXERCISES IN FALLING SLIDE . When the question ...
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... rising slide before it and the falling after it . EXAMPLES . 1. Will you study French or German ? 2. Which did he most resemble , his father or his mother ? 3. Shall I come with a rod or in love ? 4. Did he say he would or that he would ...
... rising slide before it and the falling after it . EXAMPLES . 1. Will you study French or German ? 2. Which did he most resemble , his father or his mother ? 3. Shall I come with a rod or in love ? 4. Did he say he would or that he would ...
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... rising or the falling inflection , without any artificial tone , at least twice as long as it would be proper to dwell upon the word in quiet con- versation . Sometimes practice increasing the quantity in subdued , plaintive , and ...
... rising or the falling inflection , without any artificial tone , at least twice as long as it would be proper to dwell upon the word in quiet con- versation . Sometimes practice increasing the quantity in subdued , plaintive , and ...
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Page 92 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil...
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