The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the English Language; Instructions for Reading Both Prose and Verse, with Numerous Examples for Illustration, and Lessons for Practice |
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... appear as in the two former cases , except that now the breath will escape , and entirely so , through the nose . All the difference , therefore , between these three consonants consists in the entire stoppage of the breath at the lips ...
... appear as in the two former cases , except that now the breath will escape , and entirely so , through the nose . All the difference , therefore , between these three consonants consists in the entire stoppage of the breath at the lips ...
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... appears that we have nineteen simple consonants in our language ; and if we include the aspirate he , we have twenty . If the nine vowels are added , we have then twenty - eight or twenty - nine simple sounds in all . For the ...
... appears that we have nineteen simple consonants in our language ; and if we include the aspirate he , we have twenty . If the nine vowels are added , we have then twenty - eight or twenty - nine simple sounds in all . For the ...
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... appear most readily by placing this compound between two vowels , or in the middle of a word . Take the word teach , and add the syllable er , so as to make teacher ; spell the latter word with ty instead of ch , the other letters ...
... appear most readily by placing this compound between two vowels , or in the middle of a word . Take the word teach , and add the syllable er , so as to make teacher ; spell the latter word with ty instead of ch , the other letters ...
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... appear awkward . Let the novelty of it , however , wear off , and let him become familjar with it by practice , this awkwardness would disappear . Surely , if we have been so accustomed to the use of ch to denote the sound which we hear ...
... appear awkward . Let the novelty of it , however , wear off , and let him become familjar with it by practice , this awkwardness would disappear . Surely , if we have been so accustomed to the use of ch to denote the sound which we hear ...
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... appears affected , and it is anomalous . We might as well call I , e , and thy , the . When a consonant follows a long vowel , or another conso- nant , it is often carelessly enunciated ; that is , the organs are too feebly or ...
... appears affected , and it is anomalous . We might as well call I , e , and thy , the . When a consonant follows a long vowel , or another conso- nant , it is often carelessly enunciated ; that is , the organs are too feebly or ...
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