The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution ...: With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes: Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature, Book 5A.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 581 pages |
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... marked short ( ă ) , ' though in quality it should be pronounced nearly like a as heard in åsk , gråss ; as , Give ǎ baby sister ǎ smile , ǎ kind word , and ǎ kiss . 3. THE , when not emphatic nor immediately followed by a word that ...
... marked short ( ă ) , ' though in quality it should be pronounced nearly like a as heard in åsk , gråss ; as , Give ǎ baby sister ǎ smile , ǎ kind word , and ǎ kiss . 3. THE , when not emphatic nor immediately followed by a word that ...
Page 54
... marked thus same mark inverted ; as , which the pupil will see is the You must take me for a fool , to think I could do that . 8. The inflections or slides should be used on the ac- cented syllables of important or emphatic words ; as ...
... marked thus same mark inverted ; as , which the pupil will see is the You must take me for a fool , to think I could do that . 8. The inflections or slides should be used on the ac- cented syllables of important or emphatic words ; as ...
Page 307
... marked by dramatic power , and brilliancy of sentiment and expression ; but most of them having been produced rapidly , and without unity , aim , or continuous interest , are now undergoing revision . Mr. Neal's poems have the ...
... marked by dramatic power , and brilliancy of sentiment and expression ; but most of them having been produced rapidly , and without unity , aim , or continuous interest , are now undergoing revision . Mr. Neal's poems have the ...
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