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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... sound from the throat should be thrown , as my as possible , directly upward against the rocf of the mouth . These elements should open with an abrupt and explosive force , and then diminish gradually and equably to the end . In ...
... sound from the throat should be thrown , as my as possible , directly upward against the rocf of the mouth . These elements should open with an abrupt and explosive force , and then diminish gradually and equably to the end . In ...
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... sound of o to such words is affectation ; to give them the full sound of broad a ( a in all ) , is vulgar . U initial - preceded by R. - U , at the beginning of words , when 66 t , as in tart , toast . th , thank , youth . ch , 66 chase ...
... sound of o to such words is affectation ; to give them the full sound of broad a ( a in all ) , is vulgar . U initial - preceded by R. - U , at the beginning of words , when 66 t , as in tart , toast . th , thank , youth . ch , 66 chase ...
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... sound of sh , in the same syllable , it has always the sound of o in do ; as , Are you sure that shrewd youth was rude ? 5. R MAY BE TRILLED when immediately followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable . When thus situated in ...
... sound of sh , in the same syllable , it has always the sound of o in do ; as , Are you sure that shrewd youth was rude ? 5. R MAY BE TRILLED when immediately followed by a vowel sound in the same syllable . When thus situated in ...
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