The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in Reading and Declamation, with Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes. Adapted to the Use of Students in English and American Literature |
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... the mode and range of thought of the writer , it will be seen that a large proportion of this col- lection is composed of pieces to be found in no similar work . 449042 Much care and labor have been devoted to the orthoëpical 423,6.
... the mode and range of thought of the writer , it will be seen that a large proportion of this col- lection is composed of pieces to be found in no similar work . 449042 Much care and labor have been devoted to the orthoëpical 423,6.
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... thought , feeling , or passion , with due significance or force . Its general divisions are EMPHASIS , SLUR , INFLECTION , MOD- ULATION , MONOTONE , PERSONATION , and PAUSES . Orthoëpy is the mechanical part of Elocution , consisting in ...
... thought , feeling , or passion , with due significance or force . Its general divisions are EMPHASIS , SLUR , INFLECTION , MOD- ULATION , MONOTONE , PERSONATION , and PAUSES . Orthoëpy is the mechanical part of Elocution , consisting in ...
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... 2. The great end of society is to give free scope to the exer tions of all . 3. The idea of right can never be effaced from the human 8. At each complete termination of thought , before the mind . 44 NATIONAL FIFTH READER .
... 2. The great end of society is to give free scope to the exer tions of all . 3. The idea of right can never be effaced from the human 8. At each complete termination of thought , before the mind . 44 NATIONAL FIFTH READER .
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... thought , before the close of a sentence , the falling inflection is usually required ; though , when several pauses occur , the last but one generally has the rising inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. Every human being has the idea of duty ...
... thought , before the close of a sentence , the falling inflection is usually required ; though , when several pauses occur , the last but one generally has the rising inflection . EXAMPLES . 1. Every human being has the idea of duty ...
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... thought and moderate emotion ; as , 1. The morning itself , few people , inhabitants of cities , know any thing about . Among all our good people , not one in a thousand sees the sun rise once in a year . They know nothing of the ...
... thought and moderate emotion ; as , 1. The morning itself , few people , inhabitants of cities , know any thing about . Among all our good people , not one in a thousand sees the sun rise once in a year . They know nothing of the ...
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beauty beneath Biographical Sketch birds blood born bosom breath bright Cæsar caliph called celebrated CHARLES MACKAY charm clouds cold dark death deep died earth EDWARD GIBBON England English English language fall fame father feel flowers fōrth gaze glow grace grave hand hath heard heart heaven honor hope inflection Lady land light living look Lord mind mountain N. P. WILLIS native nature never night o'er passed pause Peter Stuyvesant poems poet poetry published Rhine rising rose round scene silent sleep smile solemn song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stars style sublime SUBTONICS sweet syllable tears thee thing THOMAS DE QUINCEY THOMAS HOOD thou art thought tion trees truth University of Glasgow utterance verse věry virtue voice WASHINGTON IRVING weary wild wind words writer Yět