McGuffey's First-[sixth] Eclectic Reader, Issue 5American Book Company, 1920 - Primers, American |
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... Rising • 66. Control your Temper 67. William Tell 68. William Tell 69. The Crazy Engineer 70. The Heritage 71. No Excellence without Labor 72. The Old House Clock 73. The Examination . 74. The Isle of Long Ago 75. The Boston Massacre 76 ...
... Rising • 66. Control your Temper 67. William Tell 68. William Tell 69. The Crazy Engineer 70. The Heritage 71. No Excellence without Labor 72. The Old House Clock 73. The Examination . 74. The Isle of Long Ago 75. The Boston Massacre 76 ...
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... rising inflection and the falling inflection . The Rising Inflection is that in which the voice slides upward , and is marked thus ( ' ) ; as , Did you walk ' ? Did you walk . The Falling Inflection is that in which the voice slides ...
... rising inflection and the falling inflection . The Rising Inflection is that in which the voice slides upward , and is marked thus ( ' ) ; as , Did you walk ' ? Did you walk . The Falling Inflection is that in which the voice slides ...
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... rising inflection : EXAMPLES . He is well , not sick ' . I said value ' , not valor ' . I said statue ' , not statute ' . He acted properly , not improperly ' . - FALLING INFLECTIONS . RULE VI . The falling inflection is generally ...
... rising inflection : EXAMPLES . He is well , not sick ' . I said value ' , not valor ' . I said statue ' , not statute ' . He acted properly , not improperly ' . - FALLING INFLECTIONS . RULE VI . The falling inflection is generally ...
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... rising inflec- tion . ( See Rule XI , and § 2 , Note . ) EXAMPLES . No one desires to be thought a fool ' . come to ... rising inflection . Sometimes , also , emphasis alone seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding word ...
... rising inflec- tion . ( See Rule XI , and § 2 , Note . ) EXAMPLES . No one desires to be thought a fool ' . come to ... rising inflection . Sometimes , also , emphasis alone seems to require the rising inflection on the concluding word ...
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... rising inflection when not emphatic . EXAMPLES OF COMMENCING SERIES . Wine ' , beauty ' , music ' , pomp ' , are poor expedients to heave off the load of an hour from the heir of eternity ' . I conjure you by that which you profess ...
... rising inflection when not emphatic . EXAMPLES OF COMMENCING SERIES . Wine ' , beauty ' , music ' , pomp ' , are poor expedients to heave off the load of an hour from the heir of eternity ' . I conjure you by that which you profess ...
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