The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... accent ; in the third , by quantity . Wherever Emphasis rests it combines itself with the eminent ac- cent of the word , commonly adding to its force , often altering its tone , never removing it from its place , and only sometimes ...
... accent ; in the third , by quantity . Wherever Emphasis rests it combines itself with the eminent ac- cent of the word , commonly adding to its force , often altering its tone , never removing it from its place , and only sometimes ...
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... accent . Monosyllables ob- viously can neither require nor admit distinction of accent within them- selves . They receive , therefore , according to their greater or less oc- casional importancę among other words , precisely such ...
... accent . Monosyllables ob- viously can neither require nor admit distinction of accent within them- selves . They receive , therefore , according to their greater or less oc- casional importancę among other words , precisely such ...
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... accented the word prophets , as if the prophets had been persons in no respect worthy of belief . A correct reader would place the emphasis upon slow of heart . In the following words of our Saviour , the meaning may be placed in a va ...
... accented the word prophets , as if the prophets had been persons in no respect worthy of belief . A correct reader would place the emphasis upon slow of heart . In the following words of our Saviour , the meaning may be placed in a va ...
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... accented syllable , but by change of note suited to the matter which constitutes the essence of emphasis . If ... accent : for there are few people , who speak English with these , who have not the most accu- rate use of emphasis ...
... accented syllable , but by change of note suited to the matter which constitutes the essence of emphasis . If ... accent : for there are few people , who speak English with these , who have not the most accu- rate use of emphasis ...
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... accent , as in the following and similar instances : “ He must increase , but I must decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this species of composition plausibility is much more essential than ...
... accent , as in the following and similar instances : “ He must increase , but I must decrease . " " There is a difference between giving and forgiving . " " In this species of composition plausibility is much more essential than ...
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