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... called the Italian a , from its prevalence in that language . There are two extremes of sound occasionally heard , which must be avoided in the pronunciation of the following words , -that of a too broad , and practice in articulation ...
... called the Italian a , from its prevalence in that language . There are two extremes of sound occasionally heard , which must be avoided in the pronunciation of the following words , -that of a too broad , and practice in articulation ...
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... called sometimes , though not with strict propriety , the German a . The error to be avoided in the following class of sounds , is that of making a to resemble o ; thus , Oll for all . Sometimes this error is so broad and coarse as to ...
... called sometimes , though not with strict propriety , the German a . The error to be avoided in the following class of sounds , is that of making a to resemble o ; thus , Oll for all . Sometimes this error is so broad and coarse as to ...
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... called out " get up , get up , hie away , old Dob- bin . " He cracked his whip , and shook the reins , and the horse galloped away at a great rate . 7. " See how we go , " said William ; " now we shall have a grand ride . " And so they ...
... called out " get up , get up , hie away , old Dob- bin . " He cracked his whip , and shook the reins , and the horse galloped away at a great rate . 7. " See how we go , " said William ; " now we shall have a grand ride . " And so they ...
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... called them good , because he so made them , that they all would do good . You , also , should try to do some good every day , and every hour , so that hour , so that you may be the children of God . 3. He loves all those persons who ...
... called them good , because he so made them , that they all would do good . You , also , should try to do some good every day , and every hour , so that hour , so that you may be the children of God . 3. He loves all those persons who ...
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... called out , " Away , away ; are you not ashamed of yourselves , to be stirring the water , and making it dirty ? " 6. " O , never mind that , " said Alfred : only see how grandly my Boat sails . " ' I cannot help that , " said Polly ...
... called out , " Away , away ; are you not ashamed of yourselves , to be stirring the water , and making it dirty ? " 6. " O , never mind that , " said Alfred : only see how grandly my Boat sails . " ' I cannot help that , " said Polly ...
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a-bout a-ny a-way articulation aunt avoided Berkeley birds brook field cake called catch Charles CHARLES BELL Clara clothes common errors consonant corn cows Cup and Ball David Dick diphthong e-nough Ellen Elocution Emily and Frances English language ev-e-ry father fault fields flax garden give glad grass grow happy heard hill Howard and Francis Hundredth hurt inflection Jane John John Holt John Reed Joseph kind labial lambs LESSON letter LIBRARY little girl live look Lord ma-ny Moon mother never Orthoepy Ostrich oth-er parents Peggy play pretty pronunciation Reading and Spelling Samuel Worcester scholars seeds series of Reading sheep sister SOAP BUBBLES sometimes soon sorry sport spring teacher tell things thought told tree true sound UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ver-y vowel wagon walk Walker's notation warm wicked William wood WORCESTER'S words
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Page 9 - This vowel is not what it would, at first sight, appear to be, — a perfectly simple sound: it consists in reality of two sounds, — that which, in common pronunciation, commences the name of the letter, (a) and that which, in a prolonged utterance, is heard at its close, and which approaches to the name sound of the vowel e. A clear and just articulation of the name sound of a has regard to this complexity of its nature, and closes with a very slight and delicate approach to the sound of e, so...
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Page 74 - ... Spelling (Boston, 1830). It is a letter written by Lucy Turner, a country girl, thirteen years old, to her mother, who was spending a month in Boston at the home of Lucy's aunt, Mrs. White. This letter serves as a dreadful example to all children who, like Lucy, "never take any pains to learn to spell.
Page 9 - The grave accent, or falling inflection, (*) denotes the downward slide of voice, as heard at a period; the acute accent, or rising inflection, (') denotes the upward slide, usually heard at a comma. The application of these inflections, is not necessary to practice in articulation, and, if found embarrassing, may be omitted. The early acquisition of them, however, will save much time in future lessons ; and since the words in these exercises must all be articulated with one inflection or other,...
Page 9 - Avle ace age, aim day bail, dale fail say, pave tape hail, haze may gaze, late maid nay, vail make fame, tail pay lade, jade gay sail, fate faith daily, fade make gate, take mail sale. A, as in Far : Au, as in Launch. Marked as the ' second ' sound of a, in Walker's notation.
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