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... Took , & c . 6 The third ' sound of u , in Walker's notation . An error sometimes heard in this sound is that of obscuring it by hastening over it , and dwelling too much on the consonant which follows it . This error cannot be exactly ...
... Took , & c . 6 The third ' sound of u , in Walker's notation . An error sometimes heard in this sound is that of obscuring it by hastening over it , and dwelling too much on the consonant which follows it . This error cannot be exactly ...
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Samuel Worcester. cup toy shall sit ball shop next sat one choose when tree took chose went bird bought most home birds puss leave mouse when catch left might who join creep share sport crept off praise them string laugh whole spoil sum ...
Samuel Worcester. cup toy shall sit ball shop next sat one choose when tree took chose went bird bought most home birds puss leave mouse when catch left might who join creep share sport crept off praise them string laugh whole spoil sum ...
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... took a walk to the end of the town , he saw Charles Bell , who lives with his aunt Jane , hard at work in his aunt's garden . 2. " I think you are warm , Charles , " said Mr. Wood . 3. When Charles held up his head , and saw who spoke ...
... took a walk to the end of the town , he saw Charles Bell , who lives with his aunt Jane , hard at work in his aunt's garden . 2. " I think you are warm , Charles , " said Mr. Wood . 3. When Charles held up his head , and saw who spoke ...
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... took speak corn thank walk spake scarce spare end spoke bread leave town head dear poor aunt bow work want warm yes else milk held sir seem fire warm dear can - not warm - er dear - er mis - ter warm - est dear - est wa - ter scarce ...
... took speak corn thank walk spake scarce spare end spoke bread leave town head dear poor aunt bow work want warm yes else milk held sir seem fire warm dear can - not warm - er dear - er mis - ter warm - est dear - est wa - ter scarce ...
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... you a dollar . When your aunt can spare you , I will send you to a good school . When you have done work , come to my house , and I will give you some good books . " 4. Charles took off his hat , made a low. 68 WORCESTER'S SECOND BOOK .
... you a dollar . When your aunt can spare you , I will send you to a good school . When you have done work , come to my house , and I will give you some good books . " 4. Charles took off his hat , made a low. 68 WORCESTER'S SECOND BOOK .
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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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