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... wood would could . SOUNDS OF DIPHTHONGS .. Oi and Oy as in Oil and Boy . The common errors in this sound arise from a want of attention to the true sound of the initial letter of the diphthong , which is the o of nor , and not that of ...
... wood would could . SOUNDS OF DIPHTHONGS .. Oi and Oy as in Oil and Boy . The common errors in this sound arise from a want of attention to the true sound of the initial letter of the diphthong , which is the o of nor , and not that of ...
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... wood . Then the trees will make us a good shade . The sun is so hot , that I feel quite tired and faint . 10. When we get to the spring by the wall , we will stop and drink some cold water . The water of that spring is very cold ; and ...
... wood . Then the trees will make us a good shade . The sun is so hot , that I feel quite tired and faint . 10. When we get to the spring by the wall , we will stop and drink some cold water . The water of that spring is very cold ; and ...
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... wood drink we time shade some are times re - turn sweet pret - ty pret - ty sweet - er pret - ti - er a - fraid sweet - est pret - ti - est wa - ter some - times ma - king ver - y faint - ing com - ing LESSON XVIII . MR . WOOD AND ...
... wood drink we time shade some are times re - turn sweet pret - ty pret - ty sweet - er pret - ti - er a - fraid sweet - est pret - ti - est wa - ter some - times ma - king ver - y faint - ing com - ing LESSON XVIII . MR . WOOD AND ...
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... Wood 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 ...
... Wood 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 ...
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... ter scarce poor ver - y scar - cer . poor - er be - cause scar - cest poor - est gar - den Do not say scurce for scarce , nor gardin or garding for garden , nor cant for cannot . LESSON XIX . MR . WOOD AND CHARLES BELL 1. THE GOOD BOY . 67.
... ter scarce poor ver - y scar - cer . poor - er be - cause scar - cest poor - est gar - den Do not say scurce for scarce , nor gardin or garding for garden , nor cant for cannot . LESSON XIX . MR . WOOD AND CHARLES BELL 1. THE GOOD BOY . 67.
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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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