Analytical Fifth-[sixth] Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on the General Principles of Elocution [etc.]G. & C.W. Sherwood, 1867 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 13
... loyal to well - spoken English . Nor is it to those alone whose enunciation or pronun- ciation is excessively bad , that this drill is of use . To the thousands who speak and read with passable accuracy , the A Political Pause,
... loyal to well - spoken English . Nor is it to those alone whose enunciation or pronun- ciation is excessively bad , that this drill is of use . To the thousands who speak and read with passable accuracy , the A Political Pause,
Page 14
... speak and read with passable accuracy , the study and drill upon vocal elements is not less useful . These are often ready to seize upon the leading principles , as well as the grosser facts , pertaining to the science of Orthoëpy , and ...
... speak and read with passable accuracy , the study and drill upon vocal elements is not less useful . These are often ready to seize upon the leading principles , as well as the grosser facts , pertaining to the science of Orthoëpy , and ...
Page 24
... speak the rest of the word as before . Now sound only the vowel . Practice with good in the same manner . We will name this vowel , whether represented by u as in full , pulpit , or by oo as in book , good , " short double o , " but ...
... speak the rest of the word as before . Now sound only the vowel . Practice with good in the same manner . We will name this vowel , whether represented by u as in full , pulpit , or by oo as in book , good , " short double o , " but ...
Page 27
... Speak ah explosively , as in Hannah , and with the falling slide , before each of the following words , and give the same sound to the a within the word : ah , task ; ah , fast ; ah , grass ; ah , last ; ah , aghast [ the same sound ...
... Speak ah explosively , as in Hannah , and with the falling slide , before each of the following words , and give the same sound to the a within the word : ah , task ; ah , fast ; ah , grass ; ah , last ; ah , aghast [ the same sound ...
Page 29
... speak the word plank . Is there a difference in sound between the word fin and the first syllable of finger ? What is the second syl- lable of finger ? of singer ? Is the sound n composed of the sounds n and g ? Show what is the fact in ...
... speak the word plank . Is there a difference in sound between the word fin and the first syllable of finger ? What is the second syl- lable of finger ? of singer ? Is the sound n composed of the sounds n and g ? Show what is the fact in ...
Contents
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
48 | |
49 | |
50 | |
51 | |
52 | |
53 | |
54 | |
55 | |
56 | |
57 | |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | |
61 | |
62 | |
63 | |
64 | |
65 | |
66 | |
67 | |
68 | |
69 | |
70 | |
71 | |
72 | |
73 | |
74 | |
75 | |
76 | |
77 | |
78 | |
97 | |
101 | |
105 | |
107 | |
114 | |
122 | |
132 | |
139 | |
145 | |
146 | |
155 | |
157 | |
158 | |
162 | |
164 | |
181 | |
182 | |
183 | |
186 | |
187 | |
190 | |
192 | |
194 | |
196 | |
199 | |
202 | |
204 | |
218 | |
240 | |
262 | |
264 | |
266 | |
267 | |
269 | |
278 | |
284 | |
295 | |
303 | |
312 | |
319 | |
335 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Analyze apple-tree arms beautiful beneath breath called character circumflex cloud cold consonant Cricket DANIEL DEFOE dark dead diphthong earth element etymology and meaning eyes face feel fire Fire-worshiper flowers force Freedom calls Give the etymology glory hand Hast thou hath head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre Hubert inflection Ismenus J. G. HOLLAND kettle king land LESSON light Lily bells lips living look Lord Lord Byron meant mind morning never night non-sonant o'er passed pauses Phonic poor Pronounce replied Represent require round Scrooge side silent sleep snow sonant soul sound speak stand Stanza stood sweet syllable T. B. ALDRICH tears tegument tell thee thing thought tion tones tree utterance voice vowel Weller wind words young
Popular passages
Page 209 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 217 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set — but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Page 60 - In all his armour drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume Upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, And a tear was in his eye ; He looked upon the traitors, And his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, As rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Page 283 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.
Page 52 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 236 - Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street, Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers, Marching down to their boats on the shore.
Page 236 - Good night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.
Page 59 - Oh ! how our hearts were beating, when at the dawn of day, We saw the army of the League drawn out in long array; With all its priest-led citizens, and all its rebel peers, And Appenzel's stout infantry, and Egmont's Flemish spears. There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land!
Page 85 - The house-dog on his paws outspread Laid to the fire his drowsy head, The cat's dark silhouette on the wall A couchant tiger's seemed to fall; And, for the winter fireside meet, Between the andirons...
Page 238 - It was one by the village clock When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock "When he came to the bridge in Concord town.