The Juvenile Mentor, Or Select Readings: Being American School Class Book No. 3, Containing Progressive Lessons in Orthoepy, Reading and Speaking ... |
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... accent and quantity depend so much on their terminations , such an arrangement appears to give a more definite and compre- hensive idea of their pronunciation than it is possible to give by the common clas- sification . This end was so ...
... accent and quantity depend so much on their terminations , such an arrangement appears to give a more definite and compre- hensive idea of their pronunciation than it is possible to give by the common clas- sification . This end was so ...
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... accent ; and such as require the falling inflection , with the grave ( ` ) accent . Emphatical words may be marked by drawing a straight line over them ; and when a rhetorical pause is admissible , a mark such as a comma may be inserted ...
... accent ; and such as require the falling inflection , with the grave ( ` ) accent . Emphatical words may be marked by drawing a straight line over them ; and when a rhetorical pause is admissible , a mark such as a comma may be inserted ...
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... accent on the same syllable as the verbs from which they are de- rived ; thus the verb to in'terest , has the accent on the first syllable ; the participles in'te- resting , in'terested , derived from it , have the accent on the same ...
... accent on the same syllable as the verbs from which they are de- rived ; thus the verb to in'terest , has the accent on the first syllable ; the participles in'te- resting , in'terested , derived from it , have the accent on the same ...
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... accent on the first . 24. stle , s . sl , in cas'tle , fore'castle , nes'tle , tres'tle , wrestle , this'tle , whis'tle epis'tle , bris'tle , gris'tle , jos'tle , thros'tle , bus'tle , jus'tle , nus'tle , rus'tle . ( stles sıl in pestle ) ...
... accent on the first . 24. stle , s . sl , in cas'tle , fore'castle , nes'tle , tres'tle , wrestle , this'tle , whis'tle epis'tle , bris'tle , gris'tle , jos'tle , thros'tle , bus'tle , jus'tle , nus'tle , rus'tle . ( stles sıl in pestle ) ...
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... impossible to point out the particular accented letter , yet by means of the mark , the syliable , or sound , on which the accent rests , will not readily be mistaken . B ram'deer , mountaineer , engineer , dominéer , mutineer ,
... impossible to point out the particular accented letter , yet by means of the mark , the syliable , or sound , on which the accent rests , will not readily be mistaken . B ram'deer , mountaineer , engineer , dominéer , mutineer ,
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accent affection Amelia appear arms Articles of Confederation Balance of Happiness beauty behold bill of attainder bird blessing brother child conduct Congress assembled constitution Daniel Carroll death duty earth errour Euphronius eyes father favour fear fortune Francis Lightfoot Lee Freeport garden give glory gratitude habits hand Hannah Hannah Lee happiness heard heart heaven honour human Ibraim inflection instruction labour Lamprocles land letters of marque liberty little boy little girl live look mankind manner Mazzarino Mendez mind morning mother Mount Vesuvius nation nature never night orthoepy parents passed pause peace person pity pleasure poor Powhatan president punishment Pythias Senate slave Socrates soon sorrow suffer superiour syllable tears tenderness thee ther thing thou thought tion tree United unto verse virtue voice wish words young youth
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Page 2 - Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.