The British Orator: Comprising Observations on Vocal Gymnastics, Articulation, Melody, Modulation, Force, Time, and Gesture : Together with a Copious Selection of Extracts in Poetry and Prose, for Exercise in Reading and Declamation |
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... alphabet , every elementary sound would be represented by its appropriate character . The elements , as well as the letters by which they are represented , are usually divided into two classes , Vowels and Consonants THE BRITISH ORATOR .
... alphabet , every elementary sound would be represented by its appropriate character . The elements , as well as the letters by which they are represented , are usually divided into two classes , Vowels and Consonants THE BRITISH ORATOR .
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... Vowels and Consonants . A more philosophical division , however , is into tinee classes , Vowels , Subvowels , and Aspirates . The vowels are pure vocal sounds ; their number is fifteen . The subvowels have a vocality , but inferior to ...
... Vowels and Consonants . A more philosophical division , however , is into tinee classes , Vowels , Subvowels , and Aspirates . The vowels are pure vocal sounds ; their number is fifteen . The subvowels have a vocality , but inferior to ...
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... VOWELS . THE Vowels are divided into Monothongs , Diphthongs , and Triph- thongs . The Monothongs consist of one kind ... vowel sounds , which coalesce so intimately that they appear like one uniform sound ; they are represented by the ...
... VOWELS . THE Vowels are divided into Monothongs , Diphthongs , and Triph- thongs . The Monothongs consist of one kind ... vowel sounds , which coalesce so intimately that they appear like one uniform sound ; they are represented by the ...
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... vowel sounds which coalesce so intimately that they appear like one uniform sound ; they are represented by the ... vowels before enumerated , they do not increase the number of the elements . During the utterance of a monothong , the ...
... vowel sounds which coalesce so intimately that they appear like one uniform sound ; they are represented by the ... vowels before enumerated , they do not increase the number of the elements . During the utterance of a monothong , the ...
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... vowel ů , at the moment of its removal . G consists of a vocal sound and an aspirate . The first constituent is formed with the root of the tongue pressed against the curtain , or veil of the palate ; the second , by aspirating the vowel ...
... vowel ů , at the moment of its removal . G consists of a vocal sound and an aspirate . The first constituent is formed with the root of the tongue pressed against the curtain , or veil of the palate ; the second , by aspirating the vowel ...
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