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The Bad English of Lindley Murray and Other Writers on the English Language ... - Page 41
by George Washington Moon - 1869 - 249 pages
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...construction ; and it is only as a secondary object, that they regulate his pronunciation. • • To render pauses pleasing and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 2

Hugh Blair - English language - 1807 - 402 pages
...the pauses, which is extremely disagreeable -t for we are to observe, that to render pauses graceful and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with/a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more...
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English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, with an ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...grammatical construction ; and it is only as a secondary object, that they regulate his pronunciation. To render pauses pleasing and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied -with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - English language - 1811 - 464 pages
...the pauses, which is extremely disagreeable: for we are to observe, that to render .pauses graceful and expressive, they must not only be made in the...but also be accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them, which can...
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The Arts and Sciences Abridged: With a Selection of Pieces, from Celebrated ...

Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
...their correspondent times occasionally lengthened beyond what is usual in comrnoc speech." To rendar pauses pleasing. and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these. pauses •• is intimated ;...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...sense ; and their correspondent times occasionally lengthened beyond what is usual in common speech." i To render pauses pleasing and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these paus' is intimated ; much more...
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Elements of English Grammar: With a Postscript, Analysis, and an Appendix

Jonathan Morgan - English language - 1814 - 298 pages
...grammatical construction ; and it is only a secondary object, that they. regulate the punctuation. 5. To render pauses pleasing and expressive, they must not only be made in the right places, and of a proper leagth, but must also be accompanied with proper tones, or modulations of the...
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Elegant extracts, Volume 55

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...the pauses, which is extren.ely disagreeable : for we are to observe, that to render pauses graceful and expressive, they must not only be made in the...but also be accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more than by the length of them, which can...
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An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the ..., Volume 1

Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...a secondary object, that they regulate his pronunciation. To render pauses pleasing and expressirp, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated ; much more...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...sense ; and their correspondent times occasionally lengthened beyond what is usual in common speech." To render pauses pleasing and expressive, they must not only be made in the right place, but also accompanied with a proper tone of voice, by which the nature of these pauses is intimated , much more...
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