[All "atonics," from their utter want of vocality, need great force and precision in their articulation.]

3. C, hard, and K, as in C-a-ke; and Q, as in Q-ueen.

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5. S, (sharp,) and C, soft, as in C-ea-se.

See Sauce Mass Source

6. H, as in H-e.

Ceaseless

The common faults in the enunciation of syllables, consist in a slack, obscure articulation of the single elements of which they are

composed, and, in addition, the fault of negligently allowing a vowel sound to intervene between the consonants; thus, "balā," for blā. True taste will never allow a slovenly style of articulation, but will always maintain a neat, clear, and exact sound of every element, in whatever combination it may occur.

Bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, spl.

Blame, bleed, blow, blest. Claim, clean, clime, close, clot. Flame, flee, fly, flit. Glare, gleam, glide, gloss. Place, plea, ply, please. Slay, sleep, slide, slew. Spleen, splice, splay. Br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, spr, tr, str, shr.

[The following words need attention to a clear, distinct enunciation of the hard r,-free, however, from prolongation and roll.]

Brave, bread, brink. Crave, creep, cried, crust. Drain, dream, dry, drop. Frame, free, fro, freeze. Grain, green, grind, ground. Pray, preach, pry, proud. Spray, spring, sprung, sprang. Trace, tree, try, trust, track, tread, trip, true. Stray, street, strife, strength. Shrine, shroud, shrub, shriek. Sm, sn, sp, st.

Small, smite, smote.

speed, spike, spear.

Snare, sneer, snow, snug. Space, Stay, steer, stile, stop.

2. Final Syllables.

Ld, lf, lk, lm, lp, ls, lt, lve.

Bold, hailed, tolled. Elf, wolf, gulf, sylph. Milk, silk, bulk, hulk. Elm, helm, whelm, film. Help, gulp, Alp, scalp. Falls, tells, toils. Fault, melt, bolt, hilt. Elve, delve, revolve.

M'd, ms, nd, ns, nk, nce, nt.

Maim'd, claim'd, climb'd, gloom'd. Gleams, streams, climes, stems. And, band, hand, land, lined, moaned. Gains, dens, gleans, suns. Bank, dank, drink, link. Dance, glance,

hence, ounce. Ant, want, gaunt, point.

Rb, rd, rk, rm, rn, rse, rs (rz,) rt, rve, rb'd, rk'd, rm'd, rnd,

rst, rv'd.

Barb, orb, herb, curb, barb'd, orb'd, curb'd, disturb'd. Hard,

herd, hir'd, board, lord, gourd, bar'd, barr'd. Hark, lark, jerk, stork, work, mark'd, jerk'd, work'd. Arm, harm, farm, alarm, arm'd, harm'd, alarm'd. Earn, learn, scorn, thorn, burn, turn, worn, shorn, earn'd, scorn'd, burn'd, turn'd. Hearse, verse, foros, horse, dar'st, burst, first, worst, hears'd, vers'd, forc'd, hors d. Bars, bears, hears, wears, pairs, tares, snares, repairs. Mart, dart, start, hurt, pert, girt. Carve, curve, serve, starve, carv'd, curv'd, serv'd, starv’d.

Sm, s'n, sp, st, ss'd, ks, ct, k'd, ft, f'd, pt, p'd, p'n, k'n, d'n, v'n, t'n.

Chasm, schism, prism, criticism, witticism, patriotism. 'Reas'n, seas'n, ris'n, chos'n. Asp, clasp, grasp, wasp, lisp, crisp. Vast, mast, lest, dost, must, lost, mist; pass'd, bless'd, gloss'd, miss'd. Makes, quakes, likes, looks, streaks, rocks, crooks. Act, fact, respect, reject; wak'd, lik'd, look'd, rock'd. Waft, oft, left, sift, quaff'd, scoff'd, laugh'd. Apt, wept, crept; sipp'd, supp'd, slop'd, pip'd, popp'd. Op'n, rip'n, weap'n, happ'n. Tak'n, wak'n, weak'n, tok'n, drunk'n. Sadd'n, gladd'n, lad'n, burd'n, hard'n, gard'n. Grav'n, heav'n, riv'n, ov'n, ev'n, giv'n, wov'n. Bright'n, tight'n, whit'n.

Lst, mst, nst, rst, dst, rdst, rmdst, rndst.

Call'st, heal'st, till'st, fill'st, roll'st, pull'st. Arm'st, charm'st, form'st, harm'st. Can'st, runn'st, gain'st, against, (agenst.) Durst, worst, erst, first, bar'st, barr'st, hir'st. Midst, call'dst, fill'dst, roll'dst. Heard'st, guard'st, reward'st, discard'st. Arm'dst, harm'dst, form'dst, charm'dst. Learn'dst, scorn'dst, burn'dst, turn'dst.

Ble, ple, dle, rl, bl'd, dl'd, pl'd, rld.

Able, feeble, bible, double; troubl'd, babbl'd, bubbl'd, doubl'd. Ample, steeple, triple, topple; tripl'd, toppl'd, dappl'd, crippl'd. Cradle, saddle, idle, bridle; cradl'd, saddl'd, idl'd, swaddl'd. Marl, hurl, whirl; world, hurl'd, whirl'd, furl'd.

10 and E should never be heard, in these and similar words, unless in singing, and then only when a verse demands the syllable as a requisite to me

Ngs, ngst, ng’d, ngdst.

Rings, wrongs, hangs, songs; hang'st, sing'st, wrong'st, bring'st; wrong'd, hang'd, clang'd; wrong'dst, throng'dst.

V. Exercise in transition from one class of Elements to another.

The design of this exercise is to impress vividly on the mind the distinctive quality of each species of sound, and the effect of each on the organic action. - The columns are to be read across the page.

"Tonics."

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A-m

A-n

m

E-ve

Oo-ze

E-rr

E-nd

I-n

V-al-ve

Z-one

A-z-ure
TH-en

J-ud-ge

F-i-fe
C-ea-se

Pu-sh

Th-in

Ch-ur-ch

VI. Exercise in transition from one class of Organic Actions

Hail! heavenly harmony.

Up the high hill he heaved a huge round stone.

Heaven's first star alike ye see.

Let it wave proudly o'er the good and brave.

The supply lasts still.

And gleaming and streaming and steaming and beaming, And rushing and flushing and brushing and gushing, And flapping and rapping and clapping and slapping, And curling and whirling and purling and twirling, Retreating and beating and meeting and sheeting, Delaying and straying and playing and spraying, Advancing and glancing and prancing and dancing,

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