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'Pleads he in earnest? look upon his face;

His eyes do drop no tears, his prayers are in jest ;
His words come from his mouth, ours from our breast:
He prays but faintly and would be denied ;

We pray with heart and soul and all beside.'

King Richard II. v. 3.

And if this natural precept be overlooked, the student must not expect to gain much from his so-called study of elocution. In all, he will do well to remember the words of Mr. Rice: 'There is a wide difference between Artifice and Art; between the knack of exhibiting a false image, and the power of imitating the real one of Nature.'

'Ars est celare artem.' Seen through, art is execrable. Its perfection is attained only when no traces of the artist are visible. The speaker, therefore, who wishes to be 'natural' must, in 'holding the mirror up to Nature,' so adjust it that it shall, while reflecting a truthful image of her, remain itself unseen.

APPENDIX.

No. I.

LISTS FOR PRACTICE ON VOWEL SOUNDS.

1. Representatives of A as heard in a-le :—

a. ale, age, able, basis, angel, champagne.

ai.

ao.

au.

ay.

aid, fail, frail, daily, complain, arraign.

gaol.

gauge.

say, day, may, pay, ray, slay.

aye. aye (= for ever).

ea.

break, great, steak.

ei. veil, vein, skein, feign, reign, eight.

eigh. weigh, neigh.

ey. they, grey, prey, obey, survey.

2. Representatives of A as heard in a-h :

a. art, bar, balm, calm, father.

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3. Representatives of A as heard in a-ll :—

a.

all, ball, call, small, thraldom, altogether, war, water,

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4. Representatives of A as heard in a-t :—

a. at, add, bad, rat, sat, tarry, accident.
ai.

plaid.

5. Representatives of AI as heard in ai-r :-

a. rare, bare, care, various.

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aye. prayer (distinguished from 'pray-er,' one who prays).

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6. Representatives of EE as heard in ee-1:—

ee. eel, peel, cheese, seen, queen.

e'e. e'en.

e.

ea.

evil, edict, enough, erect, secure, cathedral, me, she, piety, deity.

easy, leaf, lease, sheaf, beat, league, sea.

ceiling, perceive.

ei.

eo.

people.

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7. Representatives of E as heard in e-nd :—

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e.

ea.

end, lend, met, bell, dell, sell, level, never, very, peril, terrible.

bread, head, heavy, spread, wealth.

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8. Representatives of E as heard in e-rr:

err, her, fern, prefer, member.

earn, earnest.

dungeon, sturgeon.

briar, cellar, grammar, vulgar.
elixir, dirt, firm, sir, stir.

e.

ea.

eo.

a.

i.

io.

action, nation, potion.

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9. Representatives of I as heard in i-sle :—

i.

ie.

idle, ice, idea, biography, kind, mind, rind, wild, oblige,

viper.

die, lie, pie, tie, vie.

igh. high, nigh, sigh, thigh.

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10. Representatives of I as heard in i-t:

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it, ill, bit, critic, spirit, vineyard, opposite.

i.

ia.

marriage, carriage.

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11. Representatives of O as heard in o-ld :

0.

au.

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old, go, no, roll, stroll, odious, odour, oval, over, prorogue, procure, motto, obey.

hautboy.

eau. beau.

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12. Representatives of OO as heard in oo-ze:

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