Mark,MFD32 wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 5:26 pm Section 30 is ready.
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-mark-
Again, PLOK
Wayne
Mark,MFD32 wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 5:26 pm Section 30 is ready.
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-mark-
wib66 wrote: ↑April 17th, 2021, 11:42 am Here are sections 87, 88, 93, 94
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Michele,
All in all a pretty good reading, but there are a few things which I think would help the reading:
1:25 There is about a two second 'pause' here between sentences in the same paragraph. If you could shorten it quite a bit to maybe half a second or a little more, I think it would flow better.
1:48 assuming and exercising a power I heard the. If I am wrong, of course, ignore this suggestion.
2:18 I think that here is a situation where using the words “quote” and “end quote” would be helpful in understanding the meaning as the phrases flow together so smoothly. ."have, and of right ought to have full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity, to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatever,"
7:41.5 that the King has a constitutional prerogative, You said and
8:58.5 as if they had been abiding and born within the realm I think heard have. I may very well be wrong.
9:48.5 and the same to abrogate, &c. without any reservation for securing their subjection to Parliament, Between the &c. and 'without' there is a long pause that really kind of looses the sense of the sentence. The “.” after the &c is not the end of the sentence, so to keep the meaning, “without” should come immediately after the “&c.” with no pause.
13:24 Here is another gap that could be shortened with good effect to keep the thought of the sentence flowing.
14:18 "America was not annexed to the realm, and it was not fitting that Parliament should make laws for those countries." I think this is another quotation that should be noted so that it shows that what was said was a direct quotation of James I , to pound home the fact he is making, and not merely a summary or paraphrase by Adams.
15:12.5 Here again is a pause which really disrupts the flow of the thought. It just hit me what may be the problem. What I have found in many of these 16th and 17th and even 18th century writings is that they insert both commas and periods where we would not do it. Like after “Charles II.” in this situation. So, when we, as 21st century readers see a period, we stop, pause and then start another sentence with the natural 'inflection' we use when we start a new sentence. In a lot of my readings, I pause at a comma, and then notice that, when I read the rest of the sentence, the pause makes no sense, so I have to go back (at that time, for me) and reread the sentence without the 'comma pause'. Just a thought.
15:32.5 "enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by, and with the consent of the General Assembly of Virginia." Another one that would probably benefit from being in “quotes”.
I hope you don't feel that I am getting to persnickity, but I try to do my best.
Wayne
WOW!! That is such a powerful letter. It sets out all the grievances so logically and clearly. This was my area of emphasis in College (US history 1768-1789), but somehow I never came across this communication. There certainly was more to it than "Taxation without representation".wib66 wrote: ↑April 17th, 2021, 11:42 am Here are sections 87, 88, 93, 94
https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/samueladamsv2_88_adams_128kb.mp3
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I completely understand the excitement of joining the LV community and the desire to jump right in. Before recording for a project please submit a one minute test (you may even use one of the sections you linked here. It needs to be posted in the Listeners Wanted forum. You will find instruction on the first page of this project with a link for Newbies.ashmitha wrote: ↑April 18th, 2021, 11:33 am https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/To_the_Governor_of_Massachusetts-_Feb_12,_1773_section89.mp3
https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/To_John_Adams-_Feb_22,_1773_section92.mp3
I've recorded sections 89 and 92
Great work on 87 and 88. Both are now PLOK
I'm sorry Mark. I didn't see your original claim. Section 75 updated. Thank you!
Thank you! You are in for spot check.
Michele,