 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...the present and past generations of men. CHAPTER II. CfSrLLABLes, and the RULES for arranging them. A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple or compounded,...syllables ; or of expressing a word by its proper letters. The following are the general rules for the division of words into syllables. 1. A single consonant... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...isa found, either fimple or compounded, pronounced by a fingle impulfe of the voice, and conftituting a word, or part of a word : as, a, an, ant. Spelling is the art of rightly dividing words into their fyllables ; or of expreffing a word by its proper letters. The following are the general rules for... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
.../A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple atcompounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice,/and constituting a word, or part of a word-; as, a, an,...into their syllables ; or of expressing a word by its pro per letters. The following are the general rules for the division of words into syllables. 1. A... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 346 pages
...STLLABLES, and the BVLEsfor arranging them. . A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple or com> pounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting...syllables, or of expressing a word by its proper letters. The following are the general rules for the division of words into syllables. 1. A single consonant... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 352 pages
...the present and .past generations of men. CHAPTER II. Of STLLABLES, and the RVLEsfor arranging than. A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple or compounded,...constituting a word, or part of a word : as, a, an, ant. pass, &c. The only exceptions are, of, if, as, is, has, Was, yes, his, this, us, and thus. RULE II.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...ounce. An improper diphthong has but one of the vowelji Sounded ; as, ea iu eagle, m in boat. STLLABLES. A syllable is a sound either simple or compounded,...of the voice, and constituting a word, or part of a vvo.'d ; as, a, an, ant. Spelling is the art of iightly dividing words into their syllables ; or of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...srLLASLES, and the RULES for arranging them.' ! •' A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple or compoundcd, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word, or part of a word ; as, a, an, aunt. Spelling is the art of rightly dividing words into their syllables, or of expressing a word by... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 322 pages
...present and past generations of men. CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES, AND THE RULES FOR ARRANGING THB$r/voice, and constituting a word, or part of a word : as, a,...syllables, or of expressing a word by its proper letters. The following are the general rules for the division of words into syllables. 1 . A single consonant... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...different sounds, and different letters expressing the same sounds. SYLLABLES. A SYLLABLE it a sound cither simple or compounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word, or a part of a word. Spelling is the art of reading by naming the letters singly, and rightly dividing... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...expressing different sounds, and different letters expressing the same sounds. SYLLABLES. A SYLLABLE it a sound either simple or compounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constitu* ting a word, or a part of a word. Spelling is the art of reading by naming the letters singly,... | |
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A SYLLABLE is a sound, either simple or compounded, pronounced by a single impulse of the voice, and constituting a word, or part of a word: as, a, an, ant. Spelling is the art of rightly dividing words into their syllables ; or of expressing a word by... 
