Elements of Orthoepy: Containing a Distinct View of the Whole Analogy of the English Language; So Far as it Relates to Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity |
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... irregular . So complete a view of the whole ana- logy of language , fo far as it exifts , and of its want of analogy , fo far as it is yet unremedied , must be the beft fecu- rity that can be provided against cor- rupt or injudicious ...
... irregular . So complete a view of the whole ana- logy of language , fo far as it exifts , and of its want of analogy , fo far as it is yet unremedied , must be the beft fecu- rity that can be provided against cor- rupt or injudicious ...
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... irregular . In what cafes the long , and in what the fhort found must be given to any vowel , will be afcer tained by the rules of Quantity . Of the Letter A. The long found of this vowel , is that found in the words face , make , agé ...
... irregular . In what cafes the long , and in what the fhort found must be given to any vowel , will be afcer tained by the rules of Quantity . Of the Letter A. The long found of this vowel , is that found in the words face , make , agé ...
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... irregular Sounds of I. The 1 , like the other vowels , is not always conftant to its own found : it as- fumes the found of A fhort , in the one word Sirrah . E fhort in girl , rinfe ; and formerly in cistern , miracle , spirit , which ...
... irregular Sounds of I. The 1 , like the other vowels , is not always conftant to its own found : it as- fumes the found of A fhort , in the one word Sirrah . E fhort in girl , rinfe ; and formerly in cistern , miracle , spirit , which ...
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... Irregular Sounds of U. This vowel , like the reft , takes occa- fionally founds which do not properly belong to it . It is pronounced like E short , in bury , burial . I fhort , in bufy , lettuce . o short , in puppet ; perhaps ...
... Irregular Sounds of U. This vowel , like the reft , takes occa- fionally founds which do not properly belong to it . It is pronounced like E short , in bury , burial . I fhort , in bufy , lettuce . o short , in puppet ; perhaps ...
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... irregular in one or two inftances , being pronounced Like AU or A broad , in chew . o long , in few , fewer ( corruptly fpoken hore ) , and in shew and frew , which now generally are , and might more properly al- ways be written , fhow ...
... irregular in one or two inftances , being pronounced Like AU or A broad , in chew . o long , in few , fewer ( corruptly fpoken hore ) , and in shew and frew , which now generally are , and might more properly al- ways be written , fhow ...
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