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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... marked by a careful speaker , and perceived by an accurate ear ; as in advantage , colloquial , ballad , collar , regu- lar , distance , carcass , & c . Before the true found of a is leaft diftinguishable ; and the found ufed refembles ...
... marked by a careful speaker , and perceived by an accurate ear ; as in advantage , colloquial , ballad , collar , regu- lar , distance , carcass , & c . Before the true found of a is leaft diftinguishable ; and the found ufed refembles ...
Page 126
... marked with a point inferted , takes the found of famech , or mere f . The prefent form fuppofes a combination , which in truth does not take place . It is evident that a fimilar observation might be applied to ch , ph , & c . : but it ...
... marked with a point inferted , takes the found of famech , or mere f . The prefent form fuppofes a combination , which in truth does not take place . It is evident that a fimilar observation might be applied to ch , ph , & c . : but it ...
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... marked by a falfe ortho- graphy , nater , pickter ; yet perhaps the only common fault in pronouncing thefe words , is the neglecting to give to the u its full long found . Nature , so pronounced , will scarcely offend any ear , though ...
... marked by a falfe ortho- graphy , nater , pickter ; yet perhaps the only common fault in pronouncing thefe words , is the neglecting to give to the u its full long found . Nature , so pronounced , will scarcely offend any ear , though ...
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... marked as accented on the last . To curtail was certainly accented on the firft by our an- cestors ; but is as certainly now accented on the last . To damask is also regular now ; and I have little doubt that Mil- ton meant to use it fo ...
... marked as accented on the last . To curtail was certainly accented on the firft by our an- cestors ; but is as certainly now accented on the last . To damask is also regular now ; and I have little doubt that Mil- ton meant to use it fo ...
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... marked by Roman characters are differently used . Many say compenfate , concordance , confifcate , contemplate : and some of these may be sup- ported by authority . Shakspeare fays , Alfo , " Thy lands and goods " Are by the laws of ...
... marked by Roman characters are differently used . Many say compenfate , concordance , confifcate , contemplate : and some of these may be sup- ported by authority . Shakspeare fays , Alfo , " Thy lands and goods " Are by the laws of ...
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Page 4 - A frequently has a found which by many writers has been called its open found. It is the found proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given to it in French, as in the termination -age, -and in many other inftances. In the old orthography of our language, it was often reprefented by au ; as in daunce, graunt, &c.
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Page 241 - ... on ffight grounds be tempted to innovate. Dr. Johnfon is every where the declared enemy of unneceffary innovation. The principles on which he founds his improvements, are the ftable ones of etymology and analogy : the former...