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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... mean part of our national estimation . It is therefore a matter of general concern , that we should , if poffible , protect our writers from the danger of fuch an in- jury . But even in the common use of language , it is difgufting to ...
... mean part of our national estimation . It is therefore a matter of general concern , that we should , if poffible , protect our writers from the danger of fuch an in- jury . But even in the common use of language , it is difgufting to ...
Page x
... mean inftrument in the hands of genius or of fcience , is much more perplexed than might be wished with wild and inconsistent irregularities . Hence it is that foreigners acquire it with difficulty , and that few even among our- felves ...
... mean inftrument in the hands of genius or of fcience , is much more perplexed than might be wished with wild and inconsistent irregularities . Hence it is that foreigners acquire it with difficulty , and that few even among our- felves ...
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... means of the ear * : it is , as it has often been expressed , to render founds vifible . As there is not any natural con- nection between forms and founds , this combination must be originally the work of arbitrary affignment , and ...
... means of the ear * : it is , as it has often been expressed , to render founds vifible . As there is not any natural con- nection between forms and founds , this combination must be originally the work of arbitrary affignment , and ...
Page xxi
... means give adequate inftruction to those who are no parties in the compact . But if our labours to regulate pronunciation are to last no longer than our language shall live , we can have no reafon to lament the shortness of their ...
... means give adequate inftruction to those who are no parties in the compact . But if our labours to regulate pronunciation are to last no longer than our language shall live , we can have no reafon to lament the shortness of their ...
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... mean to name it alone , u . Dr. Wal- lis fays that this found is compounded of i and w ; but fince , in English , the proper representative of the fimple found of u is the reduplication or false diphthong 00 , I fhould rather fay that ...
... mean to name it alone , u . Dr. Wal- lis fays that this found is compounded of i and w ; but fince , in English , the proper representative of the fimple found of u is the reduplication or false diphthong 00 , I fhould rather fay that ...
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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...