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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... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. fiderably from the fixed point of purity , and the harmony of its construction may be materially injured , before those mi- nute changes , which affect only fingle words or fyllables ...
... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. fiderably from the fixed point of purity , and the harmony of its construction may be materially injured , before those mi- nute changes , which affect only fingle words or fyllables ...
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... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. delight in deviating from laws so evi- dently just as thofe of general grammar , or fo evidently neceffary as thofe of par- ticular grammars fuperadded to them : and this part of the ...
... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. delight in deviating from laws so evi- dently just as thofe of general grammar , or fo evidently neceffary as thofe of par- ticular grammars fuperadded to them : and this part of the ...
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... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. to remove the difficulties of those who doubt . It has been judged that this could only be done effectually by a work syste- matically arranged ; for though the cuf- tomary usage of any ...
... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. to remove the difficulties of those who doubt . It has been judged that this could only be done effectually by a work syste- matically arranged ; for though the cuf- tomary usage of any ...
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... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. of a language and its vocal founds , may be shown by a general confideration of the fubject of literal notation ; what deviation from these rules of propriety our language exhibits , a ...
... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. of a language and its vocal founds , may be shown by a general confideration of the fubject of literal notation ; what deviation from these rules of propriety our language exhibits , a ...
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... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. " alphabet ferves occafionally to represent many founds , very different from that to which it is regularly appropriated and if fingle letters thus vary in their use , the effects of ...
... Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity Robert Nares. " alphabet ferves occafionally to represent many founds , very different from that to which it is regularly appropriated and if fingle letters thus vary in their use , the effects of ...
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accent alfo almoſt alſo analogy ancient antepenult authority becauſe CHAP compounded confonants cuſtom derived Dictionary diffyllabic diffyllables diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Engliſh eſtabliſhed etymology Exceptions to Rule Exceptive Rule Faery Queen faid fame fays feems fenfe fhort fhould fignifies filent fimilar fince fingle firft firſt fituation foft fome fometimes French ftands ftanz ftill fubft fubftantive fubject fuch fyllable inferted inftances itſelf Johnſon lable laft language laſt Latin letter lift Loft Meaſure Milton moft monofyllables moſt muſt nounced nouns obfcure obferved occafionally orthography penult penultima perfons preferving preſent pronounced pronunciation racter Rape of Lucrece reaſon refpect regular found regularly repreſented rhymed Samf Saxon ſay ſeems ſenſe SHAKSP Shakspeare ſhall ſhort ſome ſpeak Spenfer SPENS ſpoken ſtill termina thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion triffyllable triphthong ufed ufually unleſs uſed uſually verb Verfes vowel words terminated write written
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