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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Even Pope , whom he quotes , meant , I think , to accent the word on the antepenultima : Sacred to ridicule his whole life long , And the fad burthen of fome merry fong . I do not at prefent recollect any an- cient authority for ...
Even Pope , whom he quotes , meant , I think , to accent the word on the antepenultima : Sacred to ridicule his whole life long , And the fad burthen of fome merry fong . I do not at prefent recollect any an- cient authority for ...
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accented according added admitted alfo alſo analogy ancient antepenult appears authority becauſe belong called CHAP common compounded confidered confonants contrary derived Dictionary diffyllables diphthong double doubt dropped Dryden effect Engliſh etymology exceptions fame feems fhort fhould filent final fingle firft firſt foft fome fometimes former French frequently fubftantive fuch fyllable give given Greek hard heard inftances irregular Johnſon kind language laſt Latin letter lift Loft manner marked means Milton moſt nature nounced nouns obferved occafionally original orthography penult perhaps preceding preferable preſent probably pronounced pronunciation proper properly regular regularly repreſented retained rhymed Rule ſeems SHAKSP Shakspeare ſhort ſpoken takes termination thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought tion ufually uſed verb Verfes vowel words write written
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Robert Nares |
| Publisher | T. Payne and son, 1784 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Sep 12, 2006 |
| Length | 26 pages |
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