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... Vowel or Confonant " if , on the Vowel , the Syllable is ne- 66 ; ceffarily long , as it makes the Vowel " long ; if on the Confonant , it may be " either long or short , according to the " Nature of the Confonant , or the Time " taken ...
... Vowel or Confonant " if , on the Vowel , the Syllable is ne- 66 ; ceffarily long , as it makes the Vowel " long ; if on the Confonant , it may be " either long or short , according to the " Nature of the Confonant , or the Time " taken ...
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John Rice. Instead of faying , therefore , that no Vowel ever has a long Sound in an unac- cented Syllable ; he might , with equal Propriety , have faid , every Syllable , in which the Vowel hath a long Sound , is accented . But the Fact ...
John Rice. Instead of faying , therefore , that no Vowel ever has a long Sound in an unac- cented Syllable ; he might , with equal Propriety , have faid , every Syllable , in which the Vowel hath a long Sound , is accented . But the Fact ...
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... Vowel , is always fhortened , but no other Vowel in the Word has ever its full long Sound . I have in- ftanced the contrary , however , in the Words contrite , deluge , empire , exile , & c . To which may be added numerous other ...
... Vowel , is always fhortened , but no other Vowel in the Word has ever its full long Sound . I have in- ftanced the contrary , however , in the Words contrite , deluge , empire , exile , & c . To which may be added numerous other ...
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Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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