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... last Letter but one , also be a Liquid , and the last a Mute , the Sylla- ble will have a double Sound , though fomething fainter , as in bilk , milk , cord , lord , fcarf , wharf , Indeed , a Syllable ending with two Mutes , will , for ...
... last Letter but one , also be a Liquid , and the last a Mute , the Sylla- ble will have a double Sound , though fomething fainter , as in bilk , milk , cord , lord , fcarf , wharf , Indeed , a Syllable ending with two Mutes , will , for ...
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... last , dung , the longest , if all are pronounced equally dislinct . Hence , the last Syllables of our active Participles , i . e . ing , is almost univerfally fuppofed to be short . It may be obferved , however , that if this Rule be ...
... last , dung , the longest , if all are pronounced equally dislinct . Hence , the last Syllables of our active Participles , i . e . ing , is almost univerfally fuppofed to be short . It may be obferved , however , that if this Rule be ...
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... last , and very juftly fo ; for , if the End of Emphasis and Accent be to convey the moft fignificant Parts of Sen- tences and Words forcibly and distinctly to the Ear , no Reason can be given why the first and last Syllables in these ...
... last , and very juftly fo ; for , if the End of Emphasis and Accent be to convey the moft fignificant Parts of Sen- tences and Words forcibly and distinctly to the Ear , no Reason can be given why the first and last Syllables in these ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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