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accent alfo almoſt alſo analogy ancient antepenult becauſe cafe CHAP compounded confonants derived Dictionary diffyllable diftinction diphthong diſtinguiſhed Dryden English Eriphyle eſtabliſhed etymology Exceptions to Rule Faery Queen faid feems fenfe fhall fhort fhould filent fimilar fince fingle firft firſt fituation foft fome fometimes fpelt French ftands ftanz ftill fubft fubftantive fubject fuch fyllable inferted inftances Johnſon lable laft language laſt Latin letter lift Loft meaſure Milton moft monofyllables moſt muſt nounced nouns obfcure obferved occafionally orthography penult penultima perfons polyfyllables prefent preferve pronounced pronunciation proper found racter Rape of Lucrece reafon refpect regular found regularly Reprefentatives rhymed Samf Saxon ſeems ſenſe SHAKSP Shakspeare ſhort ſome ſpeak Spenfer ſpoken termina thefe theſe theſe words thofe thoſe tion triffyllable triphthong ufage ufed ufually unaccented unleſs uſed uſually verb Verfes vowel words terminated write written