Elements of Orthoepy, 1784 |
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... diphthong , having a regular long and a regular fhort found . The long oo is heard in the words cool , moon , doom , & c . OO fhort is found in good , hood , wood 00 Chap . VII . DIPHTHONGS . 75 fhort I or E; as the first oi in ...
... diphthong , having a regular long and a regular fhort found . The long oo is heard in the words cool , moon , doom , & c . OO fhort is found in good , hood , wood 00 Chap . VII . DIPHTHONGS . 75 fhort I or E; as the first oi in ...
Page 158
... first syllable . Bifold , concave , concént † , contrite , discount , jocúnd , memóir , outside , prefix ( fubft . ) . I confess that Shakspeare seems to have used the adjective bombaft according to this accentuation : " Evades them ...
... first syllable . Bifold , concave , concént † , contrite , discount , jocúnd , memóir , outside , prefix ( fubft . ) . I confess that Shakspeare seems to have used the adjective bombaft according to this accentuation : " Evades them ...
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... first ; berlin ( for a coach ) , accent- ed by him on the laft , but rhymed to Sterling in the verfes quoted by him impress ( fubft . ) , accented on the first by him , but now , I think , fpoken otherwise ; inverfe , ditto ; alfo ...
... first ; berlin ( for a coach ) , accent- ed by him on the laft , but rhymed to Sterling in the verfes quoted by him impress ( fubft . ) , accented on the first by him , but now , I think , fpoken otherwise ; inverfe , ditto ; alfo ...
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