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... Syllables . * I use the Word Illiterate here only for Want of a bet- ter ; as it is very certain , that there are ... fhort , fhort ones long , and fo to misplace the Accent and Emphasis of the Whole , as to render it totally ...
... Syllables . * I use the Word Illiterate here only for Want of a bet- ter ; as it is very certain , that there are ... fhort , fhort ones long , and fo to misplace the Accent and Emphasis of the Whole , as to render it totally ...
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... fhort , or fwift and flow , applicable both to the articulate Sounds themselves , and to the Intervals of their Succeffion . caufe fome Syllables , neceffarily take up more Time in the Pronunciation than others , on Account of the Letters ...
... fhort , or fwift and flow , applicable both to the articulate Sounds themselves , and to the Intervals of their Succeffion . caufe fome Syllables , neceffarily take up more Time in the Pronunciation than others , on Account of the Letters ...
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... Syllables into long and fhort ; pre- tending that two fhort Syllables are , with refpect to Time , precifely equal to a long one . Nay , fome have gone fo far as to affert , that no greater Variety of Time in pronouncing Syllables is at ...
... Syllables into long and fhort ; pre- tending that two fhort Syllables are , with refpect to Time , precifely equal to a long one . Nay , fome have gone fo far as to affert , that no greater Variety of Time in pronouncing Syllables is at ...
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... fhort , in Com- parison with others : e . g . the Monofyl- lables in and ... Syllables , which is caused by their being united and modified into Words ... Syllables , or fimple Sounds , are of the fame Tone , or that we should not , in ...
... fhort , in Com- parison with others : e . g . the Monofyl- lables in and ... Syllables , which is caused by their being united and modified into Words ... Syllables , or fimple Sounds , are of the fame Tone , or that we should not , in ...
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... Syllables , when neither acce- lerated or retarded in the Utterance , for grammatical , oratorical , or poetical Rea- fons . 1. The Vowels , when fingly made use of , as Syllables , are long or fhort , in Pro- portion to their ...
... Syllables , when neither acce- lerated or retarded in the Utterance , for grammatical , oratorical , or poetical Rea- fons . 1. The Vowels , when fingly made use of , as Syllables , are long or fhort , in Pro- portion to their ...
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