Elements of Orthoepy: Containing a Distinct View of the Whole Analogy of the English Language; So Far as it Relates to Pronunciation, Accent, and Quantity |
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accented alfo almoſt alſo analogy ancient antepenult becauſe CHAP compounded confonants cuſtom derived Dictionary diffyllabic diffyllable diftinction diphthong diſtinguiſhed Dryden Engliſh eſtabliſhed etymology Exceptions to Rule Faery Queen faid fays feems fenfe fhort filent fimilar fince fingle firft firſt fituation foft fome fometimes 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 neceffary nounced nouns obfcurely obferved occafionally orthography penult penultima perfons preferve preſent pronounced pronunciation proper found racter Rape of Lucrece reaſon refpect regular found regularly repreſented rhymed Samf Saxon ſay ſeems ſenſe SHAKSP Shakspeare ſhort ſhort found ſhould ſome ſpeak Spenfer ſpoken ſtill termina thefe theſe theſe words thofe thoſe tion triffyllable triphthong ufage ufed ufually unaccented unleſs uſed uſually verb Verfes verſe vowel whoſe words terminated write written СНАР