Elements of Orthoepy: Containing a Distinct View of the Whole Analogy of the English Language; So Far as it Relates to Pronunciation, Accent, and QuantityT. Payne and son, 1784 - 372 ページ |
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accent alfo almoſt alſo analogy ancient antepenult authority becauſe CHAP compounded confonants cuſtom derived Dictionary diffyllabic diffyllables diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Engliſh eſtabliſhed etymology Exceptions to Rule Exceptive Rule Faery Queen faid fame fays feems fenfe fhort fhould fignifies filent fimilar fince fingle firft firſt fituation foft fome fometimes French ftands ftanz ftill fubft fubftantive fubject fuch fyllable inferted inftances itſelf Johnſon lable laft language laſt Latin letter lift Loft Meaſure Milton moft monofyllables moſt muſt nounced nouns obfcure obferved occafionally orthography penult penultima perfons preferving preſent pronounced pronunciation racter Rape of Lucrece reaſon refpect regular found regularly repreſented rhymed Samf Saxon ſay ſeems ſenſe SHAKSP Shakspeare ſhall ſhort ſome ſpeak Spenfer SPENS ſpoken ſtill termina thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion triffyllable triphthong ufed ufually unleſs uſed uſually verb Verfes vowel words terminated write written
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261 ページ - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
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xix ページ - The whole Book, if it performs what its Compiler intends, will offer a clear and intelligible view of the externals of the English language, as they stand at present: and, should it exist for any length of time, will...
289 ページ - And fpeak, tho' fure, with feeming diffidence : Some pofitive, perfifting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always fo ; But you, with pleafure own your errors paft, And make each day a Critic on the lafl.
287 ページ - But what can be contrary to the mind, Which holds all contraries in concord still? She lodgeth heat, and cold, and moist, and dry, And life, and death, and peace, and war together: Ten thousand fighting things in her do lie, Yet neither troubleth or disturbeth either.
241 ページ - ... on ffight grounds be tempted to innovate. Dr. Johnfon is every where the declared enemy of unneceffary innovation. The principles on which he founds his improvements, are the ftable ones of etymology and analogy : the former...