 Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should be pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men...  The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone - 250 ページJames Boswell 著 - 1821全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Lilo Moessner - 2003 - 224 ページ
...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." (Hill/Powell, vol. II 1934:161) Dr. Samuel Johnson This statement does not tell us anything about the... | |
 | T. P. Dolan - 2004 - 318 ページ
...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely.') meathan /mae'ha:n/ n., a delicate, weak, sickly person (KM, Kerry) < Ir. 'He was always a meathan when... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1903 - 1124 ページ
...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it tjrait. Now here wore two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." It, is typical of the uncertainty attending the whole matter — by some it will be held typical of... | |
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