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 - Počet stran: 372 |
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... final words or fylla- bles be altered materially , the rhyme will be loft , and the couplets or stanzas fo mutilated will disappoint the ear . Thus , by changes the moft trivial in appearance , may , thofe writings gradually be ...
... final words or fylla- bles be altered materially , the rhyme will be loft , and the couplets or stanzas fo mutilated will disappoint the ear . Thus , by changes the moft trivial in appearance , may , thofe writings gradually be ...
Strana 11
... final Syllables . In final fyllables , unaccented , the ra- pidity of pronunciation gives to this vowel , as indeed to the others alfo , an obfcure found , not clearly referable to any class of vowel founds ; yet fufficient- ly fo to be ...
... final Syllables . In final fyllables , unaccented , the ra- pidity of pronunciation gives to this vowel , as indeed to the others alfo , an obfcure found , not clearly referable to any class of vowel founds ; yet fufficient- ly fo to be ...
Strana 14
... final . The final e is ufually filent , except in a few monófyllables , as be , he , she , the , we ; and in words or names derived from the Greek , as acme , epitome , Penelope , fyncope ; but fuch words are for the most part ...
... final . The final e is ufually filent , except in a few monófyllables , as be , he , she , the , we ; and in words or names derived from the Greek , as acme , epitome , Penelope , fyncope ; but fuch words are for the most part ...
Strana 15
... final e is spoken ; but the word is hardly naturalized with us . Anciently our final e had a found , ob- fcure indeed and evanefcent like that of the French e feminine , yet fufficiently diftinguishable to form a fyllable , and to be ...
... final e is spoken ; but the word is hardly naturalized with us . Anciently our final e had a found , ob- fcure indeed and evanefcent like that of the French e feminine , yet fufficiently diftinguishable to form a fyllable , and to be ...
Strana 17
... final letter , as in the words difpenfe , expanfe , & c . Those who are not converfant in grammatical phrafes , fhould be told , that a letter is called pure when it is preceded by a vowel , and impure when by a confonant . + Some words ...
... final letter , as in the words difpenfe , expanfe , & c . Those who are not converfant in grammatical phrafes , fhould be told , that a letter is called pure when it is preceded by a vowel , and impure when by a confonant . + Some words ...
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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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Strana 306 - Typhoean rage more fell, Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind ; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Strana 261 - 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.
Strana 4 - A frequently has a found which by many writers has been called its open found. It is the found proper to that vowel in Italian, and frequently given to it in French, as in the termination -age, -and in many other inftances. In the old orthography of our language, it was often reprefented by au ; as in daunce, graunt, &c.
Strana 295 - The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses: But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade; Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made...
Strana 295 - That landfcape : and of pure now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart infpires...
Strana xix - 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...
Strana 289 - 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.
Strana 287 - 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.
Strana 241 - ... 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...