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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Strana xiv
... original language adheres ) and the prevailing ignorance of the ge- Also the found of the French foft g or j , for which we fometimes use g ( p . 107. ) and sometimes s ( p . 127. ) , both of them characters previously appro- priated to ...
... original language adheres ) and the prevailing ignorance of the ge- Also the found of the French foft g or j , for which we fometimes use g ( p . 107. ) and sometimes s ( p . 127. ) , both of them characters previously appro- priated to ...
Strana xxv
... original draught is now fo filled up , fo overwhelm- ed by the acceffion of new matter , and so defaced by new arrangement , that the traces of it are no longer difcernible . Had it been proposed at first to perform what at length has ...
... original draught is now fo filled up , fo overwhelm- ed by the acceffion of new matter , and so defaced by new arrangement , that the traces of it are no longer difcernible . Had it been proposed at first to perform what at length has ...
Strana 18
... original ufe was to distinguish that letter from u , by placing it between two vowels ; but the characters which exprefs these founds being now different , that neceffity exifts no longer . See Wallis , p . 60 . pronounced , pronounced ...
... original ufe was to distinguish that letter from u , by placing it between two vowels ; but the characters which exprefs these founds being now different , that neceffity exifts no longer . See Wallis , p . 60 . pronounced , pronounced ...
Strana 194
... original , may ferve to fhew the tendency of our language to accent the antepenult , even in spite of quantity , which is eventually affected by it . See Rules of Quantity . ΙΟ Becafico , * Becafico , benefactor . Carcinóma , ca ...
... original , may ferve to fhew the tendency of our language to accent the antepenult , even in spite of quantity , which is eventually affected by it . See Rules of Quantity . ΙΟ Becafico , * Becafico , benefactor . Carcinóma , ca ...
Strana 226
... to prevent this irregularity ; as in winning , bed- ding , & c . where the formative termination is -ing only , and the letter in the original word fingle . Pa - geant , Pă - geant , pă - lace , pă - 226 Of QUANTITY . Part III .
... to prevent this irregularity ; as in winning , bed- ding , & c . where the formative termination is -ing only , and the letter in the original word fingle . Pa - geant , Pă - geant , pă - lace , pă - 226 Of QUANTITY . Part III .
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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 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...