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 страници |
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... seems impoffible that we should pafs : we can- not expect that any precaution should preferve the genuine founds of a lan- guage beyond the date of its existence as a living fpeech . Articulate founds can be formed by imitation alone ...
... seems impoffible that we should pafs : we can- not expect that any precaution should preferve the genuine founds of a lan- guage beyond the date of its existence as a living fpeech . Articulate founds can be formed by imitation alone ...
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... seems to defy the effects of any thing less than a political convulfion as violent as thofe were which filenced for ever the supe- rior melody of the Greek and Roman tongues . If this Work should be found in fome measure imperfect , the ...
... seems to defy the effects of any thing less than a political convulfion as violent as thofe were which filenced for ever the supe- rior melody of the Greek and Roman tongues . If this Work should be found in fome measure imperfect , the ...
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... seems to me a found altogether as fimple as that of a or e , I have reject- ed the notion and I have in general avoided fubtilties of this nature , finding from experience that they perplex rather than illuftrate the fubject . For the ...
... seems to me a found altogether as fimple as that of a or e , I have reject- ed the notion and I have in general avoided fubtilties of this nature , finding from experience that they perplex rather than illuftrate the fubject . For the ...
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... seems that our ancestors diftinguished these founds more correctly . Bishop Gardiner , in his first letter to Cheke , mentions a witticifm of Nicolas Rowley , a fellow Cantab . with him , to this effect : " Let handsome girls be called ...
... seems that our ancestors diftinguished these founds more correctly . Bishop Gardiner , in his first letter to Cheke , mentions a witticifm of Nicolas Rowley , a fellow Cantab . with him , to this effect : " Let handsome girls be called ...
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... seems to have the power of w ; how much of that effect is owing to the preceding confonant , is not easily deter- mined ; as that confonant is never found in any other circumftances . In French , where q is fometimes final , the effect ...
... seems to have the power of w ; how much of that effect is owing to the preceding confonant , is not easily deter- mined ; as that confonant is never found in any other circumftances . In French , where q is fometimes final , the effect ...
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Страница 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.
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