A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usuage to which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Proper Names, in which the Words are Arranged According to Their Final Syllables, and Classed According to Their Accents; by which the General Analogy of Pronunciation May be Seen at One View, and the Accentuation of Each Word More Easily Remembered. Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accents and Quantity; with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and ModernsCollins and Hannay, 1823 - 103 pages |
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... French is so generally understood DI « n the Continent , if we can reduce the sounds of the English letters to those of the Froch , we shali render the pronunciation of our language very generally attainable ; and this , it is presumed ...
... French is so generally understood DI « n the Continent , if we can reduce the sounds of the English letters to those of the Froch , we shali render the pronunciation of our language very generally attainable ; and this , it is presumed ...
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... French i , pronounced as closely as possible to their diphthong ou , or the English èè and 8 , perfectly equivalent to the sound the French would give to the letters you , and which is exactly the sound the English give to the plural of ...
... French i , pronounced as closely as possible to their diphthong ou , or the English èè and 8 , perfectly equivalent to the sound the French would give to the letters you , and which is exactly the sound the English give to the plural of ...
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... French in the beginning of the words étre and tête . 74. The long slender a is generally produced by a silent e at the end of the syllable , which enot only keeps one single intervening consonant from shortening the preceding vowel ...
... French in the beginning of the words étre and tête . 74. The long slender a is generally produced by a silent e at the end of the syllable , which enot only keeps one single intervening consonant from shortening the preceding vowel ...
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... French and Italian languages ; and we think we show our breeding by a knowledge of those tongues , and an ignorance of our own : " Report of fashions in proud Italy , " Whose manners , still our tardy apish nation " Limps after , in ...
... French and Italian languages ; and we think we show our breeding by a knowledge of those tongues , and an ignorance of our own : " Report of fashions in proud Italy , " Whose manners , still our tardy apish nation " Limps after , in ...
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... French i in magazine ; and when it ends a syllable after the accent , it is always sounded like e , as sen - si - ble , ra - ti - fy , & c . But when it ends a syllable , immediately before the accent , it is sometimes pronounced long ...
... French i in magazine ; and when it ends a syllable after the accent , it is always sounded like e , as sen - si - ble , ra - ti - fy , & c . But when it ends a syllable , immediately before the accent , it is sometimes pronounced long ...
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adjective agreeable analogy anglicised animal antepenultimate båll Belonging bird body Buchanan called chyle colour compounds consonant contrary corrupt costiveness derived Dictionary diphthong distinct DOMESTICK enclitical English Entick fåll får fåt favour fish followed French give Greek ground heard herb horse instrument Johnson Kenrick kind language last syllable Latin language letter liquor manner mark marriage Mason mean ment mêt pine mind motion môve mute når Nares nature neral ness nỏ noise nôt noun nounced observed Obsolete orthography participle penultimate Perry person place the accent plant plural Preter preterit pron pronounced pronunciation publick quantity Relating rhyme rule Scott second syllable secondary accent seems sharp Sheridan ship short sound shortening signifies speakers species spelling tåb termination thin thing tion triphthong unaccented v. a. To put verb vessel violence vowel vulgar written
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