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 Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latiln 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 Earily Remembered : Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity : with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from the Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and Moderns ... |
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CONCLUDING WITH Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity ; WITH SOME PROBABLE CONJECTURES ON THE METHOD OF FREEING THEM FROM THE OBSCURITY AND CONFUSION IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED , BOTH BY THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS .
CONCLUDING WITH Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity ; WITH SOME PROBABLE CONJECTURES ON THE METHOD OF FREEING THEM FROM THE OBSCURITY AND CONFUSION IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED , BOTH BY THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS .
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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION : Te favourable reception of the first editiott of this work has induced me to attempt to make it still more worthy of the acceptance of the Public , by the addition of several critical observations ...
ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION : Te favourable reception of the first editiott of this work has induced me to attempt to make it still more worthy of the acceptance of the Public , by the addition of several critical observations ...
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It may be farther observed , that the English have totally departed from this sound of the u in their own language , as well as in their pronunciation of Latin , * Erasmus se adfuisse olim commemorat cum die quodam solenni complures ...
It may be farther observed , that the English have totally departed from this sound of the u in their own language , as well as in their pronunciation of Latin , * Erasmus se adfuisse olim commemorat cum die quodam solenni complures ...
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With regard to the first , we have already observed , that each of our vowels hath its general long sound , and its general short sound totally different . Thus the short sound of e lengthened is expressed by the letter a , and the ...
With regard to the first , we have already observed , that each of our vowels hath its general long sound , and its general short sound totally different . Thus the short sound of e lengthened is expressed by the letter a , and the ...
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... it may be observed , has a genius of its own ; and which ; if not so well adapted to the pronunciation of Greek and Latin as some other modern languages , has as fixed and settled rules for pronouncing them as any other .
... it may be observed , has a genius of its own ; and which ; if not so well adapted to the pronunciation of Greek and Latin as some other modern languages , has as fixed and settled rules for pronouncing them as any other .
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| Title | 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 Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew ... |
| Author | John Walker |
| Publisher | authors, 1804 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 15 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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