Cobb's Abridgment of J. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language, Carefully Compiled from the London Quarto Editions, Published Under the Inspection of the Author; in which Mr. Walker's Principles of Orthography and Pronunciation are Strictly Followed ... to which are Prefixed Concise Principles of Pronunciation, and Rules for Accentuation and the Division of Words: with an Appendix, Containing a Class of Words which are in Common Use in this Country, and Not Found in Walker's Dictionary: Particularly Designed for the Use of Schools |
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Common terms and phrases
å-bl à-têd ård åte bår bil i ty ble ness ca tion cal ly cing cious dår dêd ding fåll får fåt—mè Fåte fül går gåte ging grå îng jing kål kân kår kåte kind kôn lår lås låte lẻ lè tè lês ling mân ment mêt—pine môve nål når nês ning nôt-tåbe ous ly ous ness pêr ping pres rẻ ring sår shản ship shůn sing sion sive skroo sound tåb tår tård tẻ têd thing ting tion tive trẻ triz ture v. a. to put zing
Popular passages
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 11 - The best and easiest rule," says the learned bishop, " for dividing the syllables in spelling, is, to divide them as they are naturally divided in a right pronunciation, without regard to the derivation of words, or the possible combination of consonants, at the beginning of a syllable.
Page 187 - In architecture, an ornament of carved work in the form of a wreath or garland of flowers, or leaves twisted together.
Page 5 - The definition of a vowel, as little liable to exception as any, seems to be the following : A vowel is a simple sound formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration...
Page 169 - En voy, èn' vôé, s. a publick minister, sent ftom one power to another, in dignity below an amEn voys, èn' vôlz, s. plu. [hassador. En vy, èn' vé, va to hate another for excellence or success ; to grieve at any qualities of excellence in another ; to grudge : vn to feel envy : s. pain felt and malignity conceived at the sight of excellence or happiness ; rivalry.
Page 5 - A vowel is a simple sound formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of 'the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences till it ends.
Page 6 - The letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants. The Vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. The remaining letters are Consonants.
Page 313 - sis, s. a sentence so included in another sentence, as that it may be taken out, without injuring the sense of that which encloses it ; commonly marked thus ( ). [plu.
Page 313 - A kind of writing, in which the words of an author or his thoughts are taken, and by a slight change adapted to some new purpose.
Page 362 - VERSIFICATION. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of another.