A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...: To which are Prefixed Principles of English Pronunciation ... Likewise, Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding Their Respective Peculiarities ... To which is Annexed A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, &c |
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... verb : thus a good ear will discover a difference in the quantity of this letter , in delicate and dedicate ; in climate , primate , and ultimate ; and the verbs to calculate , to regulate , and to speculate , where we find the nouns ...
... verb : thus a good ear will discover a difference in the quantity of this letter , in delicate and dedicate ; in climate , primate , and ultimate ; and the verbs to calculate , to regulate , and to speculate , where we find the nouns ...
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... verbs , as theme , make , & c . which form themes in the plural , and makes in the third person , & c . where the last e is silent , and the words are pronounced in one syllable . When the noun or first person of the verb ends in y ...
... verbs , as theme , make , & c . which form themes in the plural , and makes in the third person , & c . where the last e is silent , and the words are pronounced in one syllable . When the noun or first person of the verb ends in y ...
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... verb to die . A corrupt , foreign manner of pronouncing these words , may some- times mince the i into e , as if the words were written de - ameter , de - urnal , & c .; but this is disgusting to every just English ear , and contrary to ...
... verb to die . A corrupt , foreign manner of pronouncing these words , may some- times mince the i into e , as if the words were written de - ameter , de - urnal , & c .; but this is disgusting to every just English ear , and contrary to ...
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... verb . When the accent is not on the in this termination it is always short , as sportive , plain- ice , & c . rhyming with give ( 150 , ) except the word be a gentile , as Argive . 158. All the other adjectives and substantives of this ...
... verb . When the accent is not on the in this termination it is always short , as sportive , plain- ice , & c . rhyming with give ( 150 , ) except the word be a gentile , as Argive . 158. All the other adjectives and substantives of this ...
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... verb : but few as they are , except full , which is a very co pious termination , they are sufficient to puzzle Englishmen who reside at any distance from the capi fal , and to make the inhabitants of Scotland and Ireland , ( who , it ...
... verb : but few as they are , except full , which is a very co pious termination , they are sufficient to puzzle Englishmen who reside at any distance from the capi fal , and to make the inhabitants of Scotland and Ireland , ( who , it ...
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