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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... written ; and seem not sufficiently to have considered , that , of English as of all living tongues , there is a double pronunciation · one , cursory and colloquial ; the other , tegular and solemn " The cursory pronunciation is always ...
... written ; and seem not sufficiently to have considered , that , of English as of all living tongues , there is a double pronunciation · one , cursory and colloquial ; the other , tegular and solemn " The cursory pronunciation is always ...
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... written hawm , psawm , quawm , cawm , & c . In the third sound of a , marked by different combinations of vowels or consonants , such as au , in Paul ; aw , in law ; all , in call ; ala , in bald ; alk , in talk , & c . the Irish make ...
... written hawm , psawm , quawm , cawm , & c . In the third sound of a , marked by different combinations of vowels or consonants , such as au , in Paul ; aw , in law ; all , in call ; ala , in bald ; alk , in talk , & c . the Irish make ...
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... written stne - rum , fa - rum ; while the English sound the r so soft and so close to the m , that it seems pre- Bounced nearly as if written stawem , faam . Nearly the same observations are applicable to lm . When these latters end a ...
... written stne - rum , fa - rum ; while the English sound the r so soft and so close to the m , that it seems pre- Bounced nearly as if written stawem , faam . Nearly the same observations are applicable to lm . When these latters end a ...
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... written meniss ; and though they place me accent on the last syllable of canal , like the English , they broaden the ... written weal and winegar , you will find him very apt to pronounce cine and wind , as if written vine and vind . The ...
... written meniss ; and though they place me accent on the last syllable of canal , like the English , they broaden the ... written weal and winegar , you will find him very apt to pronounce cine and wind , as if written vine and vind . The ...
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... written and sounded hoo - ile ; whet , hoo - et ; where , hoo - ne , whi , hoo - ip , & c . This is no more , as Dr. Low th observes , than placing the aspirate in its true position before the 10 , as it is in the Saxon , which the ...
... written and sounded hoo - ile ; whet , hoo - et ; where , hoo - ne , whi , hoo - ip , & c . This is no more , as Dr. Low th observes , than placing the aspirate in its true position before the 10 , as it is in the Saxon , which the ...
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