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Common terms and phrases
accent alfo animal antepenult Belonging body cafe caufe cauſe cenfure clofe cloſe colour confifting confonant defire digraph diphthong drefs enclofe eſtabliſhed fame fecond fenfe fentence feparate feveral fhall fhip fhort fhould fhow fhún fide filk fimple fingle fion firft firſt fmall foft fome fomething fometimes fpecies fpeech fpirit ftand ftate ftone ftop ftrike fubftance fuch fudden fupply fupport fwelling fyllable gåte ground herb horfe horſe houfe houſe inftrument interfect itſelf kål kind laft lefs letter liquor manner mark meaſure ment mind neceffary nefs nés noife obferved occafion oppofite paffage paffion pafs perfon plant pleafing pleaſure pofition preceding prefent preter preterite pronounced pronunciation publick purpoſe raiſe reafon refembling reft reprefent rife ſmall ſpeak ſtate thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tongue ufed uſed v. a. To put veffel verfe vowel whofe words Το
Popular passages
Page lxxviii - In English, syllables are divided into accented and unaccented ; and the accented syllables being as strongly distinguished from the unaccented, by the peculiar stress of the voice upon them, are equally capable of marking the movement, and pointing out the regular paces of the voice, as the long syllables were by their quantity, among the Romans.
Page 12 - The point in which the disease kills, or changes to the better ; the point of time at which any affair comes to the height.