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, and Directions to Foreigners, for Acquiring a Knowledge of the Use of this Dictionary ... to which is Annexed a Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, &c |
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... PRONUNCIATION IS POINTED OUT .霉 TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IN WHICH , THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS , SYLLABLES , AND WORDS ARE CRITICALLY INVESTIGĄTED AND SYSTE · MATICALLY ARRANGED ; THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREEK ...
... PRONUNCIATION IS POINTED OUT .霉 TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION IN WHICH , THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS , SYLLABLES , AND WORDS ARE CRITICALLY INVESTIGĄTED AND SYSTE · MATICALLY ARRANGED ; THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREEK ...
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... pronunciation has not been ne glected . The importance of a consistent and regular pronunciation was too obvious to be over looked ; and the want of this consistency and regularity has induced several ingenious men to endeavour at a ...
... pronunciation has not been ne glected . The importance of a consistent and regular pronunciation was too obvious to be over looked ; and the want of this consistency and regularity has induced several ingenious men to endeavour at a ...
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... pronunciation , that , unless we are upon our guard , the organs naturally slide into it . It is not , however , pretended that this is the politest pronunciation ; for the sake of analogy it were to be wished it were : but an ignorance ...
... pronunciation , that , unless we are upon our guard , the organs naturally slide into it . It is not , however , pretended that this is the politest pronunciation ; for the sake of analogy it were to be wished it were : but an ignorance ...
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... pronunciation serves to distinguish words which are different in signification , and to give , in some measure , a difference of form to the noun and verb , in which our tongue is remark- ably deficient , still it is doubtful whether ...
... pronunciation serves to distinguish words which are different in signification , and to give , in some measure , a difference of form to the noun and verb , in which our tongue is remark- ably deficient , still it is doubtful whether ...
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... pronunciation , occasion , evasion , & c . contain the same number of syllables as natio , pronunciatio , occasio , evasio , & c . and have the accent in both English and Latin , on the antepenultimate syllable . The same may be ...
... pronunciation , occasion , evasion , & c . contain the same number of syllables as natio , pronunciatio , occasio , evasio , & c . and have the accent in both English and Latin , on the antepenultimate syllable . The same may be ...
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