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 |
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Page iv
... analogy for each , produces authorities for one side and the other , and points out the pronunciation which is preferable . In short , I have endeavoured to unite the science of Mr. Elphinston , the method of Mr. Nares , and the general ...
... analogy for each , produces authorities for one side and the other , and points out the pronunciation which is preferable . In short , I have endeavoured to unite the science of Mr. Elphinston , the method of Mr. Nares , and the general ...
Page vii
... analogies of the language were sufficiently known , and so near at hand as to be applicable on inspection to every ... analogy . But the utility of a work of this kind is not confined to those parts of language where the impropriety is ...
... analogies of the language were sufficiently known , and so near at hand as to be applicable on inspection to every ... analogy . But the utility of a work of this kind is not confined to those parts of language where the impropriety is ...
Page viii
... analogy of the language than the other , a display of these analogies , in a Dic- tionary of this kind , wili immediately remove this uncertainty ; and in this view of the variety we shall discover a fitness in one mode of speaking ...
... analogy of the language than the other , a display of these analogies , in a Dic- tionary of this kind , wili immediately remove this uncertainty ; and in this view of the variety we shall discover a fitness in one mode of speaking ...
Page ix
... analogies of the language . And here I must entreat the candid reader to make every reasonable allow- ance for the ... analogy ; and , where custom is either silent or dubious , to tempt the lovers of their language to incline to the ...
... analogies of the language . And here I must entreat the candid reader to make every reasonable allow- ance for the ... analogy ; and , where custom is either silent or dubious , to tempt the lovers of their language to incline to the ...
Page xlvi
... analogy . Besides , the vowel that ends and the vowel that begins a syllable are , by pronouncing the i long , kept more distinct , and not suffered to coalesce , as they are apt to do if i has its slender sound . This proneness of the ...
... analogy . Besides , the vowel that ends and the vowel that begins a syllable are , by pronouncing the i long , kept more distinct , and not suffered to coalesce , as they are apt to do if i has its slender sound . This proneness of the ...
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adjective agreeable analogy anglicised animal antepenultimate båll Belonging body Buchanan called chyle colour compounds consonant contrary corrupt costive derived Dictionary diphthong distinct dress enclitical English Entick fåll får fât;-mè favour fish followed French give Greek ground heard hissing horse irregular Johnson Kenrick kind language last syllable Latin Latin language letter liquor long sound LUMBAGO manner mark Mason mean ment mêt pine mind move mute Nares nature neral ness nỏ noise nôt tube nôt;-tube noun nounced nunciation observed Obsolete orthöepists orthography participle penultimate Perry person place the accent plant pound thin Preter preterit pron pronounced pronunciation publick quantity Relating rhyme rule Scott second syllable secondary accent seems sharp Sheridan short sound shortening spelling tåb termination thing tion triphthong unaccented verb vessel vowel vulgar word written Το
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Page 536 - So much they scorn the crowd, that if the throng By chance go right, they purposely go wrong; So schismatics the plain believers quit, And are but damn'd for having too much wit.
Page lxxxviii - No one can be a greater advocate than I am for the strictest adherence to orthography, as long as the public pronunciation pays the least attention to it...
Page 278 - The Ember days at the four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13.
Page 378 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
Page 211 - tis in my custody. Oth. Ha! lago. O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on : that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger ; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves ! Oth.
Page 315 - If chance the radiant sun with farewell sweet Extend his evening beam, the fields revive, The birds their notes renew, and bleating herds Attest their joy, that hill and valley rings.
Page c - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Page viii - Graecism of the schools, will be denominated respectable usage, till a certain number of the general mass of speakers have acknowledged them ; nor will a multitude of common speakers authorize any pronunciation which is reprobated by the learned and polite.
Page cxv - The secondary accent is that stress which we may occasionally place upon another syllable, besides that which has the principal accent ; in order to pronounce every part of the word more distinctly, forcibly, and harmoniously : thus, "Complaisant, caravan," and " violin," have frequently an accent on the first as well as on the last syllable, though a somewhat less forcible one. The same may be observed of "Repartee, referee, privateer, domineer,
Page xx - ... best pronouncers of the English language. For though the pronunciation of London is certainly erroneous in many words, yet, upon being compared with that of any other place, it is undoubtedly the best; that is, not only the best by courtesy, and because it happens to be the pronunciation of the capital, but best by a better title; that of being more generally received...