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
... seems , on many occasions , to have mistaken the best usage , and to have paid too little attention to the first ... seem not sufficiently to have considered , · that , of " English as of all living tongues , there is a double ...
... seems , on many occasions , to have mistaken the best usage , and to have paid too little attention to the first ... seem not sufficiently to have considered , · that , of " English as of all living tongues , there is a double ...
Page v
... seems to have a great superiority over the French , which pronounces many let- ters in the poetic and solemn style , that are wholly silent in the prosaic and fa- milar . But if a solemn and familiar pronunciation really exists in our ...
... seems to have a great superiority over the French , which pronounces many let- ters in the poetic and solemn style , that are wholly silent in the prosaic and fa- milar . But if a solemn and familiar pronunciation really exists in our ...
Page vi
... seems to have no such diversity ; it has gene- rally a short obscure sound , whether ending a syllable , or closed by a consonant . Thus the a in able has its definite and distinct sound ; but the same letter in tole- rable t goes into ...
... seems to have no such diversity ; it has gene- rally a short obscure sound , whether ending a syllable , or closed by a consonant . Thus the a in able has its definite and distinct sound ; but the same letter in tole- rable t goes into ...
Page viii
... seems an injury to the former ; who , from their very pro- fession , appear to have a natural right to a share , at least , in the legislation of language , if not to an absolute sovereignty . The polished attendants on a throne are as ...
... seems an injury to the former ; who , from their very pro- fession , appear to have a natural right to a share , at least , in the legislation of language , if not to an absolute sovereignty . The polished attendants on a throne are as ...
Page xv
... seem sounded by them as if written staw - rum , fa - rum ; while the English sound ther so soft and so close to the m , that it seems pronounced nearly as if written stawm , faam . Nearly the same observations are applicable to Im ...
... seem sounded by them as if written staw - rum , fa - rum ; while the English sound ther so soft and so close to the m , that it seems pronounced nearly as if written stawm , faam . Nearly the same observations are applicable to Im ...
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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...