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. The Whole Interspersed with Observations, Etymological, Critical, and Grammatical |
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adjective agreeable analogy animal antepenultimate appulse båll Belonging body Buchanan called chyle colour compounds consonant contrary corruption costiveness derived Dictionary diphthong distinct Domestick enclitical English Entick fall fåll 83 får fắt Fåte 73 favour fish followed French gåte give Greek ground hard heard herb hissing horse irregular Johnson Kenrick kind language last syllable Latin Latin language letter liquor long sound manner mark ment met 95-pine mind mouth mỏve mute Nares nature ness noise nôt noun nounced nunciation observed orthography participle penultimate Perry person place the accent plant plural preceded preposition pret preter preterit pron pronounced pronunciation publick quantity Relating rhyme rule Scott second syllable secondary accent seems sharp Sheridan ship short sound shortened slender sometimes speakers spelling tåb termination thing tion tongue triphthong unaccented verb vessel vowel vulgar word written
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Page 35 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn : Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step, and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...
Page 35 - Any period of time attributed to something as the whole, or part, of its duration ; a succession or generation of men ; the time in which any particular man or race of men lived, as, the age of heroes...
Page 35 - The rough r is formed by jarring the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth near the fore teeth: the smooth r is a vibration of the lower part of the tongue, near the root, against the inward region of the palate, near the entrance of the throat. This latter r is that which marks the pronunciation of England, and the former that of Ireland.
Page 134 - One straight body laid at right angles over another ; the ensign of the Christian religion ; a monument with a cross upon it to excite devotion, such as were anciently set in market-places...
Page 190 - 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 138 - Circulation, pnwer of passing from hand to hand ; general reception ; fluency, readiness of utterance ; continuance, constant flow ; general esteem, the rate at which any thing is vulgarly valued; the papers stamped in the English colonies by authority, and passing for money.