A Pronouncing Vocabulary; with lessons in prose and verse, etcOliver & Boyd, 1826 - 212 páginas |
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... language , both with respect to its orthography and orthoepy . But above all his other writings , this au- thor has secured a lasting reputation by his Elements of Elocution and Rhetorical Grammar . In these works he has displayed such ...
... language , both with respect to its orthography and orthoepy . But above all his other writings , this au- thor has secured a lasting reputation by his Elements of Elocution and Rhetorical Grammar . In these works he has displayed such ...
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... language . " The rule for placing the accent in that language , " he says , " is the simplest in the world ; if the penultimate syllable is long , the accent is on it ; if short , the accent is on the antepenultimate . " Now , the Latin ...
... language . " The rule for placing the accent in that language , " he says , " is the simplest in the world ; if the penultimate syllable is long , the accent is on it ; if short , the accent is on the antepenultimate . " Now , the Latin ...
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... language . " " The Scots , " he says , " never lay the accent upon sonant in any word in the whole language . " I , on the contrary , have heard them pronounce Race , read , road , rude , with the accent on the consonant instead of the ...
... language . " " The Scots , " he says , " never lay the accent upon sonant in any word in the whole language . " I , on the contrary , have heard them pronounce Race , read , road , rude , with the accent on the consonant instead of the ...
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... the English language be owing to its numerous anomalies , as it is alleged , the spelling of its words as they are pronounced must , in a system of Or- thoepy , as Mr Walker remarks , be " highly A 2 9 lo-nel, vic-tu-als. ...
... the English language be owing to its numerous anomalies , as it is alleged , the spelling of its words as they are pronounced must , in a system of Or- thoepy , as Mr Walker remarks , be " highly A 2 9 lo-nel, vic-tu-als. ...
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... language , is , to direct their sole attention , for some time , to the different powers of the letters , so that , by means of rules and a simple notation , they may be able to pronounce readily any combination of sounds ; which study ...
... language , is , to direct their sole attention , for some time , to the different powers of the letters , so that , by means of rules and a simple notation , they may be able to pronounce readily any combination of sounds ; which study ...
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A Pronouncing Vocabulary: With Lessons in Prose and Verse and a Few ... George Fulton Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
A Pronouncing Vocabulary, with Lessons in Prose and Verse and a Few ... George Fulton Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
accent adjective agree animal bad company beast beautiful birds body brother cake called child consonant creatures Declension denotes Dictionary dilacerate diphthong divided earth edst entreated Euphronius father feed formed friends gender genitive girl give ground hand happy hath heart heaven hope indicative mode kind lady Lamprocles language Lindley Murray little boy looking-glass Lord Lord Monteagle Lucetta mamma marked mayst mind mother name-sounds nest never night notation Note noun Orthoepy parents participle pause Perfect Perrin person singular plants pleasure pray preposition present pronounced pronunciation proper pupil quadrupeds relative pronoun Rule shalt sheep Sheridan shines short quantity shun shut sound silent e sing singular number Socrates spect spring syllable thee thing third person Thomas Piercy thou Tis green tree verb vowel walk Walker words young
Pasajes populares
Página 171 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Página 173 - Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Hear Him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold ! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he the obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting, like the bounding roe.
Página 174 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.
Página 172 - Rapt into future times, the Bard begun : A Virgin shall conceive, a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies : The ^Ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Página 92 - Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. And he said, a certain man had two sons : and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Página 173 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes, Nor fields with gleaming steel be covered o'er, The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end.
Página 107 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Página 86 - WHATEVER brawls disturb the street, There should be peace at home; Where sisters dwell and brothers meet Quarrels should never come. Birds in their little nests agree ; And 'tis a shameful sight, When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.
Página 92 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Página 176 - HAIL, beauteous stranger of the grove ! Thou messenger of Spring! Now heaven repairs thy rural seat, And woods thy welcome sing. What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year?