 We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but we know, from general observation, that all changes of pronunciation are usually made by small degrees ; and therefore, when we find that a great...  Outlines of the History of the English Language - الصفحة 93بواسطة George Lillie Craik - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 148عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 670
...final e was always pronounced as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of...in Chaucer's time ended in e, originally ended in «, we may reasonably presume, that our ancestors first passed from the broader sound of a to the thinner... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - عدد الصفحات: 662
...final e was always pronounced as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but we knoxv, from general observation, that all changes of pronunciation are usually made by small degrees... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 668
...final e was always pronounced, as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of...number of those words, which in Chaucer's time ended hi e, originally ended in a, we may reasonably presume, that our ancestors first passed from the broader... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 368
...final e was always pronounced, as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part (69) of our language ; but we know, from general observation, that all changes of pronunciation are... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...final e was always pronounced, as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part (69) of our language ; but we know, from general observation, that all changes of pronunciation are... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 536
...that for some time they retained their native pronunciation." " We have not indeed," he continues, " so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of...observation, that all changes of pronunciation are generally made by small degrees ; and, therefore, when we find that a great number of those words which... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 348
...dissyllables. We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part (69) of our language ; but we know, from general observation,...pronunciation are usually made by small degrees; and (69) This is owing to the Saxons not having left us any metrical compositions, as has been observed... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dunham Deshler - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 736
...final e was always pronounced, as it still is, BO as to make them dissyllables. " We have not indeed so clear a proof of the original pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but when we find that a great number of those words which in Chaucer's time ended in p, originally ended... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - عدد الصفحات: 192
...dissyllable, as it was in French, and as its modern representative, hote, still is, at least in French verse and in the more formal style of elocution. It...pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language ; but \ve know, from general observation, that all changes of pronunciation are usually made by small degrees... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 650
...final e was always pronounced, as it still is, so as to make them dissyllables. " We have not indeed so clear a proof of th'e original pronunciation of the Saxon part of our language, owing to our not possessing any of their metrical compositions ; but we know, from general observation,... | |
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