A General Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: To which is Added, a Vocabulary of Scripture Proper Names, &cPeter Hill, 1814 - 407 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة xi
... verb ) , gild , wind ( familiarly ) , niche , cinque , teint , sieve , build guild , built guilt . • shut ] Gone shone , trode , doll loll , cough clough trough , hough lough shough . u sbut ] Bird , first ( or bĕrd , fĕrst ) , coz ...
... verb ) , gild , wind ( familiarly ) , niche , cinque , teint , sieve , build guild , built guilt . • shut ] Gone shone , trode , doll loll , cough clough trough , hough lough shough . u sbut ] Bird , first ( or bĕrd , fĕrst ) , coz ...
الصفحة xii
... verbs terminating in ate , the sound of the a is generally prolonged nearly By pronouncing the consonants in the fol- as much as if it were accented ; as in Commu ' - lowing manner , as Sheridan directs , their na- nicāte , prevaricate ...
... verbs terminating in ate , the sound of the a is generally prolonged nearly By pronouncing the consonants in the fol- as much as if it were accented ; as in Commu ' - lowing manner , as Sheridan directs , their na- nicāte , prevaricate ...
الصفحة xv
... verb is , and as in Tempt , sumptuous , & c . Ph are silent in Apophthegm , phthisis , and phthisic . Q the pronoun his , where it has the sound of % . 4thly , In all words ending in us and ous ; as Cir- cus , genius ; cutaneous ...
... verb is , and as in Tempt , sumptuous , & c . Ph are silent in Apophthegm , phthisis , and phthisic . Q the pronoun his , where it has the sound of % . 4thly , In all words ending in us and ous ; as Cir- cus , genius ; cutaneous ...
الصفحة xix
... verbs , we find that the ac- their constituent parts ; as Theo - logy , ortho- cent is on the initial syllable of the noun ( or graphy , mono - tony , astro - nomy : their pronun- adjective ) , and on the final syllable of the verb ...
... verbs , we find that the ac- their constituent parts ; as Theo - logy , ortho- cent is on the initial syllable of the noun ( or graphy , mono - tony , astro - nomy : their pronun- adjective ) , and on the final syllable of the verb ...
الصفحة xx
... verb is distinguished from the noun by changing a sharp into a flat consonant ; as Advice , advise ; device , devise ; excuse , & c . Prophecy and prophesy are distin- guished by pronouncing the last syllable of the noun sé , and that ...
... verb is distinguished from the noun by changing a sharp into a flat consonant ; as Advice , advise ; device , devise ; excuse , & c . Prophecy and prophesy are distin- guished by pronouncing the last syllable of the noun sé , and that ...
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accent animal Bacchus beat belonging bird bird of prey body Cæsura censure church chyle cloth coarse colour conj consisting consonant contract corn corrupt cover Cybele daughter diphthong disease dress false female fire fish flower force fruit give goddess grow hârn Hecuba herb honour horse insect instrument interj join Jupiter kind king kwit liquor loose lying manner mark marriage mean measure medicine ment metal motion musical ness noise noun ornament Orthoepy pain peevish person pertaining Phrygia piece plant play plural prep pret Priam pron pronounced pronunciation pustule quick racter relating resembling round sentence sharp ship shut sing soft sort sound species stone substance syllable Thessaly thin thing tion tree turn University of Edinburgh verb verse vessel violent vowel wind woman wood words
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الصفحة xxxi - When the proud steed shall know why man restrains His fiery course, or drives him o'er the plains; When the dull ox, why now he breaks the clod, Is now a victim, and now Egypt's god: Then shall man's pride and dulness comprehend His actions', passions', being's use and end; Why doing, sufFring, check'd, impell'd; and why This hour a slave, the next a deity.
الصفحة xxxi - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
الصفحة xxiv - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
الصفحة xxiv - As we perceive the shadow to have moved along the dial, but did not perceive it moving ; and it appears that the grass has grown, though nobody ever saw it grow : so the advances we make in knowledge, as they consist of such minute steps, are only perceivable by the distance gone over.
الصفحة xxxv - Man's happiness, or misery, are, in a great measure put into his own hands. Man is not such a machine as a clock or a watch, which move merely as they are moved.
الصفحة xxxi - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike...
الصفحة xxx - What could make a stronger impression,' says he, ' than those exclamations of Gracchus ?—" Whither shall I turn ? Wretch that I am! to what place betake myself? Shall I go to the Capitol ? Alas ! it is overflowed with my brother's blood. Or shall I retire to my house ? Yet there I behold my mother plunged in misery, weeping and despairing!
الصفحة xxv - At the same time that I think discretion the most useful talent a man can be master of, I look upon cunning to be the accomplishment of little, mean, ungenerous minds. Discretion points out the noblest ends to us, and pursues the most proper and laudable methods of attaining them. Cunning has only private selfish aims, and sticks at nothing which may make them succeed.
الصفحة xxx - Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
الصفحة xxiv - The discourse consisted of two parts : in the first was shown the necessity of fighting ; in the second, the advantages that would arise from it.