A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latiln Proper Names, in which the Words are Arranged According to Their Final Syllables, and Classed According to Their Accents : by which the General Analogy of Pronunciation May be Seen at One View, and the Accentuation of Each Word More Earily Remembered : Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity : with Some Probable Conjectures on the Method of Freeing Them from the Obscurity and Confusion in which They are Involved, Both by the Ancients and Moderns ... |
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OE GREEK and LATIN PROPER NAMES , INITIAL VOCABULARY . When a word
is succeeded by a word printed in Italics , this latter word is merely to spell the
former as it ought to be proncunced . Thas Abansheas is the true pronunciation of
...
OE GREEK and LATIN PROPER NAMES , INITIAL VOCABULARY . When a word
is succeeded by a word printed in Italics , this latter word is merely to spell the
former as it ought to be proncunced . Thas Abansheas is the true pronunciation of
...
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... always pronounced with the accent on the first , it was needless to insert them .
The same may be observed of such words as have the vowel in the penultimate
syllable followed by two consonants : for in this case , unless the former of these ...
... always pronounced with the accent on the first , it was needless to insert them .
The same may be observed of such words as have the vowel in the penultimate
syllable followed by two consonants : for in this case , unless the former of these ...
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PRONUNCIATION OE SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES . INITIAL VOCABULARY .
* When a word is succeeded by a word printed in Italics , this latter word is merely
10 spell the former as it ought to be pronounced . Thus Asie - fa is the Arue ...
PRONUNCIATION OE SCRIPTURE PROPER NAMES . INITIAL VOCABULARY .
* When a word is succeeded by a word printed in Italics , this latter word is merely
10 spell the former as it ought to be pronounced . Thus Asie - fa is the Arue ...
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In former times we might have found it in the midnight pronunciation of the Bell -
man's verses at Christmas ; and now the Towncrier , as Shakespeare calls him ,
sometimes gives us a specimen of the monotonous in his vociferous exordium ...
In former times we might have found it in the midnight pronunciation of the Bell -
man's verses at Christmas ; and now the Towncrier , as Shakespeare calls him ,
sometimes gives us a specimen of the monotonous in his vociferous exordium ...
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colon , and must necessarily be heard in answer to the former question : He did ;
he said Nò . This inflexion , in a lower tone of voice , is adopted at the end of
almost every sentence , except the definite question , or that which begins with
the ...
colon , and must necessarily be heard in answer to the former question : He did ;
he said Nò . This inflexion , in a lower tone of voice , is adopted at the end of
almost every sentence , except the definite question , or that which begins with
the ...
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accent and quantity Accent the Antepenultimate Accent the Penultimate accented syllable according acute accent adjective adopted alter analogy ancients anglicised antepenultimate syllable appears Assyria beginning called cent circumflex common consonants Critical di-a Dictionary diphthong distinct ending English English pronunciation English words exactly express falling final followed former frequently give grave Greek and Latin hear Hebrew higher Holyoke idea inflexion Initial Vocabulary Labbe language Latin Proper Names learned Lempriere letters long quantity loud lower manner mean Milton nature necessarily nounced observed opinion penultimate syllable place the accent preceding prefer prefixed present preserve produce pronounced pronunciation prosodists question reading reason renders respect rising Rule says seems sentence short singing soft sometimes sound speaking suppose tells termination three syllables tone true unaccented verse voice vowel writer written
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Seite 218 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Seite 60 - You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Seite 284 - Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Seite 267 - In nnaqnaque parle orationis arsis et thesis sunt velut in " hac parte natura : ut quando dico natu, elevatur vox et est arsis in tu : " quando vero ra deprimitur vox et est thesis." Any one would conclude from this description of the rising and falling of the voice upon this word, that it could only be pronounced one way, and that there was no difference...
Seite 255 - It is well known, however, that the resistance to a change, whether from a low to a high, or from a high to a low range of prices, is at first very considerable, and that there is generally a pause of greater or less duration before the turn becomes manifest ; in the interval, while sales are difficult or impracticable, unless at a difference in price, which the buyer, in the one case, and the seller, in the other...
Seite 248 - Suspends the infant audience with her tales, Breathing astonishment! of witching rhymes, And evil spirits; of the death-bed call Of him who robb'd the widow, and devour'd...
Seite 248 - O yes ! 0 yes ! in a perfect sameness of Voice. But however ridiculous the monotone in speaking may be in the above-mentioned characters, in certain solemn and sublime passages in poetry it has a wonderful...
Seite xxviii - Words of two syllables, either Greek or Latin, whatever be the quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable : and if a single consonant come between...
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| Titel | A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn from Analogy and the Best Usage : to which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew ... |
| Autor/in | John Walker |
| Verlag | authors, 1804 |
| Original von | Princeton University |
| Digitalisiert | 15. Apr. 2008 |
| Länge | 285 Seiten |
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