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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... which may be louder or softer , but cannot be either higher or lower ; this is
pronouncing according Mr. Sheridan's definition of accent : and this
pronunciation certainly comes under the definition of singing : it is singing ill ,
indeed , as Julius ...
... which may be louder or softer , but cannot be either higher or lower ; this is
pronouncing according Mr. Sheridan's definition of accent : and this
pronunciation certainly comes under the definition of singing : it is singing ill ,
indeed , as Julius ...
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called the acute accent , and falls from a higher to a lower tone upon the same
word in the answer Nò , which may therefore be called the grave . But when the
accented word or syllable is associated with unaccented words or syllables , the
...
called the acute accent , and falls from a higher to a lower tone upon the same
word in the answer Nò , which may therefore be called the grave . But when the
accented word or syllable is associated with unaccented words or syllables , the
...
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I would take any two “ keys next to each other , one of which would consequently
give a sound lower " than the other : suppose the words derde before us , or
ägougar ; both which " ! words Vossius would circumflex on the penultimate ,
instead ...
I would take any two “ keys next to each other , one of which would consequently
give a sound lower " than the other : suppose the words derde before us , or
ägougar ; both which " ! words Vossius would circumflex on the penultimate ,
instead ...
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Now there are but four possible ways of pronouncing these verses without going
into a perfect song * : one is , to pro . nounce the accented syllable with the falling
inflexion , and the unaccented syllable with the same inflexion in a lower tone ...
Now there are but four possible ways of pronouncing these verses without going
into a perfect song * : one is , to pro . nounce the accented syllable with the falling
inflexion , and the unaccented syllable with the same inflexion in a lower tone ...
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According to the laws of ancient prosody , every unaccented syllable must be
lower than that which is accented ; and if so , a most disagreeable monotony
must necessarily ensue : for as every word in Latin , " and almost every word in
Greek ...
According to the laws of ancient prosody , every unaccented syllable must be
lower than that which is accented ; and if so , a most disagreeable monotony
must necessarily ensue : for as every word in Latin , " and almost every word in
Greek ...
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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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