A General View of English Pronunciation, 1784Scolar P., 1968 - 63 pages |
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... TRUTH . The old fairy gently touched this figure with her wand , and immediately it stepped down from the pedestal and began to speak . No mufic was ever fo pleafing as the voice of Truth . She addreffed herself to our little hero and ...
... TRUTH . The old fairy gently touched this figure with her wand , and immediately it stepped down from the pedestal and began to speak . No mufic was ever fo pleafing as the voice of Truth . She addreffed herself to our little hero and ...
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... Truth , Falfehood , and Wit . SPECTATOR . There appeared at a great distance a very shining light , and in the midst of it a person of a most beautiful afpect : her name was TRUTH . On her right hand there marched a male deity , who ...
... Truth , Falfehood , and Wit . SPECTATOR . There appeared at a great distance a very shining light , and in the midst of it a person of a most beautiful afpect : her name was TRUTH . On her right hand there marched a male deity , who ...
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... TRUTH be- gan to fhine upon her the faded infenfibly ; infomuch that in a little space she looked rather like a ' huge phan- tom than a real fubftance . At length as the goddess of TRUTH approached still nearer to her she fell away en ...
... TRUTH be- gan to fhine upon her the faded infenfibly ; infomuch that in a little space she looked rather like a ' huge phan- tom than a real fubftance . At length as the goddess of TRUTH approached still nearer to her she fell away en ...
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accent againſt anſwer Athenians becauſe befides beſt brow called cauſe clofe Colin confonant country mouſe defired diphthongs earth eaſy elſe end of words Engliſh faid falfe falute fame fear feemed fervant feveral fhall fhepherd fhort filent firſt fleep flowers fome fomething foon fpring ftand ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fupport fweet fword fyllable grafs greateſt grow happy hath himſelf honour houſes humour intereſts juſt laft laſt leaſt letters likewife look Lord Bolingbroke macaroon maſter meadow MENSTON MICHIGAN LIBRARIES moſt muſt mute myſelf never Nottingham University Nouns Obferve perfon pleaſe pleaſure prefent PRONUNCIATION purchaſed raiſe reft rich Roman ſcheme SCOLAR PRESS LIMITED ſee ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſingle ſmall ſmell ſpeak ſtep temper thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſands Thyrfis tion UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN unleſs uſe Verbs virtue voice vowel words ending yourſelf