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The Eng-lifh, be'ing but a rich' com'pound of all'

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oth'er polished la'ng-uages, is the easiest to be

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acqûi'red, and has' the beft' title to univerfality-

The art of fpeak'ing is the a'rt of all other arts and

fci'ences.

INTRODUCTION.

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Pronunciation vic'iated by ignorance, &c.

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The beft' fpeak'ers are tho'fe who dev'iate leaft'

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the Greek' and La'tin, he're applied to that' of

E'ng-lifh.

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By ou'r negligence of the'fe rules, &c. the a'rt of

reading requires the labor of man'y years. 23 to 25

To remo've an e'vil, we muft' remo've it's cau'fe and

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apply' it's rem'edy.

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Short and long' given to our vowels, independent

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on ac'cent and we muft' obfe'rve that' o'ur sil

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ent e final lengthens not its fyll'able, unless'

We must not alter the natural found of any

char'acter, without' necefs'ity.

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We ́muft' obfe'rve our fta'ndard rules and chee'rfully

embrace the genius of our la'ng-uage.

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We must' not' affec't to giv'e Sax'on foûnds to words

We muft' giv'e ev'ery word it's orig'inal found, un-

lefs' oth'erwife commanded by euph'ony.

Ou'r ac'cent is governor in chief' of ou'r pronuncia-

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When the vowel is accent'ed, the fyll'able is long';

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a'nd, vice vers'a short'.

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Fo'reigners muft' be told that our fyll'ables, accent'ed

on the vowel, a're the fa'me as thei'r long' vow'els

'or fyll'ables; and that' ou'r fyll'ables accent'ed on

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the con'fonant, as well' as tho'fe wholly unaccent-

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ed, a're the fame as thei'r fhort vowels or fyll'a-

bles.

Good Articulation confift's in giving ev'ery lett'er,

in a fyll'able, its du'e proportion of fou'nd

Foreigners complain of the gen'eral appellations

given to our vow'els.

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Yet' oû'r lett'ers, in gen'eral, a're foûnded a's in

The pronunciation of derivatives and com'pounds

is governed by their prim'itives or components.

A complete fou'nd or articulation, utt'ered in one

breath', is called a fyll'able.

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One or mo're con'fonants can'not make a fyll'able;

but one or mo're vow'els can'.

A mon'-ofyll"-able, a diffyll"able, a trifyllable, a pol'yfyll'-able-what?

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Em'phasis is a certain ftrefs' or modulation of the

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voice, lai'd on fom'e particular word' or word's

of a fen'tence, in order to give it or them' mo're

Short' and long' fyll'ables, ha'ving the fa'me foû'nd

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a're not' he're divid'ed in'to fe'parate clafs'es; as

tho'fe which' ha've dif"ferent foû'nds a're: (excep't

a gra've) because a long foû'nd i's but a short

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one increased in qûan'tity, or drawn oût to a

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N. B. Let the ftu'dent cop'y and get' by heart' the

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above Keys;

abov'e Keys; and he will certainly learn to read'

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E'ng-lifh, in a few' week's.

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Orthog'raphy and Pronunciation. See p. 33 to 36. 48 The Alphabet, Vow'els, and Con'fonants.

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Perhap's good Spell'ing-Books and Dictionaries

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Ou'r Standard Ac'cent Ru'les abridged.

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Ou'r silent e fi'nal.

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N. B. The car is fo'le judge of grammatical

quan'tity and quality, as well' as of mu'fic. 53, 227