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animal belonging bird body caufe cauſe cenfure cloſe cloth colour confifting deceive defire deſign diſeaſe dreſs eſtabliſh falſe falt falute fame fatire fecret feparate fide fight filk firſt fiſh fleep fleſh fmall foft foldier fome fomething forrow fpirit ftate fudden fupport fyllable glaſs horfe houſe inftrument intj kind leſs light liquor manner meaſure ment muſical nefs neſs noife noiſe obfcure oppofition paff paſs perfon piece plant pleaſing pleaſure prep preſent pret pron purpoſe raiſe reafon regifter relating reſembling reſt ſharp ſhip ſhoot ſhort ſhow ſkilled ſmall ſpace ſpeak ſpeech ſtars ſtate ſtick ſtop ſtrength ſtrike ſtrong ſtupid thing tion tree ufed uſed v. a. and n v. a. to bring v. a. to cover v. a. to lay v. a. to put v. a. to take verſe veſſel waſte woman wood
Popular passages
Page 91 - ... and pedantry. Mere men of the world, notwithstanding all their politeness, often retain so much of their provincial dialect, or commit such errors both in speaking and writing, as to exclude them from the honour of being the standard of accurate pronunciation. We should perhaps look for this standard only among those who unite these two characters, and with the correctness and precision of true learning, combine the ease and elegance of genteel life. An attention to...
Page 189 - Constitution, i, the frame of body or mind ; law of a country, form of government Constitu'tional, o.
Page 91 - That there is difficulty in fixing a standard for pronunciation, is evident from what follows. The" literati , who make etymology the invariable rule of pronunciation, often pronounce words in such a manner, as to bring upon themselves the charge of affectation and pedantry; and though custom, in a great measure...
Page 85 - ROYAL STANDARD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, (Being the FIRST Work of the Kind printed in AMERICA) INTENDED TO FIX A...
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Page 92 - The firft neceflary ftep towards eftablifhing rules for this art upon any folid foundation, is, as in all others, to afcertain the number, and explain the nature of its firft fimple elements; for any errour, there muft carry an incorrigible taint throughout.
Page 132 - Bafll, /- the angle of an edge tool whea ground away ; a tanned djecp-lkin; a plant : i>. a. to grind the edge of a tool to an angle Ba-firic-a,/.
Page 92 - It ranger proof of the grofs errours into which literary men fell, in their feveral grammars and treatifes upon this...
Page 92 - towards eftablifliing rules for this art, upon any lolid foundation, is, as in all others, to alcertain the number, and explain the nature of its firft fimple elements ; for any crrour there mult carry an incorrigible taint throughout.
Page 90 - ... conformable to etymology, analogy, or euphony without betraying his provinciality, or deviating from the prefent mode of pronunciation.