...called small, because they require a less opening of the mouth. . . i. -...- .. c- ,i ;> .. , , • The poets,, in latter ages, devised a rule, which...before: a consonant, must be of the same class with the vowel which follows that' consonant, ie both broad, or both small. In observing this rule,. therefore,...

...mouth, in expressing them; e and i are called small, because they require a less opening of the mouth. The poets, in latter ages, devised a rule, which prescribes...vowel, which goes before a consonant, must be of the sairie class with the vowel which follows that consonant, ie both broad, or both small. In observing...

...ICACAO, ~\ cAol jie c*ol; or broad with broad, and slender with slender : and it makes it necessary, " that the vowel which goes before a consonant. must be of the same class with the vowel which follows that consonant ; ie both broad, or both slender. Hence we have pe«ll treason,...