The Oxford Spelling-book: Being a Complete Introduction to English Orthography. In a Method Much More Clear and Intelligible Than Any Book of this Nature, Hitherto Extant. In Four Parts. ... The Whole Interspersed with Easy and Familiar Rules, ... By Tho. Tuite |
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accent alfo beaft becauſe call'd caufe Ch founds chough Cnidos confonant diftinct diphthong in words end a fyllable end of words English words falute fame found fame fyllable fecond felf fentence ferves feven feveral words fhall fhip fignifie filk final fingle fingular firft firname fiſh follow'd following confonant following fyllable begins following g fome fomewhat fonants formative ending founds ay founds ee fhort founds in English founds o long founds oo fpelling frumenty fuch fylla fyllable founds hard found houſe join'd keeps its natural lable learner lengthen the fyllable letter likewife loft man's name Mede moft muſt mute Note nounc'd Nouns perfon plac'd plural prefent Prince WILLIAM AUGUSTUS Profeffor pronounc'd proper found proper names Rules for dividing thefe theſe tium Triphthongs us'd inftead verb vowel word into fyllables word or fyllable words ending words of feveral Words the fame wou'd written xion
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Page 110 - C3 or brackets, include words or fentences of the fame value and flgnification with thofe they are join'd to, and may be us'd in their ftead, or to let you know that the words between them, expound the word, or words that went next before, and is therefore commonly call'da note of eipofitionA crofbet [] is of the fhape of -paraibejis, and is us'd to include remarkable matter.
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