A Pronouncing Gazetteer ...Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1851 - 703 էջ |
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... nearly always to be pronounced with the English sounds of the letters . Thus , in BAVARIA , BULGARIA , LUSA'TIA , and TRANSYLVANIA , the accented a should have its first sound . * Walker says that " Derby is pronounced NEARLY as if ...
... nearly always to be pronounced with the English sounds of the letters . Thus , in BAVARIA , BULGARIA , LUSA'TIA , and TRANSYLVANIA , the accented a should have its first sound . * Walker says that " Derby is pronounced NEARLY as if ...
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... nearly to the foreign sounds : thus the a in the first syllable of ADRIATIC , and Paris , has its fourth sound , which is much nearer to the French and Italian a , than its first sound , though this would probably be given to these ...
... nearly to the foreign sounds : thus the a in the first syllable of ADRIATIC , and Paris , has its fourth sound , which is much nearer to the French and Italian a , than its first sound , though this would probably be given to these ...
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... nearly to that of au , in English . Hence we often see AFGHAUN instead of AFGHAN , CAUVERY instead of CAVERY , sultaun instead of sultan , & c . In writing NEPAUL and BHOPAUL , the improper diphthong au appears to be almost universally ...
... nearly to that of au , in English . Hence we often see AFGHAUN instead of AFGHAN , CAUVERY instead of CAVERY , sultaun instead of sultan , & c . In writing NEPAUL and BHOPAUL , the improper diphthong au appears to be almost universally ...
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... nearly as in met , but more prolonged , e . g . in procès and tête ; † ( 3. ) obscure , as in battery , e . g . in retour , devrait . ‡ 3. I has two sounds ; the first nearly as in the English word fig , e . g . in il , ami ; the second ...
... nearly as in met , but more prolonged , e . g . in procès and tête ; † ( 3. ) obscure , as in battery , e . g . in retour , devrait . ‡ 3. I has two sounds ; the first nearly as in the English word fig , e . g . in il , ami ; the second ...
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... nearly , un being pronounced almost ung . 6. Y is similar to the French i . 7. Ai is like è or e open . 8. Au " ❝ Ō . 9. Ei " ❝ è . 10. Eu is similar to the English u in tub , but the sound is mere pro- longed , nearly resembling u in ...
... nearly , un being pronounced almost ung . 6. Y is similar to the French i . 7. Ai is like è or e open . 8. Au " ❝ Ō . 9. Ei " ❝ è . 10. Eu is similar to the English u in tub , but the sound is mere pro- longed , nearly resembling u in ...
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Էջ 643 - map; thence due south to the main branch of the river St. Croix; thence down the main channel of said river to the Mississippi ; thence down the centre of the main channel of that river to the north-west corner of the state of Illinois; thence due
Էջ 400 - thus giving to Great Britain the whole of Vancouver's Island. The navigation of that portion of the Columbia river included within the US territory, is to be free to the Hudson's Bay Company and to all British subjects trading with the same. The
Էջ 100 - 1' E. Pop. estimated at above 630,000. (B.) • " In that day of desolation, Lady, I was captive made, Bleeding for my Christian nation, By the walls of high BELGRADE."—CAMPBELL. t We are informed, on good authority, that the native pronunciation of
Էջ 402 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of ORMUS or of Ind.
Էջ 139 - not heard of the Vale of CASHMERE, With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave ? Its temples, and grottos, and fountains as clear
Էջ xiii - calmer than thy heart, young Giaour." " This circumstance may serve to give a notion Of the high talents of this new Vauban," But the town ditch below was deep as ocean, The rampart higher than you 'd wish to
Էջ 193 - Bohemian .Cheb. кеЬ). the third t. in point of pop. in the kingdom of Bohemia, on the right bank of the river of the same name. It contains a gymnasium, and several other institutions for education. About 3 m. from this place are some warm mineral springs, and an establishment for
Էջ 416 - 16' N. Lat. (almost the whole of the northern boundary runs upon the 42d parallel), and 74° 45' and 80° 30' W. Lon.; bounded on the N. by L. Erie and New York, E. by New York and New Jersey, from which it is separated by the r. Delaware, S. by Maryland and Virginia, and
Էջ 29 - The FLEMISH is so closely allied to the Dutch, that it may be regarded as essentially the same language. FRENCH. XIX. 1. A, in French, is generally considered to have two sounds ; the first long, as in the English word far, eg in
Էջ 31 - when followed by a vowel, or when double, have the same sound as in English ; but when at the end of a word (not immediately followed by another word beginning with a vowel), or when followed by another consonant in the middle of a word, they have what is termed the