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... Vowels and Consonants ; Organic Position ; § 14. Rise of Vowels ; § 15. Rise of Consonants ; § 16 . Orthoepic System . CHAPTER IV . — ORTHOGRAPHY . § 17. Orthography defined ; § 18. Expedients to distinguish Quantity ; §19 . Expedients ...
... Vowels and Consonants ; Organic Position ; § 14. Rise of Vowels ; § 15. Rise of Consonants ; § 16 . Orthoepic System . CHAPTER IV . — ORTHOGRAPHY . § 17. Orthography defined ; § 18. Expedients to distinguish Quantity ; §19 . Expedients ...
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... natural expression of the thought . The root of the word horror , the elements of which are the rough breathing and the vibrant r connected by a related vowel , might easily symbolize the feeling of cold , ORIGIN AND AFFINITIES . 3.
... natural expression of the thought . The root of the word horror , the elements of which are the rough breathing and the vibrant r connected by a related vowel , might easily symbolize the feeling of cold , ORIGIN AND AFFINITIES . 3.
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... vowel a . The child bestows that sound on its parent as a seen and known concrete being , without necessary reference to any one attribute . Or some attribute of the object may be in the thought , and the word is provided to denote that ...
... vowel a . The child bestows that sound on its parent as a seen and known concrete being , without necessary reference to any one attribute . Or some attribute of the object may be in the thought , and the word is provided to denote that ...
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... vnto you , I speake not of my selfe : The words that I speake vnto you , I speak not of my selfe : GENEVA - 1557 . but my Father that dwelleth in VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE . 13 Elements Phthongal and Aphthongal; Vowels and Consonants;
... vnto you , I speake not of my selfe : The words that I speake vnto you , I speak not of my selfe : GENEVA - 1557 . but my Father that dwelleth in VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE . 13 Elements Phthongal and Aphthongal; Vowels and Consonants;
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... vowel being unstable . Notice different spellings in the different versions . The a in King James version is an orthographic expedient for showing the e to be of long quantity , § 18 ( 1 ) . The final e inflectional , § 26. — Affraied ...
... vowel being unstable . Notice different spellings in the different versions . The a in King James version is an orthographic expedient for showing the e to be of long quantity , § 18 ( 1 ) . The final e inflectional , § 26. — Affraied ...
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accent aphthongal behold blood Brut Brutus Cæs Cæsar cæsura canto Cask Caska Cassi Chaucer Chor Cinna consonant death Decius doth elements English euery eyes fair father feare giue grace gret Grimm's Law Grisilde hand hast hath haue heare heart heaven heere hence herte Hiawatha hire honor inflectional Julius Cæsar king Knight Lancelot language Latin Lavaine look Lord loue maid Mark Antony markis meaning Messala Minnehaha never Noble Nokomis noun object Octa Octauius orthographic Osseo past tense peple phthongal Piers Ploughman Plutarch poem poet pray prep Queen Sams Samson selfe shew sing Sir Lancelot Song of Hiawatha soul sound speak spelling spirit stem swiche syllable Thanne thee ther thing thou thought Titinius unto verb verse vnto vowel vpon whan wigwam wolde word Wycliffe