A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables. To which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Proper Names, Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accents and Quantity |
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A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names John 1732-1807 Walker Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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a-des accent and quantity Accent the Antepenultimate Accent the Penultimate according acute adopted analogy ancients called chus consonants Critical di-a diphthong distinct e-nes ending English falling final followed give grave Greek and Latin Hebrew higher i-des i-um i-us idea Initial Labbe language Latin Proper Names learned letters li-a lower manner nature ni-a ni-us nounced o-lis o-nes observed opinion penultimate syllable pi-a place the accent preceding prefixed preserve pronounced pronunciation quantity ra-tes reason respect ri-a ri-us rising Rule says seems short si-a si-us singing soft sometimes sound speaking suppose termination ti-a ti-us tone true unaccented verse Vocabulary voice vowel word written
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Seite 206 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Seite 78 - Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold. Not Babylon, Nor great Alcairo, such magnificence Equall'd in all their glories, to enshrine Belus or Serapis their gods, or seat Their kings, when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury.
Seite 7 - Almighty Father, pleas'd With thy Celestial Song. Up led by thee Into the Heav'n of Heav'ns I have presum'd, An Earthly Guest, and drawn Empyreal Air, Thy temp'ring; with like safety guided down Return me to my Native Element: Lest from this flying Steed unrein'd, (as once Bellerophon, though from a lower Clime) Dismounted, on th' Aleian Field I fall Erroneous there to wander and forlorn.
Seite 59 - You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Seite xiii - The only difference we make in pronunciation between vinea and venia is, that to the vowel of the first syllable of the former, which ought to be long, we give a short sound ; to that of the latter, which ought to be short, we give the same sound but lengthened. U accented is always, before a single consonant, pronounced long, as in humerus, fugiens. Before two consonants no vowel sound is ever made long, except that of the diphthong aw; so that whenever a doubled consonant occurs, the preceding...
Seite 243 - It is well known, however, that the resistance to a change, whether from a low to a high, or from a high to a low range of prices, is at first very considerable, and that there is generally a pause of greater or less duration before the turn becomes manifest ; in the interval, while sales are difficult or impracticable, unless at a difference in price, which the buyer, in the one case, and the seller, in the other...
Seite xxviii - Words of two syllables, either Greek or Latin, whatever be the quantity in the original, have, in English pronunciation, the accent on the first syllable : and if a single consonant come between...
Seite 237 - The falling circumflex begins with the rising inflexion, and ends with the falling upon the same syllable, and seems to •twist the voice downwards. This inflexion seems generally to be used in ironical reproach ; as on the word you in the following example : " So then you are the author of this conspiracy against me ? " It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief that has
Seite 268 - But, as music, there needs no other proof of the poverty of ancient melody, than its being confined to long and short syllables. We have some airs of the most graceful and pleasing kind, which will suit no...
Seite 274 - Reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable Pronunciation is pointed out. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION: In which the...
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| Titel | A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture Proper Names: In which the Words are Accented and Divided Into Syllables. To which are Added Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Proper Names, Concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accents and Quantity |
| Autor/in | John Walker |
| Ausgabe | 3 |
| Verlag | J. M'Creery, 1807 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 24. Febr. 2006 |
| Länge | 285 Seiten |
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