...to vitiate language in one manner, have often established the jargon of the lowest of the people aa the model of speech. For pronunciation the best general...speakers who deviate least from the written words." Without any derogation from the character of Dr. Johnson, it may be asserted, that in these observations...

...often established the jargon of the lowest of the people as the model of speech. For pronunciatien, the best general rule is, to consider those as the...that an attempt to establish a uniform standard of or. thoepy by any one man's ideas of propriety must be regarded as a hopeless undertaking. One pronunciatioQ...

...to be guided in the pronunciation of words. The former maintained- that " thoco are to be considered as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words:" and the latter was of opinion, that the analogies and tendencies of the language ought to regulate...

...pleasing, and that rusticity U more excusable than atíbela lion. "Foi pronunciation," says Dr. Johnson, "the best general rule is to consider those as the...speakers who deviate least from the written words." There are many words of which the pronunciation in England is, at present, better conformed to the...

...who seek to determine a standard of pronunciation ? Dr. Johnson laid down as "the best general rule, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words." ' This was entirely theoretical, and was penned in ignorance of the historical variations of the orthoepical...

...who seek to determine a standard of pronunciation ? Dr. Johnson laid down as " the best general rule, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words." 1 This was entirely theoretical, and was penned in ignorance of the historical variations of the orthoepical...

...who seek to determine a standard of pronunciation ? Dr. Johnson laid down as "the best general rule, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words." i This was entirely theoretical, and was penned in ignorance of the historical variations of the orthoepical...

...who seek to determine a standard of pronunciation ? Dr. Johnson laid down as "the best general rule, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words." L This was entirely theoretical, and was penned in ignorance of the historical variations of the orthoepical...

...writers, on the subject of pronunciation. Dr. Johnson's general rule, that " those are to be considered as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words," has been justly censured by Mr. Walker. It has already led to much innovation, and, in many cases,...

...to converse, and, concluding that the whole nation combines to vitiate language in one manner, bave often established the jargon of the lowest of the...speakers who deviate least from the written words." Without any derogation from the character of Dr. Johnson, it may be asserted, that in these observations...