The Nomenclature, and Expositor of the English Language: In which the Meaning of Each Word is Clearly Explained, and the Orthoepy of Every Syllable Accurately Pointed Out, According to John Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary, Compiled for the Use of Schools in the United States and Great Britain

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John Montgomery, 1827 - 212 Seiten
 

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Seite 189 - April ; 5, May ; 6, June ; 7, July ; 8, August ; 9, September ; 10, October ; 11, November ; 12, December.
Seite 2 - An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 189 - Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1899. inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its fourth part, omitting fractions, divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then...
Seite 122 - Prosody, pr&s'sA-de. s. the part of grammar which teaches the sound and quantity of syllables, and the measures of verse.
Seite 123 - Roman columns, in which the intercolumniations are equal to one diameter and a half of the lower part of the shaft Pyramid, in geometry, is a solid figure whose base is a polygon, and whose sides are plain triangles, their several points meeting in one...
Seite 3 - The best and easiest rule," says the learned bishop, " for dividing the syllables in spelling, is, to divide them as they are naturally divided in a right pronunciation, without regard to the derivation of words, or the possible combination of consonants, at the beginning of a syllable.
Seite 124 - Quarantine, *. the space of 40 days, during which a ship, suspected of infection, is obliged to forbear intercourse or commerce Quarrel, *. a brawl, scuffle, contest.
Seite 140 - Simulation, s!mnU'sh3n. s. that part of hypocrisy which pretends that to be which is not Simultaneous, sl-mil-tl'ne-fts.
Seite 150 - Syl'la-ble, n. as much of a word as is uttered by the help of one vowel, or one articulation.

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