Author: James Knowles

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 9780267756858

Excerpt from A Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language: Founded on a Correct Developement of the Nature, the Number, and the Various Properties of All Its Simple and Compound Sounds, as Combined Into Syllables and Words; To Which Is Added a Vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names The first is, that, my Dictionary being a Pronouncing one, I do not consider myself responsible for any thing that may be considered as incorrect, or objectionable, in the explanations of the words, my attention being necessarily directed to sending them, in general, to the Printer, in as concise a manner as possible otherwise, I should not have been able to press so great a number into my Dictionary; nor to give a. Full explanation of new, and scientific words, and Others, not to be found in preceding explanatory Dictionaries. The second is that, on account of severe illness, during the last year and a half, whilst I was preparing the work for the Press and particularly, in the final, daily preparation of the copy, and correcting of Proofs, during these last nine months, some errors, though I hope none of material consequence, may have escaped my notice, and that of my very judicious Printer, Mr. G. H. Davidson, Tudor-street, Blackfriars. It is, therefore, my intention to go over every page of the work as soon as possible, and to supply the subscribers and other purchasers, through my Publishers, with a full correction of those errors. The third is, that, I consider it absolutely necessary for every person who consults the Dictionary, to commit to memory, and to his car, the pronunciation of the words, and the sounds of the vowels, in the key line; otherwise, he will he often at a loss to determine whether their sounds, as applied by me to any particular words, or syllables, be correct or not, according to a free, forcible pronunciation of them, and marking of the accented letter and syllable, in common conversation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.