Dissertations on the English Language, 1789

accent alfo almoſt alſo Amphibrach analogy ancient becauſe beſt Britiſh cafe cauſe Celtic CELTIC LANGUAGES Celts Chaucer confequence confonant conftruction corruption cuſtom derived diftinction dipthong England English eſtabliſhed etymology expreffions exprefs faid fame faſhionable fecond feems fenfe fentence fhall fhort fhould fignified fimilar fingle fingular firft firſt fome fpeaking fpeech fpelling French ftile ftill fubject fubjunctive fuch fuppofe fyllable Gaul GOTHIC LANGuages Greek guage Hebrew hiftory idea inftances knowlege language laſt Latin leaſt letters manner meaſure miſtake mode modern moft moſt muſt nation neceffary noun obferve original orthography paffage paſt pauſe perfon phrafes phraſes plural practice prefent preferve prepofitions principles profe pronounced pronunciation propriety purpoſe reaſon refpect Roman rules Saxon ſenſe ſhall ſhort ſome ſpeak ſpelling ſtandard ſtate ſtill tenfe tenſe thefe themſelves theſe words thofe thors thoſe thou tion tongue Trochee underſtand uſed verb verfe verſe vowels writers