A copious INTRODUCTION to the various Uses of the Work,

with critical and practical OBSERVATIONS, QUOrthogra

phy, Syllabication, Pronunciation, and Rhyme;

AND,

FOR THE PURPOSE OF POETRY,

IS ADDED,

AN INDEX OF ALLOWABLE RHYMES,

WITH AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR USAGE FROM OUR BEST POETS.

BY J. WALKER,

AUTHOR OF THE CRITICAL PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY, &c.

Fronte, exile negotium,

Et dignum pueris putes,

Aggressus, labor arduus.

Terentian. Maur.

THE THIRD EDITION, IMPROVED.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES; LONGMAN, HURST, REES

ORME, AND BROWN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; J. BOOTH;

SHERWOOD, Neely, and JONES; G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER;

J. WALKER; AND SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL.

1819.

NEW YORK

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SIR,

DAVID GARRICK, Esq.

THE same motives which induced me to solicit your patronage for the General Idea of a Pronouncing Dictionary, have determined me to prefix your name to the present work. If either have a sufficient degree of merit to recommend them to the attention of the public, it is in a great measure owing to the early opportunities I have had of observing your pronunciation on the stage, and the frequent advice you have favoured me with in the prosecution of my enquiries. Without any apology, therefore, I present you with a production, which, if useful to the public, will be allowed to be properly addressed to you; and, if worthless, will at least be a proof of your readiness to encourage even the faintest endeavours in the service of the muses; a disposition which will raise you a nobler monument with posterity than that delicate distinction of character, that intensely animated expression, in which you excel as an actor, or that strenuous perseverance in the arduous duties of a manager, which has so largely contributed to the credit and improvement of the English stage.

I am, SIR,

With the utmost respect,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. WALKER.