Dissertations on the English Language

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