Dissertations on the English Language, with Notes, Historical and Critical

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DIRECTIONS.

The sounds of the vowels, marked or referred to in the second and third Dissertations, are according to the Key in the First Part of the Institute. Thus:

aeiouy

First sound,late,feet,night,note,tune,sky,

Second,hat,let,tin,tun,glory,

Third,law,fraud,

Fourth,ask,father,

Fifth,not,what,

Sixth,prove,room,

The capitals, included in brackets [] in the text, are references to the Notes at the end.

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DISSERTATIONS ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, &c.