| William Neilson - 1808 - 300 pàgines
...called small, because they require a less opening of the mouth. . . i. -...- .. c- ,i ;> .. , , • The poets,, in latter ages, devised a rule, which...before: a consonant, must be of the same class with the vowel which follows that' consonant, ie both broad, or both small. In observing this rule,. therefore,... | |
| William Neilson - 1808 - 308 pàgines
...mouth, in expressing them; e and i are called small, because they require a less opening of the mouth. The poets, in latter ages, devised a rule, which prescribes...vowel, which goes before a consonant, must be of the sairie class with the vowel which follows that consonant, ie both broad, or both small. In observing... | |
| Henry Joseph Monck Mason - 1839 - 74 pàgines
...ICACAO, ~\ cAol jie c*ol; or broad with broad, and slender with slender : and it makes it necessary, " that the vowel which goes before a consonant. must be of the same class with the vowel which follows that consonant ; ie both broad, or both slender. Hence we have pe«ll treason,... | |
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