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A. Six - and - twenty . Q. Which are they ? A. They are these following , with their powers and names . Letters . Their names , and powers , or sounds . A long ( a ) as in cape : short ( ă ) as in cap . B b Bee broad ( â ) as in halt .
A. Six - and - twenty . Q. Which are they ? A. They are these following , with their powers and names . Letters . Their names , and powers , or sounds . A long ( a ) as in cape : short ( ă ) as in cap . B b Bee broad ( â ) as in halt .
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r Letters . and powers , or sounds . F f Ef G g Jee H h Aych I i I long ( i ) as in time : short ... Q. What letters are those which do not always keep their own natural sound . 4. They are b , c , e , f , g , i , 1 , 0 , s , t , u , x ...
r Letters . and powers , or sounds . F f Ef G g Jee H h Aych I i I long ( i ) as in time : short ... Q. What letters are those which do not always keep their own natural sound . 4. They are b , c , e , f , g , i , 1 , 0 , s , t , u , x ...
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X hath no sound of its own ; but at the beginning of a word is always sounded like z ; as in Xenophon : and in the middle and ... as in Egypt : and at the end of words of more than one syllable , it usually sounds like e ; as in many .
X hath no sound of its own ; but at the beginning of a word is always sounded like z ; as in Xenophon : and in the middle and ... as in Egypt : and at the end of words of more than one syllable , it usually sounds like e ; as in many .
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| Title | A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five Parts |
| Author | Thomas Dilworth |
| Publisher | S. Babcock, 1840 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2019 |
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