 | John Milton - 1753 - 374 sider
...and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, efpecially in the vowels. For we Englimmen being far northerly, do not open our mouths in the cold air, wide enough to grace a fouthern tongue ; but are obferv'd by all other nations to fpcak exceeding clofe and inward: G gx fo... | |
 | Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 sider
...Italian, efpecially in the vowels. For we Englifhmen being farre northerly, doe not open our mouthes in the cold air, wide enough to grace a Southern tongue ; but are obfer-v'd by all other nations to fpeak exceeding clofe and iiv.vard: So that to fmatter Lafiri with... | |
 | Lord James Burnett Monboddo - 1787 - 526 sider
...pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, efpecially in the vowels. For we Englifhmen, being northerly, do not open our mouths in the cold air wide enough to grace a Southern tongue; but are obferved by all other nations, to fpeak exceeding clofe and inward: So that to fmatter Latin \vith... | |
 | Lord James Burnett Monboddo - 1787 - 534 sider
...pronunci' ation, as near as may be to the Italian, efpecially in * the vowels. For we Englifhmen, being northerly, * do not open our mouths in the cold air wide enough i to grace a Southern tongue ; but are obferved by all ' other nations, to fpeak exceeding clofe and... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 sider
...pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, efpecially in the vowels. For we Englifhmen being fir northerly, do not open our mouths in the cold air, wide enough to grace a fouthcrn tongue; but are obfcrved by all other nations to fpeak exceeding ctofs and inward; fo that... | |
 | 1803 - 456 sider
...a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels. For we Englishmen, being far northerly, do not open our...cold air wide enough to grace a southern tongue ; but we are observed by all nations to speak exceeding close and inward; so that to smarter Latin with an... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sider
..., » and speak , as it were , ore rotunda. Milton , in his Letter on Education , observes, that « we Englishmen , being far northerly , do not open...grace a southern tongue ; but are observed by all other nations , to speak exceedingly close and inward. » If this observation were duly regarded, if... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 436 sider
...clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, cfpecially in the vowels. For we Englifhmen being far northerly, do not open our mouths in the' cold air, wide enough to grace a fouthern tongue ; but are obferved by all other nations to fpeak exceeding clofe and inward ; fo that... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 sider
...as may be to the Italian, efpecially in, the vowels. For we Englifhmen being far northerly, do lfot open our mouths in the cold air, wide enough to grace a fouthern tongue ; but are obferved by all other nations to fpeak exceeding clofe and inward; fo that... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 sider
...a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels. For we Englishmen being far northerly, do not open our...to grace a southern tongue; but are observed by all other nations to speak exceeding close and inward ; so- that to smatter Latin with an English mouth,... | |
| |
... their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels. For we Englishmen being far northerly, do not open our mouths in the cold air wide enough to grace a southern tongue;... 
