 I remember an instance ; when I published the Plan for my Dictionary, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should be pronounced so as to rhyme to seat,...  Dictionary of the English Language ... - Página xvide Robert Sullivan - 1854Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 páginas
...Dictionary, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were too men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker in the House of Lords,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 páginas
...Dictionary, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce itgrait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker in the House of Lords,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 páginas
...Dictionary, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but au Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one, the best... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 542 páginas
...Dictionary, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and Sir William Yonge sent me word that it should...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now, here were two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker in the House of Lords,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 372 páginas
...Dictionary, lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and sir William Yonge sent me word, that it should...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker in the house of lords, the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 páginas
...Dictionary, lord Chesterfield told me that the word gr'eat should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and sir William Yonge sent me word, that it should...rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounee it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one- the best speaker in the house... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 páginas
...Dictionary, lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and sir William Yonge sent me word, that it should be pronounced so as to rhyme to sent, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 páginas
...Dictioniry, Lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced ю ae to rhyme to state ; and Sir William, Yonge sent me word that it should be pronounced so os to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. IVow here were two men... | |
 | 1821 - 372 páginas
...Dictionary, lord Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state; and sir William Yonge sent me word, that it should...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker in the house of lords, the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 páginas
...Chesterfield told me that the word great should be pronounced so as to rhyme to state ; and Sir William Youge sent me word that it should be pronounced so as to...seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now hcre M'ere two men of the highest rank, the one, the best speaker in the House of Lords,... | |
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