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Excerpt from The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language, in Which the Whole Language Is Arranged According to Its Terminations: With a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, and an Index of Allowable Rhymes, With Authorities for Their Usage From Our Best PoetsIn his Introduction, our Author has ingeniously pointed out the various uses to which this Dictionary might be applied; the information, as to the structure of our language, that might be derived from the juxta position of words of similar terminations, and the cor~ rect pronunciation of one word as rhyming with another; but singularly enough he appears to have been some what ashamed of the use to which the very title of the work would naturally suggest its application. Whether the Rhyming Dictionary forms an indispensable part of the apparatus of the writing desk of the English poet, we have no means of ascertaining; but, if any good effect is produced by the composition of nonsense verses in our Latin seminaries, we are persuaded that no small benefit would result from the practice of com posing sense verses in our English schools; an ear for the pleasing rhythmus of the language would be cultivated, if not produced; the proper accentuation of the words would be fixed in the memory the correct sound of the vowels in the rhymes would be learned; the discern ment of nearly synonymous words would be forced on the attention, and the pupil's vocabulary would neces sarily be greatly increased from the obligation that the measure of the verse would lay upon him to try several words before he could find one that would suit its place; not to speak of the due cultivation of the imagination, the elevation of the mind, and the refinement of the heart.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Rhyming Dictionary of the English Language, in Which the Whole Language Is Arranged According to Its Terminations: With a Copious Introduction to the Various Uses of the Work, and an Index of Allowable Rhymes, With Authorities for Their Usage From Our Best PoetsIn his Introduction, our Author has ingeniously pointed out the various uses to which this Dictionary might be applied; the information, as to the structure of our language, that might be derived from the juxta position of words of similar terminations, and the cor~ rect pronunciation of one word as rhyming with another; but singularly enough he appears to have been some what ashamed of the use to which the very title of the work would naturally suggest its application. Whether the Rhyming Dictionary forms an indispensable part of the apparatus of the writing desk of the English poet, we have no means of ascertaining; but, if any good effect is produced by the composition of nonsense verses in our Latin seminaries, we are persuaded that no small benefit would result from the practice of com posing sense verses in our English schools; an ear for the pleasing rhythmus of the language would be cultivated, if not produced; the proper accentuation of the words would be fixed in the memory the correct sound of the vowels in the rhymes would be learned; the discern ment of nearly synonymous words would be forced on the attention, and the pupil's vocabulary would neces sarily be greatly increased from the obligation that the measure of the verse would lay upon him to try several words before he could find one that would suit its place; not to speak of the due cultivation of the imagination, the elevation of the mind, and the refinement of the heart.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This unfolding pop-up examines twelve of the world's most extraordinary arthropods: the European Praying Mantis, the Asian Giant Hornet, the Arizona Bark Scorpion, the Stag Beetle, the Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula, the Army Ant, the American Cockroach, the Atlas Moth, the Anopheles Mosquito, the North American Millipede, the Giant Weta and the Pill Woodlouse. With bold and colourful illustrations and fun facts, the guide unfolds to a length of 1.5 metres and is perfect for any bug enthusiast.

Excerpt from A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In Which the Meaning of Every Word Is Explained, and the Sound of Every Syllable Distinctly Shown; And Where Words Are Subject to Different Pronunciations, the Preferable One Is Pointed Out by Being Placed FirstAccent, in its very nature, implies a comparison with other syllables less for cible; hence we may conclude, that monosyllables, properly speaking, have no accent; when they are combined with other monosyllables and form a phrase, the stress which is laid upon one, in preference to others, is called emphasis. As emphasis evidently points out the most significant word in a sentence, so, where other reasons do not forbid, the accent always dwells with greatest force on that part of the word which, from its importance, the bearer has always the greatest occasion to observe; and this is necessarily the root, or body of the word. But as harmon of termination frequently attracts the accent from the root to the branches words, so the first and most natural law of accentuation seems to operate less in fixing the stress than any of the other. Our own Saxon terminations, indeed, with perfect uniformity, leave the principal part of the word in quiet possession of what seems its lawful property but Latin and Greek terminations assume a right of preserving their original accent, and subject many of the words they bestow upon us to their own classical laws.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.