from A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: In Which the Words Are Accented and Divided Into Syllables Exactly as They Ought to Be Pronounced, According to Rules Drawn From Analogy and the Best Usage
But the English are accused not only of departing from the genuine sound of the Greek and Latin vowels, but of violating the quantity of these languages more than the people of any other nation in Europe.
The author. Of the Essay upon the Harmony of Language gives us a detail of the particulars by which this accusation is proved: and this is so true a picture'of the English pronunciation of Latin, that I shall quote it at length, as it may be of use.
To' those who are obliged
to learn this lan guage without the aid of a teacher,
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