Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 edition. Excerpt: ...delicious scent, senseless schemes, ceaseless streams, pious saint, reckless sinners, precious stone, populous cities, tremulous sighs, heterogeneous sentences, beasts' skins, viperous slander, close scrutiny, vigorous strokes, hopeless struggle. 10. Z-Z. his zeal, despise zanies, summer's zephyrs. 11. TH-TH. warmtA tAaws, overgrowtA tAwarts, trutA tArives, fiftA tArust, pixfA theme. 12. DH-DH. soo/Ae tAem, yiith thee, sheathe thy dagger. 13. SH-SH. fresA sugar, rasA surety, peevisA sArew, husA sArewisA sArieks, shcepisA sArugs, harsA sAingle, fisA sAoals, fresA sArimps, garisA sAows, foolisA sAepherd, childisA sAyness, dwarfisA sAape, sellisA sAelter, brutisA sAouts, IrisA sAanfrock, churcA sArine. 14. ZH-ZH. huge giraffe. 15. NG-G. There can be no meetings of ng and ng. The practice of the finai ng succeeded by its cognate sounds g and A, will, however, be found useful in removing a very common habit of substituting n for ng. singing girls, dying gladiator, surpassing glory, glittering gewgaws, straggling growth, growing greed, echoing glen, clustering grapes, rising ground, yawning gulf. 16. NG-K corroding cares, lowing Aine, deafening clamours, struggling crowd, stirring call, exciting contest. 17. L-L. lingual fetters, vernal lilies, loyal fife, filial tove, rural landscape, pale look, playful lambs, mutual league, tall lad, small lock, shrill laughter, celestial light, autumnal leaves, cool lymph, disdainful look, vital lamp, equinoctial line, regal lustre, frail life, steel lance, total lull, careful labour, fickle ladies, moral lessons. 18. M-M. prime minister, calm morn, dumb man, dumi mouths, toilsome march, firm measures, esteem modesty, roam meadows, warm month, infirm man, grim monk, extreme marvel, solemn moments. 19. N-N....
