 | 1853 - 748 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it arait. Now, here were two men of the highest rank, — the one the best...speaker in the House of Commons — differing entirely." — Boswell's Life, Notes of March 27, 177Z. C. FoHBES. Temple. • Consecrated Rings (Vol. vii., p.... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 578 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to teat, and that none ' but an Irishman would pronounce it gra,it. Now here were two men of the ' highest rank, the one, the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." iii. 191. t Malone's Life of Dryden prefixed to his prose writings, i. 518. " He was ' immediately... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 960 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to teat, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now, here were nson's review of his Essay on Tea, and Johnson, after a full and deliberate 1 Mr. Dunda«, successively Lord Advocate, Secretary of Slate, Pint Lord of the Admiralty, and Viscount... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1860 - 260 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to 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, and the other the best speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely.' "' In this case the pronunciation... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1861 - 510 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to a«a(, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it gra.it. Now, here were two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons differing entirely." This passage furnishes us, with an instance in which the introduction of a new pronunciation of one... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 pages
...and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, one the best speaker in the House of Lords, the other...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." Mrs. Piozzi has written on the margin : — " Sir William was in the right." Two well-known couplets... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 410 pages
...and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, one the best speaker in the House of Lords, the other...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." ^rs. Piozzi has written on the margin : — " Sir William was in the right." Two well-known couplets... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Richard Grant White - 1862 - 500 pages
...an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now, here were two men of the highest rank, the one the beat speaker in the House of Lords, the other the best...speaker in the House of Commons differing entirely." This passage furnishes us, with an instance in which the introduction of a new pronunciation of one... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1862 - 608 pages
...respectable usage in England as Walker's." highest rank, the onu the best speaker in the House of Lords, and the other the best speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely.' " * In this case, the pronunciation of Lord Chesterfield prevailed,+ though opposed to analogy, because... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - 1869 - 232 pages
...pronounced so as to rhyme to seat, and that none but Irishmen would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men of the highest rank, the one the best speaker...speaker in the House of Commons, differing entirely." Boswell's Life of Johnson, anno. 1772, set. 63. Dr. Johnson, however, had his own fancies : "I perceived... | |
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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, and that none but an Irishman would pronounce it grait. Now here were two men... 
