That věry nîght, while gentle sleep
The urchin eyelids kissed,
Two stern-faced men set out from Lynn
Through the cold and heavy mist;

And Eugene Aram walked betwee.n

With gyves upon his wrist.

Thomas Hood.

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P. 3. In fireside the i is long, but the e is not pronounced. Similarly blameless, lively, likely, pavement, daresay, Shakespeare; also dazed,

dared, dined, etc., faced (=fäst), chased.

Note that many rhymes are not perfect, e. g. wòrds, chords; prize, sympathies; deities, flies; thee, sanctuary; earth (=ertħ), hearth (harth), etc.

P. 4. In such words as refuge, volume, Fortune, future, verdure, value, the vowel in the final syllable has the sound of û (as in due), but unstressed.

P. 5. The marking of sanctuary shows that the first syllable, which is stressed, is followed by two which are unstressed, while the final has a slight secondary stress; so pityingly, diligent`ly, literally, favourably, gratification, etc. Thames Tems.

P. 7. cottage. The italic a in the endings -ace, -age, -ate is to be pronounced as short i, e. g. in palace, surface, village, visage, delicate, desperate fortunate.

P. 8. Hampshire, also pronounced -shire (-sheer), but as a separate word always shire.

P. 9. towards tôrdz, twârdz, and tò-, tówâ.rdz.

The earth, was

cold; the relative that or which is to be supplied before was. 'Gins begins.

P. 10. clergions choristers, singing birds. sovereign — sovrin.

P. 12. wind; in poetry also pronounced wînd, and so rhyming exactly with find.

violet. The groups ia, io when stressed are pronounced as î-a, î-o, but when unstressed as ĭ-a, ĭ-o; e. g. giant, trial, prior viol, but amiable, radial. In radiate, etc., the a is naturally long, but unstressed.

association; the c is also pronounced as sh.

melancholy; the nch is either n-k or ng-k.

P. 13. radiance; also with iconsonantal y. So genial below, con

P. 18. The rhyme skies: joys was allowable in the 18th century.

P. 20. jessamine. Also written jasmine (jas-, jašmín).

P. 21. The y in polyanthus is vocalic (poli-). In anemonë the final -e has the sound of -Ĭ.

P. 22. beloved; also pronounced with e silent, and regularly so when

predicative.

Note exhibition with x
inculcate; also inculcate.

=

ks, but exhibit with x= Fgz.

ethereal; four syllables.

P. 23. Loch, with the Scottish guttural ch (as in German or Dutch).

P. 25. jocund; also jocund.

P. 26. privacy; also privacy.

gypsy, also commonly spelled gipsy.

P. 29. handkerchief with handk- hangk-.

P. 30. victual is pronounced as if written vittle.

P. 33. cheerful; also pronounced as if written cherfúl.

P. 36. sojourn; also as sòjòurn.

P. 37. rendezvous, rānd-, rând-, ràndevu, or with French nasal a.

apparently; also as apparentɩy.

P. 40. annihilate; also commonly with h silent.

P. 41. casual, casually; also with s as z.

short. exhale; also as exhale.

P. 47. mignone. tte, with gn as ny (min-yon-).

P. 52. Cherwell Charwell.

P. 53. mis hap; also stressed mis,ha.p.

P. 54. Berkshire Barkshire, -shire.

minute (adj.); also with i

P. 57. luxury; also luxúrỹ. -ŭrỹ. luxuriant; also

luxû riant, lugźü.r-.

P. 60. Banshee, an Irish word meaning 'fairy woman'.

cordially, also= cordially.

P. 61. kirk, the Scottish (and Northern English) form of church.

brae, a bank or slope.

P. 64. plaid; in Scotland frequently pronounced with ai, in England

with ǎ.

P. 65. leaped; also lĕapt. eyry (or eyrie), also eyry.

P. 66. lift, the air, sky.

P. 69. sugħ (=suff) is also written sough and souch; the Scottish pronunciation is such.

P. 70. symptom, also with omission of p.

corrie, a hollow in the hills.

is ourie), chilly, shivering.

owrie (the Scottish pronunciation silly poor.

P. 75. Sandy, a familiar form of Alexander.

P. 77. waistcoat, also pron. as waiscoat and wescut.

P. 79. eighth eight tħ. Kerr, also pronounced as Karr.
P. 80. nephewněvew, něfew.

P. 83. fâlc'ner (=fâlconer), also pronounced as fâc'ner. gaze-hounds, bratchets, varieties of hunting dogs.

P. 85. Ohio=ō,hî·ō.

P. 93. Cicerone; frequently (with Italian pron.) as Chichero në. P. 95. anxiety=ang-, angzî'ety.

P. 96. choir

P. 99. transient, also transient, transient, etc.

P. 101. progress; also with short o.
P. 105. detail; also frequently de-tail.
P. 109. portmanteau, with eau=
P. 111. aqueduct; the a is short.

=ō (as in beau).

P. 114. exhalation; also with x= = gz.

quire.

P. 115. quench; also with ch=tch. So stench (p. 127), etc.

P. 118. quay has the same pronunciation as key (=kee).

P. 119. viz. vidě.liçet, vide-liçet (also vî-).

P. 121. soldiersōldjer.

P. 128. drave, old form of drove.

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