The places of small letters.
Small letters will take any place in words
The schoole-masters auxiliaries, to remove the barbarians siege from Athens; advanced under two guides The first, leading by rule and reason to read and write English dexterously. The second, asserting the Latine tongue in prose and verse, to its just inlargement, splendor, and elegancy.
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- The schoole-masters auxiliaries, to remove the barbarians siege from Athens; advanced under two guides The first, leading by rule and reason to read and write English dexterously. The second, asserting the Latine tongue in prose and verse, to its just inlargement, splendor, and elegancy.
- Author
- Lloyd, Richard, 1594 or 5-1659.
- Publication
- London :: printed by T.R. for the author,
- 1654.
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- English language -- Grammar -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Early works to 1800.
- English language -- Usage -- Early works to 1800.
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"The schoole-masters auxiliaries, to remove the barbarians siege from Athens; advanced under two guides The first, leading by rule and reason to read and write English dexterously. The second, asserting the Latine tongue in prose and verse, to its just inlargement, splendor, and elegancy." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A48812.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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Page 51
excepting, 1. The places designed for capi∣tall letters specified in the former Rule. 2. That the short waved s doth always take the last place in words, whereas s of the full length doth serve for the first, or middle let∣ters; both which places the short s joyned with the stems, will take in the Roman, but specially in the Italian Characters, as in least, skill. 3. That the waved v doth ever begin the word, be it either vowell or consonant, as in vp, void, but it hath no other place to stand for a vowel, whereas the Minim u may be used indifferently for a vowell or conso∣nant in any place besides the first. 4. That the waved r is mostly used with o, being fi∣nall, as in honour, or with any letter in words contracted, as in Sir, your, Mr. 5. The e of two small rounds will fit best at last, as in the.