A New and Complete Italian Grammar: Containing a Short Introduction to the Italian Pronunciation; Plain and Concise Rules and Observations Upon the ... Passages Taken from the Best Italian Writers - Softcover
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There are critics, who, on that ao count, complain of a wearisome mo notchy in our language but let them read an Italian author, if they have never yet read one, and they will see that if we have not, as the Latin, that multiplicity of Words ending in as and am, the pronunciation of which must have been rough and sharp, we have however, some terminating with a con sonant, and besides, we make a fre quent use of elisions (t), which pro perly arranged by a delicate and judi cious ear, render our language diyersi fied, and, at the same time, harmonious. This is so true, that music, which can alone decide with respect to 3 various and sweet harmony, cannot have a more suitable language than the Italian.
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