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the second, for that sound or power is always re- 

 presented by the Italic letter e. It has also a 

 third power, as in the words Yes, Yell, &c. 

 which is retained every where in the Vocabulary, 

 at least at the beginning of words, or when it 

 goes before another vowel, unless directed to be 

 sounded separately by a mark over it, as thus, 

 ya. 



Unless in a few instances, these powers of the 

 vowels are used throughout the Vocabulary j but, 

 to make the pronunciation still less liable to change 

 or variation, a few marks are added to the words as 

 follows : 



This mark : as oa, means that these letters are 

 to be expressed singly. 



The letters in Italic, as ee or oo, make but one 

 simple sound. 



When a particular stress is laid on any part of a 

 word in the pronunciation, an accent is placed over 

 that letter where it begins, or rather between that 

 and the preceding one. 



It often happens that a word is compounded as it 

 were of two, or in some cases the same word or 

 syllable is repeated. In these circumstances, a 

 comma is placed under them at this division, where 

 a rest or small space of time is left before you pro- 

 ceed to pronounce the other part, but it must not be 

 imagined that this is a full stop. 



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