Excerpt from Marshall's Spelling Book of the English Language, or the Teacher's Assistant: In Which the Orthography and Pronunciation Are in Accordance With the Principles of Walker; Designed for the Use of Common Schools It should be Observed, that all unaccented syllables, termi nating with a Roman c preserve the antecedent vowel in the 'same syllable, long, as the i in pine, &c.; but when the con cluding e is italick, the other vowel is short, as the i in ex amine, See. The final 49 in accented syllables is mute, as the figures denote the sounds of the vowels over which they are placed. Walker pronounces many words in several ways; but generally in this work, the preferable one only is pointed out. Where any doubts exist, reference can be had to his large Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.