The English Language

CHAPTER IV.

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EUPHONY; THE PERMUTATION AND TRANSITION OF LETTERS.

224. Euphonic change exhibited 157 225. The _rationale_ of it 157 226. The combinations _-mt_, _-nt_ 158 227. The combination _-pth_ 158 228. Accommodation of vowels 158 229. Permutation of letters 159 230. Transition of letters 160