Elements of speech; an essay of inquiry into the natural production of letters; with an appendix concerning persons deaf and dumb / By William Holder.

  • William Holder
Date:
1669
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Credit: Elements of speech; an essay of inquiry into the natural production of letters; with an appendix concerning persons deaf and dumb / By William Holder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' eh FV ge ag > j ; F in RATT OCI ADEN N ADIN SEDO PAP nO IS ” eo eS durveyed the trucand proper na- | - ‘ tural Alphabet, we may eafily dif> | | cover the Deviations from it inthe 4} 1 | Characters thereof, in all the Al- | ¢ | _ phabetsinufe: Either by Defe& | of fingle CharaGters of Letters; | { or by Confufion of them; orby | ¢ exprefling the Power of fingle | 1 a Letters by unapt Compofitions; } } yi or by an abfurd reception of dou- | | ai ble Letters, into the number of ‘| : the Elements, which ought tobe | : i oncly fingle and original ; or laft- | H ly by the incongruous pronun- 7 ~ ciations of feveral Letters, asthey | 7 | lie defcribed tothe Eye by Sym- ] } Y bols or Characters of the Aipha- 1 | bet of feveral Languages, which | | indeed ought tobe only one, or - | , at leaft all to be perfedtly corre- | | . {pondent each to other, accord- | , ing to their Origine in nature, | , though | ,