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" The amphibious letter y, which is either a vowel or a consonant, has one sound in one character, and two sounds in the other; as a consonant, it is pronounced as in yesterday ; in try, it is sounded as i; in any, and in the termination of many other words,... "
A spelling and reading book, upon new principles - Page v
by Joshua Frederick Denham - 1848
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Practical Education, Volume 1

Maria Edgeworth - Child rearing - 1801 - 366 pages
...many other words, it is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him ? But he must know a great deal more, before...learning, when c is to be sounded like k, and when like s ? and how much longer time shall we add for learning, when * shall be pronounced sh, as in sure,...
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Practical Education

Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1811 - 522 pages
...many other words, it is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him} But he must know a great deal more before...like */ and how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced sh, as in sure, or z, as in has; the sound of which last letter...
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Essays on Practical Education, Volume 1

Maria Edgeworth - Education - 1822 - 436 pages
...many other words, it is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him ? But he must know a great deal more before...allow him for learning when c is to be sounded like A, and when like sf and how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced sh,...
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The Teacher's Guide and Parent's Assistant, Volume 1

Education - 1827 - 554 pages
...other : as a consonant, it is pronounced as in yetterday ; in try, it is sounded as i ; in any, and in the termination of many other words, it is sounded...learning when c is to be sounded like k, and when like s ? — and how much longer time should we add, for learning when * should be pronounced sh, as in...
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Practical Education

Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1835 - 570 pages
...other; as a consonant, it is pronounced as in yesterday ; in try, it is sounded as i; in any, and in the termination of many other words, it is sounded...like - ? and how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced sh, as in sure, or z, as in has; the sound of which last letter,...
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Practical Education

Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1835 - 574 pages
...other ; as a consonant, it is pronounced as in yesterday ; in try, it is sounded as i ; in any, and in the termination of many other words, it is sounded...learning when c is to be sounded like k, and when like x ? and how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced sh, as. in sure,...
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Practical Education

Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth - Education - 1855 - 574 pages
...before or after them. Suppose, that after having learned the alphabet, a child was to read the words a great deal more before he can read the most common...learning when c is to be sounded like k, and when like He would pronounce the letters thus: Here is some apple-pye. x Acheare ies esoemc apepcele pewie. With...
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Syllabic spelling, or A summary method of teaching children to read

Honoria Williams - 1858 - 180 pages
...many other words, it is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him ? but he must know a great deal more before...allow him for learning when c is to be sounded like ft, and when like s ? and how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 12

Education - 1862 - 752 pages
...many other words, it is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him ? But he must know a great deal more before...time should we allow him for learning when c is to bo sounded like k, and when like c ? And " Before the vowels a. o, or «, c has the sound of A, as...
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Papers on Popular Education and School-keeping

Robert Sullivan - Education, Elementary - 1863 - 272 pages
...many other words, it Is sounded like e. Must a child know all this by intuition, or must it be whipt into him? But he must know a great deal more before...allow him for learning when c is to be sounded like A, and when like s ? And how much longer time shall we add for learning when s shall be pronounced...
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