Excerpt from A New and Complete Italian Grammar: Containing a Short Introduction to the Italian Pronunciation; Plain and Concise Rules and Observations Upon the Nine Parts of Speech, Exemplified and Sanctioned by Passages Taken From the Best Italian Writers There are critics, who, on that ao count, complain of a wearisome mo notchy in our language but let them read an Italian author, if they have never yet read one, and they will see that if we have not, as the Latin, that multiplicity of Words ending in as and am, the pronunciation of which must have been rough and sharp, we have however, some terminating with a con sonant, and besides, we make a fre quent use of elisions (t), which pro perly arranged by a delicate and judi cious ear, render our language diyersi fied, and, at the same time, harmonious. This is so true, that music, which can alone decide with respect to 3 various and sweet harmony, cannot have a more suitable language than the Italian. 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.