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ade=--pae-re-zae'd[=a], not p[)a]r'i-z[=a]de'. A princess in "Arabian Nights' Entertainments." =Parolles=--pa-r[)o]l'les, not pa-r[=o]lz'. A follower of Bertram in "All's Well That Ends Well." =Perdita=--per'di-ta, not per-d[=i]'ta nor per-d[=e]'ta. A princess in "Winter's Tale." =Petruchio=--pe-tr[=o][=o]'ch[)i]-o, not pe-tr[=o][=o]'k[)i]-o. A principal character in "Taming of the Shrew." =Pisanio=--p[)i]-zae'n[)i]-o, not p[)i]-s[=a]'n[)i]-o. A character in "Cymbeline." =Posthumus=--p[)o]st'hu-m[)u]s, not p[=o]st-h[=u]'m[)u]s. Imogen's husband in "Cymbeline." =Prospero=--pr[)o]s'pe-ro, not pros-p[=e]'ro. An important character in the "Tempest." =Rosalind=--r[)o]z'a-l[)i]nd, not r[=o]z'a-lind. The lady loved by Orlando in "As You Like It." =Rosaline=--r[)o]z'a-l[)i]n or r[)o]z'a-l[=i]n, not r[=o]z'a-leen. A lady in "Love's Labor's Lost;" also the name of a lady loved by Romeo before Juliet. =Rosamond, Fair=--r[)o]z'a-mond, not r[=o]'za-mond. =Rozinante=--r[)o]z-i-n[)a]n'te, not r[=o]-zi-n[)a]n'te. Don Quixote's famous horse. =Ruggiero=--r[=o][=o]d-j[=a]'ro, not r[)u]g-gi-[)e]r'o or r[)u]j-ji-[=e]'ro. A knight in "Orlando Furioso." =Sakhrat=--sae<sc>K</sc>-rae', not s[)a]k'rat. A sacred stone of great powers, in "Mohammedan mythology." =Stephano=--st[)e]f'a-no, not ste-f[=a]'no. A drunken butler in "Tempest;" also a servant of Portia in "Merchant of Venice." =Titania=--t[)i]-t[=a]'ni-a, not t[)i]-t[)a]n'i-a. The wife of Oberon, king of the fairies. =Tybalt=--t[)i]b'alt, not t[=i]'balt. One of the Capulets in "Romeo and Juliet. =Ulrica=--ul-r[=i]'ka, not [)u]l'ri-ka. An old sibyl in "Ivanhoe." =Ursula=--uer'su-la, not uer-s[=o][=o]'la. An attendant in "Much Ado About Nothing." =Viola=--v[=i]'o-la, not v[=i]-[=o]'la. The disguised page of Duke Orsino in "Twelfth Night." ORTHOEPICAL ERRORS OF THE PROFESSIONS. Although errors of speech are at all times to be deprecated, and are generally criticised without much leniency, it must be admitted that unless they are very gross, reasonable excuses are to be taken for those who have never made their language a subject of close study, and whose only use of words is entirely impromptu in the business affairs of life, i
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