Adeline in her garden.
PETER PIPER'S
PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES
OF
PLAIN AND PERFECT
PRONUNCIATION
PHILADELPHIA:
Willard Johnson, No. 141, South Street
1836.
PREFACE.
Peter Piper, without Pretension to Precocity or Profoundness, Puts Pento Paper to Produce these Puzzling Pages, Purposely to Please thePalates of Pretty Prattling Playfellows, Proudly Presuming that withProper Penetration it will Probably, and Perhaps Positively, Prove aPeculiarly Pleasant and Profitable Path to Proper, Plain and PrecisePronunciation.
He Prays Parents to Purchase this Playful Performance, Partly to Payhim for his Patience and Pains; Partly to Provide for the Printers andPublishers; but Principally to Prevent the Pernicious Prevalence ofPerverse Pronunciation.
A a
Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her ailment;
Did Andrew Airpump ask his Aunt her ailment?
If Andrew Airpump ask'd his Aunt her ailment,
Where was the Ailment of Andrew Airpump's Aunt?
B b
Billy Button bought a butter'd Biscuit:
Did Billy Button buy a butter'd Biscuit?
If Billy Button bought a butter'd Biscuit,
Where's the butter'd Biscuit Billy Button bought?
C c
Captain Crackskull crack'd a Catchpoll's Cockscomb:
Did Captain Crackskull crack a Catchpoll's Cockscomb?
If Captain Crackskull crack'd a Catchpoll's Cockscomb,
Where's the Catchpoll's Cockscomb Captain Crackskull crack'd?
D d
Davy Dolldrum dream'd he drove a Dragon:
Did Davy Dolldrum dream he drove a dragon?
If Davy Dolldrum dream'd he drove