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abominable, academy, arc', a'rcher, avarice, &c. Bag'

gage, ball, balance, ballad, ballet,

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Chai'se, chevalie'r,

chart'è, blan’che, connoiffêu'r. Dac'tyle, daddă, da`nger,

dat'e, debauchee'. Ecla't, ecclesiaft'ic, e'cho, eclip'fe,

Ke'rmes, kib'la. La'bial, legal, lib'eral, liêu'. Machin'e,

marine. Na'fal, negoc'e, nec'tar. Oblique, oeilla'de.

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Parr, pannier, pa`pift. Qua'rt, quatrain. Ragout,

reg'icide, rab'bin. Soup, fource, fub'tile, fubt'le. Te'te

a tè'te, tour. Ulc'er, un'ion, u'rine.

vedette. Xang'ti, xenia, xebec'. Yacht, ya'm. Zenith,

I give the preced'ing ta'ble of terminations and word's,

a's a fmall' fpecimen of the grea't ea'fe with which

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tong'ue, which' i's but a very rich' com'pound of the

When a foci'ety of good' and learned Gen'tlemen fhall

have published new' book's, containing all the wealth'

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and beau'tics of the anc'ients and moderns; we may

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fom'e of which' a're it's multiplicity of na'fal voŵ'els

the hiffing ss of it's conjunctives; the repeated rof

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it's future tenf'es; it's impolite and obfce'ne expreffions;

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French has a very plea'sing (liaifon) catena, a'nd is

Bong' fyllables; for which' reafon o'nly, it is more uni

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verfally ftudied than the English; which of late feem's

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travest'ed into a gab'ble of short fyllables and contractions.

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the one with that' of the oth'er na'tion.

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Mi'fers clip' oûr

coîn', with a view to enrich' themfe'lves. But why

'Tis co'pious*, flor'id, plea'sing to the ea'r;

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With foft'ness more perhap's, than oûrs can bear.

Drawn to French wi're, would through whole pa'ges fhine.

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moft' perfect that ever exift'ed: Why' fhould' we not

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fashion, any more than the fo'rmer? The art of fpeak'

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good' fubjects in general; and that' of our Legislature

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INTRODUCTION.

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I MUST beg leave to introduce my h'umble Effay,

u'nder the aufpi'ces of the celebrated John'fon, Afh' and

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"Most of the writers of E'ng-lish Grammar have

theŷ a're writ'ten; withoût' confid'ering, that' of E'ng

lish, as of all' liv'ing tongues, there are two' pronuncia

tions; one curf'ory and collo-quial, t'he other reg'ular

is more pe'rmanent, lefs' remote from orthography and

lefs' liable to capricious innovation. They ha've gen'-er