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with thoû'fands fuch', the fa'me grea't auth'or accent's on

the confonant, viz. a'lb, a'lbion, a'mber, ba'nd, a'ng-ûish,

el-bow, e'lder, e'lm, e'mb-ers, e'nd, E'ng-lish, e'lves, te'rm,

be'rb, ve'rb, fe'rve, build, gi'ld, fi'lbert, thi'mble, hi'nder,

hi'nge, boʻnd, fo'nd, co'nge, co'ng-er, wo’nder, folve,

bulb, mulberry, buʻlge, humble, bundle, under, cu'm.

ber, plu'nge,

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N. B. The fil'ente final lengthens not' it's fyllable,

We should' not alter the na'tural foû'nd of an'y

acter withoût' neceffity: for in'ftance, the a', in wander,

fhould not be foû'nded o; nor the o in wont' like u; nor

the e in gra'ndêur like J; nor the ch in machine, mach'

inate like k: we bor'row the two' laft' from the Fren'ch,

and not' from the Greek. We may reve're great and

good' men', withoût' adopt'ing their inadvert'encies.

We should strictly obfe'rve oûr fta'ndard la'ws, and,

co'rdially, embrace the no'ble genius of our la'ng-ûage

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eign word's, by' fubftituting oû'r a, e, and i, to the ă or

a, è or e, i or i, of the Latin and oth'er foû'thern la'ng

ûages. Let us not be afham'ed of our glorious con'

quests or acquifitions. Let us obferve etymology, giv

ing every word' it's original foûn'd; unlefs' oth'erwife

commanded by euph'ony or univerf'al cuf'tom: for, to

prefe'r tho'fe which are the moft' ea'fy to the o'rgans of

fpeech'; and therefore, the moft' agreeable to the e'ar.

I' fa'y let us adop't the preced'ing not'es, togeth'er

with the following ga'mut and rules: Let us giv'e ev'ery

from short fyllables; and then', the regularity, cafe and

beauty of E'ng-lifh pronunciation will re'nder ours the

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moft' plea'sing and the moft univerf'al of all' la'nguages.

tinc'tion to word's, and that' plea'sing modulation to the

voic'e, in pronunciation, withoût' which' the ea'r would

mon'otony. And hence it is that, in all polished

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exac'tnefs. The old Greek's and La'tins did', as the

French ftill' do', disti'ng-ûish all' their fyllables in'to

long and fhort: The fo'rmer made ufe of no lefs' than

three distinc't mark's or characters to point' oût' the

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(can any one think oth'erwife?) that if the pro'per

modes of speak'ing we're to be carefully attended to',

we should find fomething similar to this' in the E'ng

the foứ'l and spirit of fpeech' and their statutes it's Mag',

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on the single or doub'le cha'racter of the fyllable upon

which' it is laid: So' that' the accent'ed character as

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well' as it's fyllable is distinguished from the others

which compof'e the word'. Thus' in the word's hab'it,

hab'itable, the ac'cent upon the b', difti'ngûifhes that' let'

ter from the oth'ers, and the first fyllable from the oth'

ers: but, in the word's habitation, habita'tor, the a' and

its fyllable are difti'ngûished; as the t' and its fyllable

2. Ev'ery word', excep't a fêw' part'icles, is accent'ed,

3. When the accent is on the vowel, the fyllable,

is long; because the ac'cent is then' mad'e by' dwell'ing

upon' the vow'el: but', when it i's on the confonant,

the fyllable is fhort'; becau'fe the ac'cent is then' made

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by pafs'ing rapidly o'ver the vow'el and giv'ing a smart'

ftro'ke of the voice to its following con'fonant. Thus

add', art', v. lead', led', bid', bid'e, hop', hop'e,,bush',

brut'e, put', eel', feet', vic'e, dic'e, loof'e, hoûfe, s. ufe, s.

are all' fhort'; the voic'e paff'ing quick'ly o'ver the

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vow'el to the con'fonant: but', for a con'trary reason,

the word's, awl, baw'l, cau'l, ca'm, ca're, ai`r, ba`re, aʼrt,

s. e've, fe'at, fce'ne, wi'fe, mi'ld, gi'ld, build, field,

mi'nd, bo'ar, bo'at, choo'fe, lo'se, u'fe, v.; to abu'se, to

hoû'fe, are all' long', the ac'cent be'ing on the voŵ'el, on

which' the voîc'e dwell's fom'etime befo're it takes in' the

4. A long' fyllable is twice as long' as a fort' one.