I I 3 I 3 I 4 3 complain' that the art of reading E'ng-lish properly, re 3 32 4 I 2 3 3 I 2 In imitation of Sheridan a'nd Mu'sic, I' giv'e a pla'in and reg'ular Key or Ga'mut to oû'r pronunciation; by 2 4 which' mean's, not o'nly na'tives, but Fo'reigners lik'e na`tives, 2 2 wife ma'y learn to read' E'ng-lish in a fêw month's: a'nd, ffo'; it may be hop'ed that the most manʼly, harmo’ni us and comprehensive of all living la'ng-tages, will Considering oûr pre'fent mode of pronunciation, &c. 2 2 I 2 I. II 2 4 I 3 tween' our ga'mut, a'nd rules; but when the'fe happen to differ, you may choo'fe which' you please---gûid'ed by Though, in the whole of my Effay, I have adopted what I' concei've to be' the most na'tural, the ea'sieft and therefore the beft' meth'ad; yet' I could' correc't fom's B 4 2 3 1 33 I 2 3 3 of it's faults a'nd irregular'ities, had' I tim'e fo' to do'; I 2 I 3 a'nd as to tho'fe which have escap'ed my not'ice, I resign' them to the good' na'ture of good' critics. Having hint'ed what I ha've adopt'ed in this' my first edition; I fhall' now' men'tion what' I mean' fur'ther to adopt in my fec'ond; provid'ed I fhall' have been' en I 2 2 2 3 3 2 24 I 4 I 2 3 4 couraged fo to do by real jud'ges; withoût' who'fe ad vic'c I will never introduce an'y thing con'trary to the prefent mode. Then', I would' fa'in adop't as my chief pilot the true genius of the E'ng-lifh; which', being the genuine offspring [ofpring] of pu're nature, dif dains all man'ner of dis'cord, an'archy, ambiguity, dif gûife, caprice or affecta'tion; and which' having enrich' ed itself by the wealth' of all' pol'ifhed la'ng-ûages, will' I 2 3 3 I 3 4 2 2 I VI 2 3 not mafk' a real beauty nor feem' afham'ed of it's glo'ri 4 I 23 1 1 34 I 13 I 3 I 3 2 word's, Hence, etymol'ogy, anal'ogy and euphony ma'y be called the parliament, ac'cent the monarch, and oûr 2 I 3 2 The writ'ten ftate of our tongue, with all' it's im. I I 4 2 2/ I 2 2 31 3 I IV 2 3 4 perfections, is, by fa'r fuper'ior to that of any oth'er its na'tive legiflature will' certainly be the moft' reg'u lar, the most easy and the most' harmonious of all' oth', ers; as, I verily believe, the grea't Sher'idan would' have rendered it; had the juft'nefs of his ea'r been e'qual to that of his profoû'nd erudit'ion: and though I be ver'y defic'ìent in the lat'ter; yet', na'ture ha'ving rich'ly endowed me with' the fo'rmer, I would' fai'n contribute withoût' which', we can'not be fai'd to have a polished without which', 3 I 2 2 4 2 3 4 3 1 all' fuch' enlightened Brit'ons as wifh' to render their 4 4 I 4 2 2 233 I 4 143 3 I mother tong'ue, the univers'al one of all' Europe, &c. 2 I 2 2 I The E'ng-lish a'nd Fren'ch, being chiefly compofed of 2 2 I the fa'me materials, ha've a fa'menefs in man'y thousand word's; efpecially, in the following E'ng-lish termina tions, from the La'tin, Greek' and French. ience. patience, experience, patience. experience. ounce, pronounce, l' renoûnce, prononcer. Je reno'nce, and. I demand. to command, Jedemande.commander. |