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complain' that the art of reading E'ng-lish properly, re

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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

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which' mean's, not o'nly na'tives, but Fo'reigners lik'e

na`tives,

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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.

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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

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of it's faults a'nd irregular'ities, had' I tim'e fo' to do';

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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

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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'

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not mafk' a real beauty nor feem' afham'ed of it's glo'ri

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word's, Hence, etymol'ogy, anal'ogy and euphony ma'y

be called the parliament, ac'cent the monarch, and oûr

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The writ'ten ftate of our tongue, with all' it's im.

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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',

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all' fuch' enlightened Brit'ons as wifh' to render their

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mother tong'ue, the univers'al one of all' Europe, &c.

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The E'ng-lish a'nd Fren'ch, being chiefly compofed of

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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.

dle. or'acle. mir'acle, cir'cle. ora'cle, mira'cle. cer'cle.

fim'ple. couple. princ'iple, fi'mple. coup'le. princi'pe.

ede. ide. I'acce'de, to decide. J'acce'de, deci'der.