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exprell'ed exallly in the fame manner, which muOof ne·

ceffity introduce a limilarity of founds, into the language

in geoeral, much greater than where every particularverb

always retaios its

011/0.

difiinguirhing found.- To be con·

vioced of this, we oeed only repeat aoy number of verbs

Latin aod Eoglilh, and obferve one which fide the

preference with refpell to variety of (ounds muO faU.

Pono,

1pul.

Moveo,

1 meve.

Dono,

1give.

Doleo,

1 ail.

Caoo,

l jing.

Lugeo,

l/nDurn.

Sono,

1jound.

Obeo,

1 die.

Orno,

I Rdorn.

Caudeo,

1 rrjoice.

Pugno,

fighl.

locipio,

lbelin.

Lego,

1 read.

Faceo,

llllale.

Scribo,

I wrill.

Fodio,

1 dig.

Puto,

IhinA.

Odio,

hale.

,Vivo,

Ii,,,.

Rideo,

llaugh.

Ambulo,

w.ll

Imple6,

fill.

Loqueo,

I/peat

Abfiioeo,

1 forhear.

The fimilarity of founds is here fo ob,ious io the Latio

as to be per.ceived at the firO glance: oor cao we be fu(·

prífed to

find.it

{o,

wh~o

we confider, that all their re·

guiar verbs, aOlountiog to four thoufaod or upwards,

muO all be reduced tO four coojugatioos, and eveo thefe

difFeriog bUI Ii!tle from one anotber, which ma(l of oe·

ceffity produce the {amenefs of {ouods wbich we bere

perceive

whereas every laoguage Ibat {ollo"s the oatu·

ral order, like the Englilh, in(lead ef thefe.{maU

numb~r

of uoiform termioalions, have almoO

many dillioll

fooods as origioal verbs io their laoguage.

But if, innead of the pre{eot

the indicative mood,

we Ihould take almoll any other teofe of the Latin verb,

tbe fimilarity of {ouods would be (lill more perceptible,

as many of thefe tenfes have the {ame termination io all

Ihe four coojugations, particularly in tbe imperfell of the

indicative, as below.

Obie·b¡m·

Caudie-ba~;

Inci pie bam;

Facie·bam;

Fodie·bam;

Odie·bam;

Ride·bam·

Imple-bam';

Abnioi~-

bam

1 di' die,

J.did rejoicf,

I did óegin,

did male,

I diJ

dig,

1 did h,'e,

I did laugh,

1 did fill,

Ididfirhear,

1 ditrl.

I rrj,iwJ.

bega';.

1 made.

dug.

hald.

Ilaughtrl.

1filM

Ifirhm.

is unoecelfary to make aoy remarks on the LatiA

words in this example: but in the Englilh traoDation lile

have carefully marked, io the firO column, the words

withoUI aoy ioBellioo; alld, in tbe recood, have pUl

down the fame meaoing by ao ioBellioo of our verb ;

which we have beeo eljabled to do, from a peculiar ex·

ccllency in our own I¡nguage unkoowo to aoy other, ei·

ther aocieot or modern.- Were il necell'ary

purf~

this fubjell farther, we might ob{erve, that the

perftfl

teo{e in all Ihe conjugatioos eod, uoiver{aUy io

the

pluperftn

io ERAM, the

fulU"

io AM Or BO; io !he

{ubjunélive mood, the

imperrea

uoiverfally in

HM,

th~

perfta

io ERIM, and tne

pluperfen

in IS SEM aod

SRO :

aod as a lIill gremr{ameoe{s is ob{ervable;n the differenl

variations for,the per{oos in-th& ten{es, feeiog the 6rft

per{oo plural io all teo{es eods io MUS, aod the {ecood

per{oo in

TlS,

wilh little variatioo io the o!her per{ons;

it is evident, tbat, io re{pell of diverlity of {ouods, !his

method of coojugatiog verbs by

in}rflion,

is greatly in·

ferior to tbe more Datural method of expreffiog tbe va·

rious cODneélioos and relations of the verblt attributive

differ~ot

words, ufually called

auxiliaria.

. .

Tbe

flconti

particular bywhich, the difFerent

method~

markiog tbe relation of tbe verbal attributive can

afFeéllaoguage, arifes from the variety of expreffions,

wbicb eitber

the{emay admit of in ultering the {ame

feotimeDt.-ln tbis re{pelllikewi{e tbe method

cooju·

gatiog by inftrélioo (eems tO be deficieol. Tbus Ihe pre-

Pooa bam;

1 did pul,

1pUl.

feot of tbe iodicative mood io Latio can at mon be ex,·

Dooa·bam;

I didgiw,

19ave.

prell'edonly iotwoways,

viz .

SC~IBO,

and

EG O

SC ~I'

Caoe. bam;

I did)ing,

ljung.

EO;

which ooght perhaps in llritloefs tO be admitte9

Sooa.b. m;

I did joond, I joundd.

ooly as ooe : wbereas, iD Eogli.f)!, we can

v~ry

it io fOl\r

Oroa-bam ;

I did adorll,

allorntd.

difFereotways,

viz.

IJI, 1 WRITE.;

2d" ,

I DO WRITE.;

Pugoa-bam;

did jighl,

I foughl.

dI},

WRITE 1 DO;

41hly,

WRlTE

DO l·. ADd if

Legc-bam ;

I did 'tad,

I read.

we confider the furtber variatioo which tbe{e receiv.e

Scribe bam;

did 'IJJ,itt, I wrole.

in power as weil as in{onod, by having theaccent

plac~d

Puta bam;

I did Ihid, 116'.ghl.

the difFerent words; io(lead of four, we will

fin¡!

Vive.bam:

1 did live.

1 ¡¡vd.

eleven difFereot variatioos : thus, IjI, 1

'lJJritt,

with the

Ambula bam

did.wall,

walld.

emphafis upoo the

I;-2dly, 1

WRITE, with !he ell1-

Loque-bam;

did /praA, l /pDlt.

phafis UpoD the word WRtTE. Let aDy ooe proDounce

Move·bam';

I did II/OVe, 1 moved.

tbefe witb the diJl'erent acceot oeceifary, and he wiU

Dole.bam ;

1 did ail,

1 ailed.

imrnediately fatis6ed Ihat they are not only difiiofr

Luge.bam; .

1 did lIIourn, I Inournd.

from each otber with refpeél to meaniog, but alfo

wi~t

regar;!

'" We are fufficiently aware, that tbe lafl variatiqn cannot

Ilrifutfs be (onfidered as good language: altbough many .

er.amples oi' Ihis manner of ufing it in ferious compofitions, hoth in poelry and profe, migbt be eafily produced from the

befl atlthors in the Engliflt language.···But however unjullifiable it may be

ure il in ferious compofition; yer, ",hen

judiciouflyemployed in IVorks of humour, thisand orher forcedexprelfions of Ihe like namr.

produc~

afine effeél, by giving

aIJurlerque air to Ihe language, and beautifully cODtraíling it to the purer diélion of folid reafoning. The lagaciuus

Shakefpeare ha",

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many oc(afions, Ihewed holV fuccefsfully there may be employed in compofitioo, parricularly in dC3\'–

ir.g the

~h~~aer

allcienl Piflol,

Henr.v

':"ilhout Ihis liberty, Butler

~oul?

ha"e fou!1d grearer

ditf.c~ltr

dr~w.

ing the IIllltutable<haratler of Hudlbras.• -Let th,s apology fuflice for our havlOg IOferted Ihls and olber "aflauons al

(ame kin¡l

which, although they may be often improper for ferious

cODl~olitioll,

have llill their lÚe

laogu3ge.