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N° 27. There C~""Ol be miU,keo for eh and g. lhe l\Vir!
belng on the COOlri\ry ~dc.
T<o, hly. The firll m"k. N° 28 rlaced clore .rler a
word. d~IHlt~S , tha! there:- IS une fyll,ib!e lIill wantin~ to
cOOlpktc Ihe l4·ord . aud ji g bt.:in~.1 ,'cry eOnlOlon lin..1 '-yl-
h bk, it is olten fod~ nol(:J. as, b~i"g, "'..unlm/: , 0.28.
Elevc.'nlhly. A p IInt (f .. ndin~ by Hlelf h..tS a 1)O\V('r, ;¡S
\Vd ! as the confunant Olarks, of re. preft.'nting a coOlmon
word Al Ihe 10p of the !tne, il fi gnilies lhe parlide ,,: ~s.
a /n.m: in the mlddl:! /, or f)'C¡as. I wil/ ¡'iJ q c : in Ihe
o's plMC o; as, 1) L ord,' at the bonoOl lr,,/l ¡as, )'OIJ ,
N ° 29
T w':'!(thly, The cnmmon way of wriling numbers: being
verr eompcndious, \Ve gener,.¡lIy ufe It wllen numbe rs oc–
cur. Thc comm", as il dot's not rclemble any ot ou r
fhort.h Ind marks, OlJy :d ways be ufed i bUl whcn a full Uop
ís ' houg.H nc:ceO'JT)', the rm.J1 clfcle ar'er lhe examples ,
N o '9. m.y be ured Innead of Ih< pOlO!.
T u thd e rules it Olay be proper tO add a few obrc:rvations.
I n wntlng words (15 before obferved) we join aJl lhe con
fOnant5, thtll are wAnted, logerher : to WhlCh, If th(")' fufll ce
to difftn gulfh a word J it IS n~cdlefs to ,¡dd ó\ny üf its \'owels.
As for in·l ance. 10 write tqe w",rdJlrift, we join Ihe four
confondDts of which it is compofed into one continued
malk or figu re compriCcd wuhlO tbe due limns, as in N°
30, firft ex::.mple: lor Ir. withoul regarding Ihe IImlls, we
lhould mAke ir a.s in example fecond, the lettas would
be the f.!.me indeed . hUf the direétiiJn In lhis, and all ·
lar cales, is eVldendy rrior~' incommodious . W hen. there·
{ore, there are difF.:rcnt ways of joining lhe ["me lettcrs tO–
gether, we muO accuelom ourfdves to the bell, or rnoH
lineal. The famcnefs of {he entire fi gure, as \Vell as lhat
of its compofing lett~rs , is worth the \Vlller's whde tO maio·
tain.; and "Ifo f",cditates mutual r~;¡ding between Ihe fd ·
Jow-prathfcrs of lhe f.!.me method Therc is a kind of me·
chanlfm in {he cafe, by -which che attentlon, being I«s la·
tigued Wllh any deviations of unufu,.1 appearance, eafily ~p.
prchends the meaning of· thal which is more conformable
to a nand ..rd.
T hough lhe IflIersj/rfare abund, ndy dererip,ive of lhe
word jlri¡; ; )'el if any 00< picares, he may add lhe poinl
fo, lhe yowel i. (.. io ,he e..mpJ., N° 30.) lO fuggell
lhe wor.1 to hlm al firH . until he can reéid It readdy with
out that ::.ffi{}.¡nce.
In ~ngJe \Vol d~) the chief difficulty is, tOunlearn Ih! un
natural and perplexed melhort of fpelling to \V hleh lVe h.IVC
becn long habitudu·d. lo lhis \Vord pra{¡'cc, for t xamplc,
lhe confonant e is pronouneed AS J. in lhc lidi fyllable, and
asfin the fecond . OInd lhe v(,wel e has no pronuncianon "t
alJ . I3Ul, bcing ufe.d to thcfe difllcultics. it is OCJw become
one ~ o kOllw lhe word by its IrUI: ano genulnl.! (pdling ac–
cordmg to Ou r n\ort.haod aJph~bel , VIZ praltiJ .
11 maJ highly perpl x (1 rare/~fi writu ~f I/"'I.V cAor.1(!,·Y¡ .
lo dfr) phe-r tI" Iruefo"f thcrC'('( : I hflugh il jIJlJritcl be é'nfj
enflugh t ft I,/{¡w il. hJ Q {¡n/e o/,/,/ic Il iolJ flnd pra{/¡u. BUl
wh.!.t child wou ld nOl roc,ncr Ita 0 10 re1d Ihi:;: f~me felllenc!!,
if, after bci n~ ,auRhl Ihe uf~ flf lile; itlph Ibet, he fhou ld h~ve
il thus \l/rincn ?-iI ma "iti jlcrl'lC'~J a ~ Ir/~J , iur o/ nu la
raA/~r¡, 11) dtjij"r Ihe 1"11 {JII tlu rt,.·9(, Ih" ¡I¡"ud In;1i (1m.!
10 i./Jo il, IJI a /illllfi!tlr1fholJ amI prllJ.,iJ.
Infteart, thc:rcfore, of fcrupliog 10 rCtUfIl from fu, h cuno·
m :lI )' rul/·S ;¡~ cllIl\lren::lrí: ~tH InitiatcJ 10, tO.1 fl10rejuíl
:lnd "/rl,:tI'··Ii..;:al ,'¡ay uf writinc OlOfl-h.lOd, men mJy ealily
VOL.ll1 h' ~3 . :4
be t:H1ght, \Vh~o ripeoed ioto fome ~cC)ll"iot:\nce \Virh lhcir
malhcr lonJ!tlC, lO re\'crfc: rhe lil>crties pcrpctll.tlly lakcn in
lung.h ..md th.l.t ¡s, inflcdd of employing more lcttcr~ t h:i:l
art' preeddy nccu'fdry lOcxprcfs lhe 10UI\d of words, lht y
:n ..kc ule of r. nut only difmif1in.f~ fueh a!: ."re.: –
la lhe fvu nd , bUl fuch alfo as m"y be ominen. anJ
yCI Icave ~hc f< ofe.:: of lhe wortls eafily difco\'cr ...ble Ir thcy
can tdl Wh.H is w.~nliog, ir is all one ..s if 11 W2S ther~ i lhe
Jt(s cxprcffion there ¡s. fa much lhe bétter for lhe purpoft:s
of brevi lY, \Vhlch jllfbfies lhe grcatcn omiffions, provlded
what is lel t be Intelligible.
And though lhe omlÍlion of lhe vowcls in lhe midC':le of
may, lar a whilc in lhe firfl , mdkc it dlfEenlt for a
IC<lrller to evcn his own writing \, IthOLl( hc:!il.!.tion ;
yCI that dIJrtc 1Jhy will cert;unly v.!.11tlh, in proporuon aS lhe
nlUlt.h"nd tn;trks beeame famdl:tr tOhlln as It tlrifes. not
lo much from tbat omdIion, as froOl the firaoge and un·
ufu..1 tlppearances whlch {he charaéters mJke to !lis C)le,
and \Vhlch, for Ih¡¡ t rearon, du nOl r'lg!.!dt 10 lum l!lC con·
fonants, for which tht:y ft.!.nrl, fo lmOledldtely, bUI Ihdl lhe
atlcntlon of (he mind JS necefT rily 1,.I.k~n up In recolletl ing
tht.'m one by one ~ whereas, dld (hey "ppear fo ftlm.liar and.
wdl known tO him as ,.,11 10 be apprdh·nde.d 10 one view,
he would foo o dlfcover lhe word. though all Ihe mlddle
vowels were left out. lf any one doubts this , he may loon
convince hlOl relf, by writing in the common 10:\g·lund eX·
..étly the fame It tlers which he had wriuen befare in lhe
(hon ·ht\od chÍ\raélers. aod ir he can rcad it \Vith eare when
fo Iranreribed, he may be cert..in tha.t a little cu{lom wilt
makc lhe rcadiog of fhort-hancl every whit as eafy tO him .
And 00\11, the way being fuffi cit.'ndy dcarcd herole him,
lhe Icarner, ::I.fter he has, by repeated tríals, acquired a fa–
cdity of forming, wit h tolerable exa{tnefs. alllhc ietters of
tbe alphabet fepar.uely, and of reOlcmbering whal particu–
confonam ctlch of th:m reprefents, may proc<cd tO join
! \Vo or three 01 the marks togethcf ; wTlling at (¡rU ooly
Ihor! words, aod frequeotly trying ddferent ways 01 joining
the marks, io order lO difcOVéf lhe bell, "nd moll elegant.
Several of the. m bcing forrned alrnoH :lS ea~l y upwards as
downwards, he wlII lind i~ convcnient (omctimes lO begin
from rhe lOp, fomctllncs from Ihe botlonl of the line , ac·
cording tO the natore of the mark I4hle.·h (ollows; .!.nd when
two muls. WhlCh admit oC helng writtcn downw:uds onl)',
come togCdlt!T. (he lioe mufl be di,'ided belween thtm , ma.–
klog each of Ih<nt half Ihe uru. 1 deplh, .. in <x,ntpl., 6r!!
tlnd recond , N° 31 , aod, in fome \'ery rue infl.lnce.s, he
wd l be (orced tú n",ke (hem Ihr~e deep, asjlflfid. (ex1mpl<!
ttllrd ;) exccpl he eh.ures 10 l\1: ure of lhe expt. d't'nl of
borrowing Ihe b, a leuer nOl very dift·..ren t in (ound, WIaing
jllIhid fo, jllIplJ, "io 'he founh eXlmple.
Th ..1 Ihe Icttrner Oldy praceen wllh thl! greater fiJe and
cenalnry, \Ve hAve given fpecilllcns of wricing, "ccordin;! 10
lhe' ..'oye rules. (PI"cs eL!. CLIL ) for his imi"",on.
H< ought tO l1uke hllllfdf fdly nHller of Ihe: [¡dl fpccinh.r:,
by te:Hhng anJ cop) lng llover ano o,'er with f.rcat car ~,
until il bc:com~s quite natural :\n,\ fanlll iar 10 hUIl. before
he I"occc:ds tO thc f~c nd ; and he ou~h t In lhe fame Ilun·
fl\'r 10 make IlImh:lf lhrour,hly tlcqu.llnte.'u wllh the fecond,
bcfor~ he procceJ~ t ll the ,hiro Thus rnnvinn wllh 11 l\\',
bu t fllre fl eps, he wdl in a \'er)" rt"w d.lys linct, 11131 c\c.'ry
dtlli :ull y dir..ppearcd, ano Ihal Ilotl.ing renlAms hUI tu
pr ,{hfe 1111 lhe ·il is acqtlired. J( he has Ihe cunurit)' ,.. 1
COi11pllre Ihe nUOlber of Hrokcs and duus III his fidl fr, ct-
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