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S H

R T - H A N D W R 1 T I N G.

men in

IhOl

t.ha.nd,

which is the Lord's prayer,

Wlth

thofe

uft:d whcn

wrote in the common \Vay, he \ViII find.

th.tt

tbe fo'TfIlC!r conlalDS

only

ahout 150, whilc lhe talter con-

N alphabet, for01, d upon the moll jull and natural plan,

by whirh, wlth Ihe hclp

0 ( .

few generol rules, aJl Ihe

words of lhe ),tnguage tO which

is p.lfti

ularly

2d..ptcd,

m~ y

e.dily,

ne:u ly, and rpeeddy

Wrllten ,

wd l

nOI

[ uffi:::H:nt 10 f.uisfy lhe expeétations of an inquifi tive readerj

who mull bt!

fenliule,'

th~t

however complete

lhe

alphabet

m..ty

be.

yet mAny

compendious applic3tions

of il mAy

oht~ined

by"

proper lnquiry ln tO lhe nat uTe of our langu.tgc!,

:a nd lhe tbbrevi ..tions which

admits of. He w:1I out be

f<ttisfied with being

taugl~t

onl)' how to exprefs all tbe Jet

t<rs 01 a word by Ihe !hortell and eafiell flrokes, bU! \\ ill

.Ifo require

fu rth~r

inllruélion how

de(eribe inleJligibly

word, . nd (entene<s by as fe" o( Ihofe fl rokes as poníole. .

T o inveHigate, from a few things givc:n.• many which are

omilted, will be found na unpl<!dctnt nor unpro6table ex·

ereife of Ihe learner's (agari .)'

and if ,h, fe,. be properly

given. lhe

(toCe

of lhe p.df.lge.

and

due

attention

lhe

iOlom of our I.lOguage.

\Vi~1

render lhe dircovery of lhe o·

mICúons more ccn ::¡in. aad

~Iro

leC!

ddncuh.

tha'l lhe unex–

pcri, need can e.fiIy i;"agine.-'V!!hout (ome fu eh rules of

abbreviation. one cnd of lhort-hand,

{11ft{

of followlng,

fpe.ker, \Vould (earcely be an "in.ble.

Ekfore

lhe

invention of

lhe

art of printing. the tediouf..

nef, of wriling .11 Ihe "ords al (ull lenClh pUt the copiers

of books upon Jorming

mOlny

ways of abbreviating thclD. as

' ppears ,n . 11

manu(eripts . In Iho(e of Ihe Ne" T ell.·

menl " e find many principal words deferibed by Iheir in'lial

aDd fin al len ers only, wi lh • d. fh over them. I n L atin

manufcripts, thoCe torminations,

which lhe

r~lalions

words-

one another are in tha{ language ufuall y expref.

fed, were

cenerall y o.mitted : nor was {here aoy need of

writing {hem at length: for the principal word being given,

of which {he reH \Vere goyerned in cafe, gender. and numo

ber, any reader "ho underHood ,hal laDguage could eafi .

fupply Iho(e

om,níon~

Our lang. age, generally ex–

rrdling thoCe relations by little paldeles,

uoes

nor iodeed

afford thal particular mode

abbrevlation.

pon a care·

fui ex,minat ion, however, it will be found capable o( (u r–

nifhing

many others as

uCerul

and exten(ive.

Dur it ",11 be proper, before we proceed fUrlher in rhis

art of abbrtviatioA. to adverti{t: the learner, ",ho is apt to

[Q'l

eager

tO pUnl

forward .

00 1 tO

embarra.{s him(df with

it,

(iJl, by a competent praél:ice of writing ilccording to the

rules

I<lid

down in the firH p:t rt, he is becom.e fo well ac·

quai nted

with

the charaf"ters, as to

be <fble

write

and

re..d Ihem wid, as much caCe as his own common h..nd.

The btfl \v'y

k arn . ny

.,1

is to proeeed hy degrees , nol

vcn' ullng upon a (<<ond Hep befo r. Ihe firfl i, perfealy

m;¡n~rl·ct .

And it is eVh1eot, that this medh>d of proceed·

ing ;s.

0 0

this occa(ion. p.uticulady oecerr"ry: for though,

io IOdOy {enlences,

the

reDre, and the partict'I.H confi rutbon

o( Ihe \Voros , may plainl yenotlgh point out fueh of them, as

2fe ckfelibt.:d u,.¡th unufu,d

br~vlfy ;

yet ho\V

fh<\1I

ao uo.

praélired

lc~rm: r,

unabtc to em\tracc: in one view the words

dt..notcrl I.>y Ihe preeeding :\nd followiog marks, determine:

·"hat Ih: IAtermediate cOlm.aed ones lIIufl needs be ? llur,

t:líos oe:\rÍl x tim 's

lh":lt

nu.}'ber ; which

01CW$

hnw

mu~h

ti",e .nd I.bour may be f.veJ , eren by Ihe rew Gillpk rul"

alreddy

glv~n.

if he will have p. lienee to . bllain froOl this fecond part,

umil

CitO

wnte readd y. and

<id

w&thOUt

hefi tluion

whau:ver is wriuen, a¡;cording tOthe rules o( (he fir fi, he

may ren a(J"urc:d th:u he wilJ mee'

\Vith

bule more

diffi –

euhy

re.i.dlng words contraéled Ihan he

did

in thofe .\Vrit·

ten more at iength, provlded that lhe rules of abbleviation

be d uly aHended .lo. Hut, if .he reader ex peas th.t we

are to glve hlm every pan iclIlar manner of ahbrevi.ttioa

whi'.h can pDníbly be In.ented, he "di be d,fappoinled.

T he principal Ot nJ molf ule(ul rules are given; and

Is Jeft

to lhe: fagacity of the: prdétifer, by obrerving the Dalurc: of

thefe, aod proeeeding ppon

lhe

(ame prinelj les, to make

(ueh

fllflhe r 'advanets as hls ocearions may

r~qui re: .

would be ..in

pretend ro have exh.ulled a (ubjca whieh

is ;.¡s eXlenliv«: as the language ¡delf

which

\Ve

wrile ;

and eODfcq uently may be ca, ried funher and fU rlher by e–

ver}' onco,

proparuon

his

fki ll lO ¡he

language¡

and his

kno\Vledge o( Ihe rubjea Ireat, d upon.

•

T he leorD. r has been already I. ught holV to write

.JI

the eonfonan:s of aoy word by one eontinued mark, tho(e

" orJs only except.d wh,eh may be more brieAy deferibed

by rhe hd p of prepofilions and terminaliDns. He may now

adv;.nee

Hep funher, and join togerher

fuch

{hon

words

as are eilher repr<fenled ,by the lemrs o' the .Iphabet .–

lone; or fueh as, by th eit frequent oceurrence, are:

become

fo familiar, . s to be readily kno" n, Ihough d, noted by

their 6rll eODlo nants only, T hi, will be fou nd a

great~r

(a–

ving of time lhan Can cafily be imaglOed; and rouU there–

fore, when di(p",ch is re'luired, be done in . 11 inllances ill

wbich rhey may be j oined ne.!ly and wilhout .rnhiguiIY.

Ru ó<

The difl'erent limes . nd mod" o¡ rhe .erbs

.re generaJlye"prell'.d, in Ihe Engli!h

langu.ge,

by the help

of other verbs , for thd.t reafon e"lIed

auxibary;

as,

w ill,

/hall, h••e, hod, con, eould, moy, mufl. be,

&c. T hefe

mu(l,

upon

(ha r

account, oeeur very frequently

ando

bein,

fignified by Iheir firll eonfonant, they may be jomed tO

on~

anothcr; as,

, tllJ

he, w ill 6e.

ha rJ~

hal

bU/1,

hf,

oughl lo be. 11Iufl be,

P late eLII1. N ° l.•nd when Ihe

neg.ati ve pudele

nol

tnterve:oes,

may be de:noted

¡tI

firlt

eonfonant,

2nd

be joined

with

them¡ as,

Colnn.' hr,

N°

2 .

'tuill

1:01

bt , have

nol

hu n,

1:01

/JI,

oughl not

be,

N° 3 . When the(e joinm&s are, by • Jiul. pr. aiee,

become eafy

l O

the lt'arDcr, he may proeeed tun her, and

join the preeedlng pronouns to {hefe auxiliary verbs; as.

lIIUjJ

he, he cnnr:o( bit

NU 4. This

.eao occafion no

¡mbí.

gUI(}' :

°ror though

was tCl.ught In

his

:tlphabel. thar (hefe

two marks (N 0 5. ) denoled , the for mer

hove,

. nd ,he IaHer

hlld:

yel, when pl.teed 100medlcud y befare

muj1

aD-1

(r n.

their fituatiun (hows lh.u {hey c.annOl, in that cale, fign, fy

h:Jv(

and

hod,

thofe auxilioHu!s

n~ver ~dmttung

of fuch_

.111

arrangement. Afld fnnh er,

'1.U

dnd

ar~

o'-len drop'

eommon fpeeeh and writing. as

'ti

for

/te

'tuill, ll't" v("

r.'r

'We h"ve :

fo (he}'

m"y,

lor

l h~

f...

of joiOlng, be

o01, ~t('d

in ¡hon·hand; as,

he rwi:J, he

wilJ

11"(

b:,

l b }

.l1tH·e /); . Il.

N" 6.

R UL& 11. Th, leJloer IVas taught

,be Grll pl n,

Th.~