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e Ir O R T - TI A N D VI HIT 1 N G. 593
in writing aH the ('o"r"n:tnlS of whi, h :\1 YworJ \ ....::\~ cam
po.\d. ,hl' be!: n iln~s u .he In .. d.. o¡ WIIIl.!l !ollow IJlllÍt
OIlw<foys b~ j.llnt..d t-.) th~ lnJs oí Ihhlc whleh pt l!ccdc thcm:
' Vnt'nc\'cl thI..lClorc:. they .In' jo,ncd 11) :1ny olhcr 1I1d,nner,
il 15 la Je,'ote. th.t ( ..eh P:UIICIIIM m.t: k lignfies .. ' whole
u'o,d. and OJI a lingle lcuer: as lur e.¡al1lplc. l he p<trn·
cuLlr \V.y of jOlninc lIn: letters In the fidt lxamplc. N° 7.
is" futnclt'nt IUdie.tllon ,hiU \hly wc,.re out Illh.'II<.lt.·d 10 re~
pr('r~nt " wlJrd confilbllg 01 thule: 1\V0 1"'00(0001015 , UU( t\.Va
wOlds and lhe 11 In ,he middle uf tllt (me Jb.ndlng lur in.
and lhe / IUI Ih", in Ih~ may be wrinen ,,"5 In thac c:x,","'ple.
So agAio. lhe fccond eXOlmple, N° 7. denotes \WO \\olds;
¡lnd the 1 being drawn from the place 01 lhe \'owel j,
Ihow, the hUI!!r of them (O be iJ: and thuugh lhe Hralghl
perpendicular 1,01:: ut"u:tlly rt'pn:fe:1ls the arucle Ih~, yet, 10
th,u litUAllon, il c...onot pnlli 'Iy do fa; for ,h;.at anicle can
nevcrcome immcdlAlely befare a vcrb, but lhe pronouns very
frequcmly do. Ir j¡ m ... y lherc:for~ be \'ery comm~,d,ouny
\Yr lUcO as in that fecood example; and j, iJ IJOI l o he, al
jI 11, jillcejl iJ, m'.y be wrltten a:; in N° 8. 311d by drop ·
ping 'tU, as berare, we may wrlte ;I'Qf, {or j, 'U)OI, ;1 'tUttI
1f~IIO be i il'ere l o he. (or jI 'UJcre 1') he: ;1 flonl l o be i as 10
N'" 9. forthc f belng drílwn from lhe place of (, Ihows that
it mull be dtker jI (/--10 6(, or jI u--Io be; and jt
fte1ll1 lo 6e is fo very cOlTImon a phra(e, ,hoH it will not
glve mljlch trolIble lO lhe reader, though \Yllucn iD this
conelfe manner.
RULE lll. Points bcing the O,orrell of.1I marks, it
would argue a grcAt w;.ant ot ceconomy, as wdl as InveOlion,
cot 10 m"ke all Ihe ufe of them Ih ..., tan bl! m;¡dl! confif
t<ndy wIlh lhc regulari,y of our fyllem. Thc pOIVor of
reprcCeOting prepofillons and lel min"'lions. which WitS 'llloc·
ted to lhe: con(onant nnrks could nOI be given tO Ihe poinls :
{or, 10 th.u liluallon, dJcy lbnd for tbe vowcls j anel all the
dif!inguilhable place., bOlh before .nd aher ,he conrO",nl
mark3. are al re;.ac1y taken up by the five vowels: bUl a point
plactd dircétly ovcr or under ,he b¿ginni,.g or "nd of
any of tllofe m. rk" ha, :\s yet lud no fignificat,on annex!!d
to n. As for ,:e, in che fecond eXirnplc, N° 10. lhe
pOIOl belOg fo placed .. ,hAt lf Ihe t was produl.:td, It wuuld
pal, lhrough lt. i, \'ery ddlingu,fh,ble hom .11 ,he vowds.
AII JetlVillVe fubnanu ves Oldy Ihnefore be very conve
niend y reprefenltd by mak,ng rhe poinl /I,"d 'or ,he lub–
O .. nuvt derived from Ih!! \/lord :H Ih e end of wlllch it is
pl.ced; fo ,he l\Vo ex,m ple>, N0 10. ('gnify [orgel. foro
g•.'Ifull'!efl.-But <\s there are dt:nv.lllve adj .:8Ivf..s AOJ aJ–
vt rbs . s welJ as *fl1 hnantjllcs. il \\.·dl oc: :l g:-c-:lt compendi–
um to reprerenl thcm ;¡¡Iío by pOlnTs, difhngulfh w lt:, by
tr,elr (atullioo, bOl h fro lll the fu fLtn tlve :inJ lhe vow.. 1
poiol3 ; whlch m.. y be done br pJ.~pnl! Ihel11 in a Iloe, \\.·hlch,
If produced, woulcl p... rs through the fuLfI.1nllve pOlnL and
would al(o !"t: 10 ,he: laft conf~ll""nIIOJrk; and
by mrtkinr. one pl~ced belore the fubfL,ntlve-polnt tO (j~IlI(y
the adjt!fti\rc, one ..fu:r ¡r In (j~nlfy ,he .ldvt'rb: l\ s,for–
ge'lu/, It"rg~tfullllf¡ , / ¡I J:I!If"II). N° l l . j Tl'O¡;'I1¡"1,,,~, rt4 -
fo nable",fl. renlonJbl;·. N° 11 . ; l"jJiclml, ( .ff.'UJe) . flif–
fit'itnlly, No') 13.
R ULe IV. Al,hough lhe .hove ~efc"herl mode of ah–
brcVlatlUn is very tXlenh \·c. Ihl.!r.! hCl ng In om hwgtla~e a
grcat numbt'r uf lun~ wnrc.l" del ,ved from Ihort onc,; yct ir
is frt r from bt' n~ IIlI' un'ly uf: wh, h Ol,IY ue nlolde o( dlt~fe:
adj, éli\'c ('11 1I,, "li \'t' , :tr.,1 :I.l llnh p ,int 'i. In ..11 nl(nlUI(eS
whíttcvcr, dlcre llIutluc Jome pnllc:pdl wUlds, WlilCh, d-
ther by lhei r more p:lrticu lar rclation to the fu¡'j·~d, or rre..
qUl'nl occurr('nce, wdl ue cafily dlrCOl·Cra.!.Jlc, hU\\'e\'cr cun.
ctfdy wnncn. Jf fU l.:h \Vurd, hegln wnh a c(ln¡;. t, l he
fil .1 leila, I( not Ihc lillt vowcl flnd confol.:lll t. wnh the
adje-t"I, ve. lubfLlni Ive, or ad "ero point I.nne-xt'd. \¡.dl file"
gdt thln1 inllllt:(hatcly; ;.an~: Ibt'rtfore will be, Ihougla a
bnef, yl:t rt f,:l1iclent cklcnJlllon ol lhem. As for inltdn e,
if Ihe fullo""ing p:.fr:lge be trémfcribcd OUt of a dlCCOUIfe
upon Ihe Joliy III wN ldly-nllndcdneCs. in common long-hand,
iiller tllIS Olctnner, úur bhlFd L---, 60lh b) hiJ puad).
ilJg oml t,x--- . lu,,·). /& jI¡1YUJ1J UJ ,he Vaml) f7l1d
Jo//¡ u[ fo"""g [ ?r [o/id "lid /ajli"g ,._-- in Ih_ p'l–
¡'Jlirm DJ on)' flf (he )toodl (Jf ¡/UI prr:!t>11I 'W---: enl y
on~ muHIn1mcd¡;ne¡y Cee, tllAlthe \Vords, dcfcnbcd by lhcir
inlllttl lellers, are too plAlnly pOlolee! OUt by lhe ";.alure of
the fubjcét, and Ihelr acco01panvil g epi;hets, 10 leOlve aoy
room for doubt or . In follaw"l~ a rpea~er , lhe
rctrue de{cription oí tht'm 10 (hoft -hand OluH thercfore oe
.¡J!owed lO be fuAiclent. Hut it ma.y n l)( be anlifs 10 give ano–
thc:r InftanCI,f Or two, wilh lht' fh un ·h:\od chótr;Iélcrs for Ihe db–
brevlOIted lVords; as, Lije alld 1MMo R'r AL IT Y Ilre hrough 11)
/iKhl bJ Ihe GOSPEI. i ur agalO. T he IU:.SU RRECTIO ' o/ I he
dead, ond ofutfl,.tjlateo/R E\VA R DS ond PU s ISH M ENT' , ~re
pll1l11l; "lidt ojillvd) IQtlght 1" Ih"glJlpr/. In thde InHan,,;es,
i'It",~,.toltlJ g''lpel. ulurr, fliolt, T(wartJJ, and /,umjl)/lufllI,
Hld)' be wrOH' .t) tU N° 14 So in wntlng altcr pleoloers,
who frequendy u(e the 'W;lh fub1lliJ/if)1J l o ) Otlr
Lortljh,p, ,he word'fl,bmijJi'" and LordJ/'ip m<y be wrule
as 10 Ihe firU ~0(1lccond example" N° 15 . and it lhe ..eljee–
tive humblt: be joinec1 co f ubmij/iolJ, il may be denotca by
in lillt confon .. nl, anci b.- jolncd lO the (ubUantlve; and ,he
wards humble IlIbrlJlffion m14y be wriuen as in lhe Ihird ex–
ample. This will bl. tound .l very ufe(u! compendiura i foÍ'
there ¡¡re many fu allouvc:s tO wlllch fomc p<trucular actjec_
tives are ufually jOlnect; as, human Ilolure, Ch,.ijlian reli.
g;Q'J, natural pl)lloj~ph), &c, 'Vhcnever, thcrerore, the
lu bjeét lre..ed of \Vdl Ie.d 10 lht d,rcovcry of ,h< rubllan–
tive, thuugh denoled only by iu 6rCl conlonAnl, il wjJI, at
the fame timl;!, c..t.fcover the adjoined adjcéti\'e. This me·
lhod m ay Indel:d ,¡¡"pe"r, al nrCl CiQnt, 10 wilh toe
rule about dt'nv"live (ubO,¡nllves i bUI it \ViII fcldom hap–
pen lhal Ihe twO confon;,¡nts will compofe ílny word from
whlch anolher he de-ri\'ed; or if il nlfJuld, il woulJ
rCdl ccly evcr be fuch a CIne as would ;.agre~ wlth the contexto
Ir wtl l ~ppt: ..r cvidcndy, upoo ii linle confide1"fUion of Ihe
O~IUrt of thls Olode of :tbllrt!vi.ition, thdt no limies can be
{el tu il , bUI thal il nl3y b~ mOle or Ic:ls freque-n tly ured,
in proponi,\n t O lhe knowled::e. {kjll, :lnd reddinefs of (he
wrltcr, whicli \ViII c..tl.tlJle hlln 10 judgc in \.1. hal ¡nllances
(lII.:h "be:rtics IIlAy be t:.lb:n wlthutlt occalioning amhigllu y.
Antl cvt'ry writer m:ly ,tCCUfl"Ol hlmfd f 10 m,\¡}{ !ucl, words
as mun frcquently oC··U( in hls owtl particul¡¡r profdJi;Jo,
by Ihe InillJllcw: rs, with the fubftanlive, actjt;~ivc, and ¡¡d'–
verh rOilllS rdpl·(tl\·dy , which, Ihrollgh cuU(Jm, wilJ ea lily
fuggdt IlioCe \A. oras 10 him íH firn light. Hut it mun not
be Ulldcrflood th.H Ihofe marks I1cceff.mly ilOply lhofe!
words. and no othc:r ; Thly ¡'Hay Ibnd (or any uther be–
ginnlnJ..: wicll ,h( ("me lettt"n, wllld, the Ccnfe of lhe pdtl~ gt:s recl"ire!'.
It cannoc lhcreforl! b~ exptélc:d th;.at a l¡fl ·
of thel11 nl0uld be given here \ out Ihe fllllowin,q art' fome
of tllOfe: which ~re m()JI cOlllmon ly ufc.:d: as, (;,¡d. falpi.
n,fi. hi'07Vt·lI. IArd,oltun,I'" Nu 16. ; f111'r:.~/h(f·, o('c,.¡ion, .
~CCDrt¡'lItl;'l N° 17 . '; I,os'".v;thjl.w'/ing, 0l , /,t"h.,/"
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