1000000031

s n o

II T - H A N D

'\V

R 1 T 1 N G,

fame p,rcpor.lion aod terminatioo

ar~

common lo

~rc:u

numo

bt"rsut W'ords, thcy

alon~

CdO

nevtr give a goud dcf¡;ription

any

panicwlilr

anc.

T his w.y or rc.foning purfucd will lead

,he dif.:ofcry

of.n <afy .",llholl nmhod or d<no:ing ,he wo,ds

foif

and

;,/t·:I.

wlllch fo froqucntly follow

dI"

pronouns,

~·or.

ir.

disjoined mark lofes ICS power of rt'prefcnting;¡ terminl tion,

by bcine pl¿ced dofe .fler a propaGlIon,

.he

mul! «rr.ioly

J"fc lha l uf

repre(~n[iongji?"

l io/l,

when rl.f.ceo ciare

",rler

4iil ny of {he prt.>noun!l;, lince lhey never admit of fuch ..

terOli.

n.tion.

mllll thererore, in th;tt lituation. cfen:)[e ooly the

cJrJfonam

{ollowcd

that yowel (rom whare pltice

' :le line jI is drawn; :\nd confequcntly {he \1Iords

ftlf

and

f <'va

may be very commodiouOy

roprefen.ed

dra"

iog

lhe

from Ihe t"S place, ciare after;¡ny of ¡he

ploBouns;

as,

lII'¡t>(f,

;Ifo((. ollrfi/V:I, Ihemfi/v(J,

&c.

N°

42.

Andthough

, h< word

OlOuld inrervene. ye.

[tifor folv(J

may Oill

íign:fied in

tlH~

fame manner ; as,

1JJ'j

e.wlI f ef[,..

hil D1UIl

f 'd;;

&c.

43·

The words

w hal ,

'lu~o.

rwho.'l!.

h~,w.

& :.

have very ofteo

t he word

flev"r

added tO thcOl, .....hich may. for

reafon

/imilar

.he

foregoing,

very .pdy

exprc(r~d

by .he

drawn fr om thc pl.lce of

'Whalfte:JU,

h~".JJfoever,

w h'"n·

J~:w",

&c.

N° 44.

RUL E

X. ' In

like m:toner, \1Iords

eoclin~

40y of {he

termiA3lioi1s markect

the preceding tablt of {he alph4bet,

may be dcnorcd by their I1rH c:mfonant and vowel. togctller

..,ith the proper mark.. fur its termination; as for example,

ttr--I)'

for

aróilr~rJ. ~p--;IJ for OI"lporlulI;IJ,

cu--iIJ

for

curioji!)',

'awfid"efi ,

N°

4í.

But it mua be careCullyoblt:rved, thu lhe vowel,

whe·

th'!r it pn:c\!ucs or folJo\vs

th~

confooanc, mull never be o

milt~d;

o.her .vife .he confonan. migh. be lakeq for • pre·

poG lio:'l, ano {hen this rule would ¡aterfere with !he fore:·

~oing:

whereas its power of reprefenting a prepoG ,ion is

dd lroyed by .he addilion of ,he vOllld, whill! ,he ftngle dif·

j oir)ed mHk,

the end,

ret~i ns

its

power of reprefent ing a

te:rminatíon. The \llord is the:refore defcribcd

its be·

cinninc and ttrmination,

"acaney being left in the middle

' o be fupplied by .he fagaci.y of r,l< rcader.

RULE Xl.

canllo,

h.ve

efcapecl.he

obfervarion ofany

one who has confidered the Englilh

lan~ua~~

,vilh aoy de–

grc:e of .tt tention•.that \1Io{cls or dtlTerent figoifi c.uions &overn,

(¡r require diffuent prepofitions; th at U'ords. for example,

fi gniryiog

dtjjr~. kllow/edg~, igllortlr.,~,

&c. require rhe pre·

poG(ion

&.[;

th::at other words, importing

mue)',

callJpnjJi~n,

deprnd(l:c~, &~.

require the prepolition

up,r., &e.

e .lre chere–

{o;--e bcing taken to write lhe prepofit ions plainly, the fidl

con–

tOilant on ly wi ll in many

innanC('~

be fOllno tO he fufli eicntly

c::fcr:ptive of

th~

words whk:-' require thoCe paniClllu pr:po–

fitions. For although there may be

ma~y wor,l~

which bcgin

with lhe fame cO!1f:>oant ; yct all {hofe whieh do rfot r('quire

tha! p::articulM p:'epof¡tion. are upon

t~at

ilceounl immediiltely

t xcluded;

~nJ

the

rcm~i ndcr

that means reduced to fo few,

.h•• i, will be eafy :o fciea .he proper one. In evcry one of .he

followin~

fenlence, (aod n12ny more of .he like kind Illigh'

givcn) the lercer

der.oles a difFcrenl word,

vi::.

wnl

t)('rJ

d--

o[ hdng

Ihouf,hl rich;

T"u

1II0J

d--

UPl;11

"~y

I'rDwift;

d--

[ ram him in

opillitm

/flng

robo'jl Ihe

, t~ia

' ,1/ ,.011,

6ul

(JI

lafl

rejo/VI/ti

d-–

hir

'lV~rk

lo,

&":.

&r.:.

and yer,

th .: hc:lp or the difcrimina·

tinC

prepofi,ion~1

the puticular worJ propc:r to each place is

C4ftl y diCcoverü·!e.

(~W

in(hoces

w;"

fuffi..:ient

give

the

I!arn<.T a

righl nOlion of rhis nlclhod of a:-,ure"i.tliltn .

Fur

cx~ml'le.

in (he follo\;,Iing fenlences

ThiJ

LOS' e s

lile,

1I~

IIJ/Jilt

foil/e

go~d

onSF. kVATI QS s

U¡:(;11 jI;

'lJ)QIIII#

ol sros !.

111) houfi;

He:

ACREED

w ;lh 111( in

{¡linio:J

;-(he

\\'ords

~elol!gl.

I';hfi,·rtlOliOIlI,

d'ft~fo,

agrud,

may

wri lten as

in N° 46.

And in thefe: (emences,

r ¡'ue

WOI

n(}/Ik /eoj/

OtrrEkENCE

b:I1JJ ~,:n

UI;

IV~

mujl lale

porlhu/or

(tire Jo

A k

ngainjJ

flJeh

PIlj/iD1lI al

'lve

jind

our/:IV~1

mlJjJ

L I

DL E

lo ;

/or

hiJ

¡ afollol

rjlatl,

OIVIDED

OI:IOl/gJl

a/I hil

ehildrell

U{Ualjlh lfO;-the

\vords

dijfcr(l:cc,

guard,

//(¡ble,

ilnd

¡/it,id~d,

may be wrote

as in

N° 47.

Alld it m:lly he fu rther

obren'~d,

th:llt as rew Englifh

words end witlt the fyllable

lo,

the propofition

m Ol)'

for

lh,H

r~;tfon

be joineo to rhe prc:ceding

\\lord,

which "'as di.

reét, d tO be figr,ificd by its fira confonant only. For

(he

nnufualnefs or the.(ndina will be a fufficie:nt hint, lhat (he

n13rk reprcfents not one, but twO words ; ao<l, tht rerore,

T hÍl

befangl l"

l/U,

may be wri ttcn as in example l'irn , N° 48 •

and

liab/~

lo, fOlilfo{/orJ

1'.

anrl

¡"bj ({/

10,

may be VIrote'

as in the fc:cond, third . and founh ex;¡mples, (he - in chis

hn in(lance: being made

the bouom of the líne,

OIOW

thu the vowd rollowing it is

But, if any ooe 6nd,

difficuh

write thet upwups. he may, whc:never'it

neceí.

f4ry, (ht1iocuifit the tWO )aO: inO:ances from one another, 'by

infening the:

and write

! ubieO lo

as in

N° 4?

Other prepofitions, which are denotedin lhe table ofthe

alph3bc:t by a fingle coofonant, mayo in

I.ke

manner, be

joincd to lhe preceding word; as in the example,

maá~

fome

g~,d

ob/(l'vtJlionl :Jpon ;I,- ,,¡'/!rvalionf

u/,~n

may

be wriltcn

N°

SO.

Nor wi ll there be any great

d,n~er

of .he re.der's being puzzled by milhking fueh like

marks for fiogle wotds; for it will not often happcm tbat

the twO confonants of which they are compofed

wllI

rorm

aoy word, fcarccJy cver

tl),3~

(hey

\ViII

fOI

Coch a word

as will fu it the place: and agrt!e witb the context. A Jiule

cunom will th'ercfore foon rug

e:C1: to lhe: 1earner, th4t the

two mark's muO denote two ,'.'ords ; the: laHer of which ,

being reprefeDted

bis fhort-1land

al phl~et

by the Jauer

CO!lf0030C

m:trk, mufl for th;;t reaf:)o immediatc:ly OCCUI' tO

h:m.

R ULE

X II. Prepcft.iODS generally require '.

f.er

.hem

either a noun, or a pronoun.. The: pronouns being few in

numbc:r, and in

all

ngu:l.ges

ufcd

fubnitut es for noun$ ,

muH occur very frequcndy. and by tha! means

Coon

be:come

familiar tO [he JeuRer ; the pronouo, for that reafon, may

be joined tO the prepofltion, without danger of crealiog any

di/lieulr y.o .h: re.der,

As for eXlmple, in theCe [entences,

gnt1r

;1 I D

tn~,

I~fl

IR)',

lo.

UI,

lo )'OU, lo our, lo

} our,

lhe words

IIU',

111)'.

rJl,

lo)'ou, lo

curo

J',ur.

m:l.y be \I,'rot:

as in N°

SI .

The

Ih,

wh.

may, for the

f~L:.e

of joining,

be droppcd in the pronouns, which begin with chofe lelters, as

hil . IhÍl .

'luh~"I.

&c. and we may write

hil

as in example

li,fl, NQ

S'2 .

and

to lhil

as in exílmplc:fecond; difiinguifh –

in~ .

if it

t:f'a

nlould be thought necelTHY,

hil

{rom

IhÍl,

by the difrerent r.nHl.tion of the poitlt ;

h~r

and

II.-cir.

as in example third: for a

diHin~ion

bctwe('n them el n

nOl be made, as was done in the ¡nlhnce bcfore. by {he

di:Ferenc placing of lhe:

point

bUI

th~

renfl!

the

~(rt&e

will

ear.ly

fhow which it muU be:.

ttJJl'Olll,

, ,,

t/'~/t,.

to'Wh3!e, lo

"Il'hich,

looch,

Olay

be wrotc as

~he

f1rlt

to~ r

exaOlpk"

NI.>

'UMJ

nol

I H

!O'lUU

l. ." ,

,he