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RULE

XVII.

'fhe ccJnt r;¡,ébons wlllch nldy be nlAde

when

'U'OI

are rol:ll\'Jed

an a.tjetl.ive, ::Ionrl

l o

II'.'?/ ,

ilrt! fo nur.)crous. that

muO content ourfd\'cs

with givi ng a fc\V o" the moH urua l ; ::loS,

;1 ;1 ;lIIpt,./fih/r· 11),

",)J(lJ

UJl1Icc,:JI'.JrJ l o, ;1

j¡

cOlllrary l O,

75.;

j¡

(11:'

cor dllJg lO, ;1

j¡

obfo't·ab/( Ilíal, ;1

(vfdr:JJI Il:al, ;1

m I lo b. Ji'N,oftd

1""1,

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N° -76.

T he

ab:lve mClho.:ls of abbrevialion are

fueh

~re

nlofi common oec ,lnd pra[ticc : and thouCh Ihey ale not

m:¡ny

nllmoer. yct they are \'cry

extcn~ve

in their appli.

clUion

ror"

f~ntcnce

c"o fcarce oceur

which fome one

or ollJer of them will not

find a

place. n Ut yet we

~re

far'

(rom pTelcnding tO h."e exh.nlled ,he fubjcél .. An aeeu·

rate and ;dliduous attention tO lhe nature and idiom of our

Jangnagc may fu ggen olhtrs as uferul :.nJ eXlenfive as thcfc!.

r ropc:r care bcing taken lO

lay

a right foundation , the leci.

bl'!

ways of conlral'ting ....

·ill

¡ncfeafe,

proponíon to the

writer's want of Ihcm.

Tite

more he writes, lhe more coo–

cifcly he may venture to write, and yet be able tO re;td his

contra~lions

with

car~

provided

tlU l

he builJs them upon

fome known plrlicularity of ou r language : for which rea·

fon

\Ve

hne been more folicitous to explain the grounds of

our rulr:s, than curious in the choice, or copíous in Ihe numo

ber of ex.mples. B ut that ,he learner m.y have . JI,he af·

fiO ,lO~e

nccel'fary, \Ve have furniOled

him

with fpecimens,

(PI",s CLll!. CLlV. C L V .) where he \ViJl find his rules

exemplilied; and as the

1.11

fpeeimen is ..ken from a book

not in every perfon's poífeflion, \Ve have given the palfJge in

note ...

Uut it may not be amifs, before we conclude, to make

.. PROCF:f:Dl NGSon

,n.Hnb'DJ CorplIJ

upnn the eommitment

(by Sir

IVilljl/",

T tlt'llhu /

Secretary uf

~late)

K tndlf/c

and

Ho.

for

Hi~h

T r"fon , 31Oélober 1695.···Sir

BnrJholo·

1IU'UJ

Sbo'lwr,

for

lhe prifoners, fpoke as follo"'5.

Sir

D IrlIJl1lar.,'Tu S,,"Wtr.

1 10m

o( etlllnrcl

(nf

Ihe(e two lui(onen: and ...

hJll

;~~tC:::í;~r:'~~~\'\}('~~:~e~:~~,:~'~~,~~yol~e, ~~~¡':~e~i.~~ ugh

perh¡llj we

mlc

T I!

induce

rOIlf

'~olcllh!p

10 b.li1

Ihc,n.

mll~ he~

)nur I.ordlhip',

r~:c!on,

:and

Ilnpe

~fr.

Anurlle

1 \\

111

!lnl!.! lile e'(n ¡(cd.

nl.lke a

(juclllllll,

\\'hethcr lile

r~i~~~~I~~,~II':~~!'~~g~~t,I~~~J i)t;.t~hí!tT~;rrroen~~r~:r~~~ci :~ i~;~~J~~~~e~:;" ~;:~~

they

af\!

f."ne .....

h~t

IIuc!ly !.!C.llt

wlth~lln

tl,,-carCj Ibr Ihe III'nrm.1tu.m11l5:"lnl\

Ihe,n ¡Ionly Inr

bl·Ir:r.

(lrivr to,:md rf'ill,ni! Ihe

dCAPC

lI(the centineb ",ho

W~fC

prl,,)'

:>Ir

Jalne~

"h.nlJ:,tlnler)'.

du¡>c.

lIuI ,hl,

h ,,,[\

",hit"

th~

COUrt

\\111

nOt bkc n("liee; ;\1lc!lhcrc(OTCIlh,,1I eouline 1ll)(c!fIO

t;~~

return,

.11'¡>C.1ubc·

(UlC

)'Imr Lnullhi". .

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Jnnfi

¡nlllt uron it, thu ;lo (ccfet.tryo(l\ate. f]lhJlt11"'

(cerct~ry, CAunot

('(11111"11

(lir tr..:.afun or (.:tOI1)': he ,.. nllt

nI!

omcer (ur

(urh a

purpo(e

<O/nmon "ul.1,,\·c. 'fhc ""'o:d

fur.·urJ"

jmjlnru onl)' ;\

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d I

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r",:ro

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exrla1llj lhe Wllfll

thi"

'he (cnfe

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WW!

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111

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rerl"'I'!, miad. he

nuy

lite cnmmilh"n¡ Vel, unlcr,he

i" Uh 1'"

\en tl'l ".Atlt f1f th;¡,1olliee upon;lo

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he unuot

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e reen

(/Ve

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fir.

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al a tl'flC

~prurin¡;

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JllCnion' n( Ihe

rC.le

(nr thil

cOl/nl,.;tn Ihe u(e "f llte Ouke "rile4(ord·_I'U\ver,.lIS

(1I.lI1J

rOtllhrWII,

to ,cml\\'c

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;\nd

wheo Il1tlnl"lllIn

W.U

U\;\de tn 11lCIII

n¡

ti,.

jUltiee.

ItHh

whldl Ihe)' Il¡oI IIUI U\:en. Ihey rC(\I(ed

,·Clte, .1nd

did

t"ereullOn w,th.

r'r~w.

He,('

r ""iIH"IO TUfllbull unnot lte .rre(tllned (Ir hUfllllcd 10 be ¡ jutllee

lile Ilc.'(:e; h("uur.: Ihe emnllliunelllby hun i,. ufc:creur\', ;md oota'Julhee j

.ud (u

j,.

lhe h'lurn: a,ul

ull'.1l

lhe return Ihe aUlhoflty 11)' wllleh he (Ulllll1lll

oll=:,lIt In

.1pl'rar. otherwifc: the u'ur"

vlcltlu~;

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1I011C:

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th;¡t Or.1 (eClcIHY.

"'ow.

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(\tlCUt)'

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IIl1t imllly .1n.,! e3fr)' ln

a fhl\fcr o(etlmmhllolC. lllfn

Ihis

ellmmitullen ,. ttlnnClIU•.

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11111

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cx.tnl·lIe

10,1

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3.nd

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en.

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l=.I,¡I\ r',

&c.

1" 3.11 Ihe .1:11

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ny 111 I/h..

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:oC.In

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• • ,1.1\.:, :ue mu

l'lUd~~ ;

tllUC 11

remtlrk or

~'wo

upon abbn \,j:uicns in genrr:tI.-Firfl, that

;¡ II

the

Vftnou~

w ....

ys Iha!

n.O

I..\". 1:

of contr;¡(¡¡og,

(that is of de:fcrihmg words

10m:

.1,1,1 :':(

mctho,j lll.m

th:n

wrilioR ól ll Ihe:

conll,",! nts

r:f

\"jll ...

t.y

(onl:It,)

care mnn

l ítk~n,

when

Ihe.: COl1tr..

tllon

CllllfiHs

uf tWQ or

more wOlds joint'd locelher,

(hoU

no one worr! o(

be repre–

fent(..'d

more thótn one chilraétcr ; <lDd

recondly.

th.a Ihe

wholc

mal

fome: mean!! or othcr,

pofli~le,

fllow n

tO be a cODlraétlon, as

has beco gcnerally done in Ihe

{or~going

pagc5, citber

the infc:r:ioD of puinn in lhe

mido

die of the Ilt>rks, as

N°

i7.

(Plate CLlll. ) for

fiTl" o[lh"" ,

(which, wllen dlfpalch is required, is never

praa¡fed

denote

vowels in the middle of worcls ;) or by the unufual ending of

Ihe mdrk ,

;¡,s N °

78.

for

Ii"b/(

10,

Opp((Jf'/

Ihal ;

for

(cw

words (fince lhe tcrmin;¡,tion

d h,

fí(~quent

in fcripture_

language, is now almor! growo obfole,e) end in

Ih ;

the nnufual joi nlng of rhe marks, ..

Ihr.,

&c. N° 7.

Othcrwife the rcader mighl be puzzled in hunting for fome

(me word

con~fling

the Jeu en which are wrllten : wl.ere–

ilS, ir he knows ;t to be a contraétion, he ¡s nOI bewildered

his refcarchcs, bUI is

firn dire(led

lhe

right load,

::Iond has nothi ng tO GO but to fearch aftu fome word for

C\lery char;¡,éler, which

will

fu il lhe defcription, and agree

Wilh lhe context,

And

wheo coOtraélions are judicicul1y made, lhe Jcarner,

provided he

will

ouferve the caulion already given, (and

which cannOl

tOO

often repeated,)

beginnine with lhe

e::lofien, and of

001

proce~ding

to a (ecoDd, cnlil the Ilrn is

beeome (amiliar, will eenainly find the dillieulty of decy.

phering them lelfen every day.

But, fuppofiog th. t ,here was Dlore dilliculty iD the re.d.

iog

~~~te(~'X,~ ;í,~ti.~::r;

o}t

,11~:~Oe~~~'¡te ~rl~,,~·I:~r:rGtfcJ'g~~:~.~7.l7,:~·AR:~~í~ ~r ;~~~

J;\."e.. 'he

I:'./~/.

161. 1Inll

/(II'l"Worll',

Vol.

"S~

•

.1nd e1ln rind nClne by •

\\'Jt.

1'11'" Irtlm a (c-rnUT"Y. 'h1lve re., d

C,l,·,.

Jtldtn'.,

ami

Littltum',

.u~umenH

"llOn

Ih:at{lIt'1JC(t.

hut (ce

lIulhln~

of a fc(retar)" ! cl),nmlltnent. And

(c.em

"u1

l\f,U1~':,

fuch a

pnwcr

",cre IOllge,1

in lIu,

IIJlc·officcr.

1~.1t

tllcfC .hould be 110

pr~o:c.:ellh

lur It In tllnfe linlc,. whC':n eXlr.¡judldal :anll cennal \Ufr.1nu \Vcre (o

In:queut, lh.11 uley bce,mlc .1 ¡::r1e\'¡nec

Ihe pcuple, ¡n¡J fueh ¡ one;as b ¡¡J lhe

h,ulI!.!ulon (oJ1' tite

ft"'Hln

r,; /tll,

1111,dl"llIl CtlnlnWert Ihe pOWer nf Ihe enunell

111

prefent, becAufc

drllh

not

coneerrtlhc Ilrdcnt\luelhtll':

AI\ Ih.11

c~n

ubrer,".: In Ihc e¡(e

Ihu rt

firlt

tK–

R11In

tI)

be l't3.lli(cd

111

SIr Llond Jenkyllt" '1II1t ; .1n!.! yec, e...en In

1671:1, ...

·hen tlle::

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(c\.fet ,rle,. IInder thcm. \1Iho luve be"! (""orn

jUlh~c.

01 thc puee¡ .1nd "'r.

~rld¡::tnulI

11.111

aceoulln,.ll· eICC'Uled lhe offiee o. a Jultlee

pcacc ¡I Whileh¡JI,

and

11""

rreC)ueRlly. Itlu' Ibeell "qucltion, Whcther a chaaccllllr,

\ et ,ltr o(

Ihe 5;teJt

(ul,

ColII

enmlllh; "ntl the betler q lullon halh beco, thal

t:r

t."..

1U101:

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..u;

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nlwill nnl,nlil\urllll thlsr\:oII,'O¡ IfltlhellJhe eOllrtqllelleC' wlll be,

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nu n

m~y

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wrll.ua

(cCleLu1·

Ané I

furpore tl..,1d,l(trlne "",11 (\.tH·('bf al·

10w~rI

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thlnk IhH .1ny",a" ,nay.

wcll ...

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~"I're

htllhUII \lIM'n (1IIII1ell1n. or hue

':lIId

cr)',

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ti..

del ..ln, bUl

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in ).

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Mili

bc~u(e

114 ,.

f:ul!ty tlr (u1velle4¡ bUl bccau(e, b) y,rtue

fueh;\ \\.1rr.ltlt. lle

conlmltt('lt lll hlllURorly.

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,c~fun

111

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,I).\h.

Nnw

Ihe la\'l re4uirfo, Ihu

moln Iho!.!I.1

eolmmluctl by .1n e'lraJU–

did.1 "'.lrnol. unid'

urtm

o~\h.

Irth('re bc

bU(

("rpldlln, there

ou~llt

o;\lhol Ihe e.,u(e Il(tlut fu(rillnn:

lite- l'u fOIl eOl"ml\tln¡: cannotcommlt ur'

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pmfeeutt. And 1m.1y

VUf

\'ell tll.l.lIen¡:e . ny m¡tI

IIvill~

'u thc'. loe 1n11'oc

re–

e"5:nluncel·,er rClutllel1 i"UI "ny enufI) Ih;n ...

u,,"eD

(eu..:'.1' .... cllhnlor

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