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Show i, o EANL 2 Po0 . U the former fyllable; as t0 defeant, o difecants to cemént, a cé out, 1s formed Jproat, and with' the terthination ig, fprig; of which the follow ing, for the moft part, is ghe diffecence : fprout, of a grofler found, imports men 3 to contralt, a contracl a fatter or groffer bud ; [prig; of a flenderer found, denotes a fmaller fhoot In like manner, from fr of the verb firive, and out, comes flrout, and fhrut. This rule has many exceptions Though verbs feldom have their accent o From the fame {r, and the termination uggle, is made firuggle; and this o/ the former, yet nouns often have it on the latter fyllable; as, delight, perfiime imports, but without any great noife, by reafon of the obfcure found of th vowel # I like manner from throw and ro/l is made trol/ ; and almof i the fame fenfe is trundle, from throw or thrufl, and rundle 4. All difiyllables ending in g, as cranny5 in our, as libour Thus graff o avonr5 in ow, as willow, wallew, except allow ; in le, a | bartle, bibles in i, as banifp5 in ck, as cambrick, caffock5 i grough is compounded of grawve and rough ; and trudge from tread or trot, an drudge i ter, as 2o batter5 in age, as courage 5 in ez, as faffen 5 in ef, a Tn thefe obfervations it is eafy to difcover great fagacity an great extravagance, an ability to do much defeated by the de guict, accent the former fyllable 5. Diflyllable nouns in er, as canker &itter, hav cent on the former fyllable. - It may be remarked 7 fire of doing more than enough the ac 1. That Wallis's derivations are often fo made, that by th 6. Diflyllable verbs terminating in a confonant and ¢ final | as comprife, efcape ; or ha\{ing_a diphthong in the laft {yllable fame licence any language may be deduced from any other 2. That he makes no diftinction between words immediately | 25 appéafe, revéal ; or ending in' two confonants, as a/zéndy hav derived by us from the Latin, and thofe which, being copied from | the accent on the latter fyllable other languages, can therefore afford no example of the genius of the Englifh language, or its laws of derivation 7 Difiyllable nouns having a diphthong in the latter fyHable have commonly their accent on the latter fyllable, as applaife nefs and violence, words apparently Teutonick ; and therefore, "according to his own declaration, probably older than the tongu 8. Triffyllables formed by adding a termination, or prefixin €xcept words in ain,.cértain, mountain 3. That he derives from the Latin, often with great harfh- a fyllable, retain th téndernefs, contémner to which he refers them comménding, affirance " 4. That fome of his derivations are apparently erroneoys accent.of the radical word, as /Gvelinefs wagonner, phyfical, befpaiter, commenting 9. Triflyllables ending in oxs, as gracious, ardupus 3 in al, a capital5 in ion, as méntion, accent the firft 10. Triffyllables ending in ce, ent, and ate, accent the firf {yllable, as coantenance, cintinence, armament, imminent, élegant The eftablithed practice of grammarians requires that I fhould here treat o the Syntax; but our language has fo little infleGtion, or variety of terminations, that its conftruction neither requizes nor admits many rules. Walli pripagate, except they be derived from words having the accen therefore has totally neglected it; and Jonfon, whofe defire .of following th writers upon the learned languages made him think a fyntax indifpenfably neceffary, has publifhed fuch petty obfervations as were better omitted 11. Triflyllables ending iny, ds éntify, [pécify, liderty, wilory J#bfidy, commonly accent the firft fyllable on the laft, as comnivance, acquaintance 5 or the middle fyllabl hath a vowel before two confonants, as promulgate 12. Triflyllables in 7e or /e accent the firlt fyllable "The verb, as in other languages, ‘agrees with the nominative in number and perfon ; as Thox flief from good 5 He rums to death BLa théatre; except difciple; andfome words which have a pofition 35 eximple, epiftle Our adjetives and pronouns are invariable as /égible 13. Triflyllables in x/e commonly accent the firft fyllable, a | plénitude Of two {ubftantives the noun pofleflive is the genitive; as 4. Triflyllables ending in ator or atour, as creatour ; or hav His father®s glory, The fun's heat. -|ing in the middle fyllable a diphthong, as endesvour; or Verbs tranfitive require an oblique cafe; as He Joves me ;| vowel before two confonants, as deméftick, accent the middl You fear bim O S All prepofitions require an oblique cafe : He gawe this to me 3 vook this from'me 5 He fays this of me 5 He came with me P 2 @) 1S RO 5 e Do fyllable 15. Triflyllables that'have their accent on the laft {yllable ar commonl A :French, "as acquiéfee repartée magazine; or word formed by prefixing one or two fyllables to an-acute fyllable, a immatire, overcharge 16. Polyfyllables, or words. of more than three fyllables Y |l low the accent of the word fol from which they are derived, a It is commo for thofe that deliver the grammar of modern languages, to; arrogating, continency, incbntinently comméndable comminitablene/s At (V So that of the Italians is negleéted by Buomattei ;5 that of omit their Profody the French by Defmarais; and that of the Englith by Wallis, Cooper, and even' We flloul-_d therefore fay d‘f?":‘?"‘.';. indifpitable, rather tha{‘ dz/: by Fonfon, though a poet. But as the laws of metre are included in the idea| putable of a grammar, 1 have thought it proper to infest them i} ment Profody comprife orthoepy o the rule and orthometry; or the laws of verfification PronunciaTio mdg/}utaéle paEoa tha advértife { penult as dedicator is juft, when every letter has its proper| " |8 Words ending in /z commonly have the accent on the firf bee alread The founds of "the letters hav cent or quantity are not eafily to be given unlefs the fecond fyllable have a vowel be { fore two confonants, as combiftible oL 9. Words ending inons have the accent on the antepenult explained ; and rules for the .ac- voliptuous uxorions a being fubjet to innumerable ex 20. Words ending in 7y have their accent on the antepennlt Such however as 1 have read or formed, I hall here propofe { as pufillanimity, a&ivity 1. Of diffyllables formed by affixing a'termination, the forme fyllable is commonly accented, as childi/b, kingden, aéteft, acted lowver, [offer, fairer, Sforemoft zéalous, fulnefs gidly méekly, artift 2. -Diflyllables forméd by prefixing a fyllable to the radica word, have commonly the accent on the latter; as 70 begét, t befeim, to beftow rathe 17. Words -in oz have the accent upon the antepenult, a . of pronunciatio; n Jalvétion, perturbation, concoition 5 words im atour or ator on th in Englifh verfification is the fame, its proper quantity 15:ilfome advertifemen fo-und, ‘%nd when every {yllable has 1ts proper accent, or, which | {yllable, as amicable ceptions an 3. Of diffyllables, which are at once nouns and verbs, th verb has commonly the accent on the latter, and the nown o Thefe rules are not advanced as complete or infallible, but propofed as ufeful Almoft -every rule of every language has its exceptionsj and in Eaglifh other tongues, much muft be learned by example and authority and ‘better rules may be given that have efcaped my obfervation as i Reshaps mor VersiricaTion is the arrangement of a certain number o fyllables according to certain laws The feet of-our verfes are either iambick, as alé/7, creéie or trochaick as boly, /ifty P |