To these we may add ae and oe which are used only in words derived from the Latin and Greek: as, Cæfar, Phoebe; and chiefly retained in proper Names. When three Vowels meet together in a Syllable, they make a Triphthong; as, Beauty uai. eau. сус. quaint ieu. you. young iew. View Unless y at the Beginning of Syllables be a Confonant, which fome Authors will not allow it to be in any Cafe whatfoever. Here we may observe, that though the Vowels and Diphthongs, and the Words in which their different Sounds occur, occur, are so numerous, yet, perhaps, there are not many more than a Dozen full and diftinct Vowel Sounds in the English Language; which, I think, will appear to any one who carefully confults the foregoing Tables. Of CONSONANTS. C. C has two Modifications, the hard, and the foft; as, cull, Cell. Cis always hard, like K, before a, ., u, and all Confonants, and at the End of Syllables or Words; as, call, Coal, cut, accoft, public: But foft, like S, before e, i, and y; as, ceafe, Cit, Cyprefs. G. G has likewise a hard and a foft Modification; as, Gun, Gin. G is hard before a, o, u, and all Confonants, and at the End of Words; as, gat, got, Gut, glad, Jug. B3 G is G is for the most Part foft before e, i, and y; as, Gem, Gill, Clergy: But all proper Names in the Bible have G hard before e and i; as Gera, Gilboah. Gis likewife hard in many English Words before e and i; as, Geefe, gold, get, Gear, Girl, give, giddy, Dagger, Anger: And in many more which may be fupplied by Obfervation. Ch. Ch has one hard, and two foft Modifications; as, Baruch (Baruck) Arch, Chaife (Shaife). The first prevails in Words of Hebrew and Greek Original, and the last in fuch as come from the French. Ph. Ph, when joined in the fame Syllable, is founded like F; as, Afaph, Elephant. S. S has two Modifications, a sharp and a flat; as, this, thefe. The flat Sound prevails in the End of all Words made plural, plural, or otherwife increased by the Addition of s; as, Pins, Foxes, loves. Th. Th has likewife a fharp and a flat Sound; as, thin, thine. Ti. Ti before a Vowel is frequently foftened down to fb; as, Station, in which the Sound of the i is nearly, if not quite, loft. ́W. Win Diphthongs and Triphthongs, as in few, View, must be a l'owel: But in other Cafes, especially at the Beginning of Words, it must be a Confonant; as, We, William. Of the POINTS or STOPS, and other Characters made Ufe of in Writing.. A Comma, [,] denoting perhaps, efpecially in long Sentences, a little Elevation of the Voice, is the Shortest Shortest Paufe, and may be held while you count one. A Semicolon [] denoting for the most Part an Evennefs of the Voice, may be held while you count two. A Colon] marks a little Depreffion of the Voice, and requires a Pause while you count three. A Period or full Stop [.] denotes a yet greater Depreffion of the Voice than a Colon, and may be held while you count four. A Note of Interrogation [?] requiring as long a Pause as a full Stop, is placed at the End of a Question, and denotes an Elevation of the Voice, and rather a Sinartnefs in the Pronunciation. A Note of Admiration or Exclamation [] which requires alfo as long a Paufe as a full Stop, is ufed after a Word or Sentence that expreffes Surprife or Emotion, and denotes a Modulation of the Voice fuited to the Expreffion. An |