on the Englifh Alphabet. 193 
Where the very hiatus, which ought to be made in 
pronouncing ths line, fpeaks the ftr>ng emotion of 
a perfon, half breathlefs, through defpair and fatigue, 
and yet {till anxious to win the glory of a momentous 
day. 
_ Some modern caprice would perhaps write, 
An horfe! an horfe! my kingdom for an horfe!* _ 
In which cafe it would be no unpardonable miftake, 
fhould fome part of an audience imagine, that 
the poor gentleman was calling out for— 
A nurfe! A nurfe! 
H is ufed alfo after R in fome words from the 
Greek ; as Rhetorick, Riythm, &c. but without any 
found. And after the vowel W in Englifh words 
it is very common; and. is in fuch cafe frequently 
founded: moreover it-is obfervable, as Dr. Johnfon 
remarks, that though the afpirate follows the w in 
appearance, yet in pronunciation it has precedence, 
and ought, therefore, to be fo written.f For 
Bb fuch 
-* Such article may and ought to be prefixed, inftaad of a, 
to all words beginning with the filent h; as an herbal, 
&e, 
+ And it would be equally intelligible, with a better 
analogy, as: 
“© Hwo finds not Providence all good and wife, 
‘“& Alike in Awat it gives and hwat denies?” 
This, at firft fight, appears uncouth; and the eye mutt 
continue to be gratified at the expenfe of propriety, 
