200 Mr. Harvey's Objfervations 
found ;* fuch as ata, caiero, and many others. 
Thefe founds we have; as champignon, dominion, 
onion, poniard, pinion, fpaniel, trunnion, and others. 
PL 
P is as regular and conftant to its found as the 
foregoing confonant. In Dr. Johnfon’s words, * it 
** has always the fame found, which the Welfh 
“¢ and Germans confound with B. It is fometimes 
‘** mute as in pfalm, and between m and #, as exempt. 
‘“« PH is is ufed for f (at this time) in words derived 
‘t from the Greek, as Philofopher, Philanthropy, Phi- 
Seuleps" 
Q. 
Q hasbeen noticed before, under C. Its found. 
is almoft every where uniform in Engiifh words: 
but in a few, derived from the French, the vowel 
wis not pronounced ; as in cafque, mafquerade, and 
feveral other words. 
: R 
*N is achara&er which, before a, 0, and u, has the 
power of ni or ny; for the word ana is refolvable into an-ya. 
The Gw (in dagnare) may alfo be readily npeiee in 
Englifh letters, thus, ban-ya-re, ; 
“+ The letter U, when -pronounced, after Q, always rev 
tains. jts genuine vowel found: thus we do not fay 
clogew-ent, but eloquent; mot eqew-ator, but eqwator, 
which is the fame as equator, On the contrary, the word 
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