3p8 A TOUR ROUND NORTHWALES. 



The Welfh language is pofiefied of 

 numerous beauties. It's copioufnefs is 

 very great ; and it has no rival in the va- 

 riety of it's fynonymous forms of expref- 

 fion, principally arifmg from the rich 

 combinations of it's verbs; for every 

 fimple verb has about twenty modifica- 

 tions, by means of qualifying prefixes; 

 and in every form it may be conjugated, 

 either by inflexions, like the Latin, or 

 by afcxilliaries, as in Englifh. It rivals 

 the Greek, in it's aptitude to form the 

 jnoft beautiful derivatives, as well as in 

 the elegance, facility, and expreffivenefs 

 of an infinite variety of compounds. The 

 author of Letters from Snowdon has 

 juflly remarked, that " it has the foftnefs 

 * e and harmony of the Italian, with the 

 majefty and expreffion of the Greek/' 

 Of thefe I will give two fingular and 

 ftriking inftances, one of which is an 

 jLnglyn, or epigram, on the Silkworm, 



compofed entirely of vowels. 



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