4 
in voc. mafter, fenfe 9: where, in the 
examples, ‘¢ matter doétor”’ from Shak- 
fpeare is exactly parallel to * Mr. pro- 
feffor, Mr. fpeaker, Mr. attorney-gene- 
ral,” &c. of the prefent time. 
| = Perry. So alfo: 
‘¢ J fee them fit, 
They linger yet."-—-GRAY- 
6¢ In beauty or qwit 
No mortal as yer 
To queftion your empire hasdared."—Pore. 
«¢ The fuperfcription is exceeding pretty : 
To the defire of all the town and city” 
Dayven: Epilogueto King Arthur. 
€¢ The dean was fo fhabby, and look’d 
like a minny, gs 
That the captain fuppof*d he was curate to 
Sfenng-° —SwiF T. 
<¢ Then in full age, and hoary boline/s, 
Retire, great preacher, to thy promif’d 
blifs."—PRIOR« 
¥ have been the more pa:ticular on this 
four d, as I had fomedoutts about it. 
4 So allo: 
*¢ Forthis is ev’ry cook’s opinion : 
No fawry difh without an oziox.”—SwiFT. 
£ In converfation fometimes? Se: 
s¢ A batter’d, fhatter’d, ath bedfead ; 
A box of deal without a lid.’—Swirr. 
| ** But Hudibras gave him a twitch, © 
As quick as lightning, on the dreech.” 
BUTLER. 
‘¢ Their heart, defcending to their breeches, 
Muft give their ftomach cruel twitches.” 
Prior. 
So alfo: 
«© One who had in the year excluded been, 
And ceuld not for a tafte o’th’ flefh come 
in” —TATeE’s Fuvenal. 
Perry. 
q U before @ in guard, and before o 
in bucy, 1S a mere mute, and not to 
the purpofe of this Tabie. The prefent 
inftance is admifiible as in itlelf poffible 
_to be confounded with the others onthe 
fame line. U after g is confidered in 
‘column XVII. 
Column VII. 
* So alfo guazacum ? 
+ In the fenferof yes. Johnfon fays (un- 
der the letter), “‘ J is more than once 
in Shakfpeare written for ay, or yes: 
s¢ Hath Romeo flain himfelf? Say thou 
but J, ; 
And that bare vowel f fhall poifon more 
Than the death darting eye of cockatrice.” 
‘To thofe who are in the leat acquainted 
with the general Jicence of Shak{peaie, 
this will be a fufficient proof and ex. 
oe 
Pronunciatory Index to Vowels and Dipththongs. — [ Feb. Ty: 
ample of the identity of pronurciation 
here affigned.—So allo Cayenne (pep- 
per, often {pell kzan) ? 
| “ The rays of Bethlehem blind his dufky 
eyn: 2° 
Not all the gods befide 
‘Longer dare abide 5 
Nor Typhon huge, ending in fnaky tzwire.” 
Mitton, Hyzin on the Nativity. 
ft Sometimes: 
‘© Yet write, 
may join 
Griefs to thy griefs, and echo fighs to 
thine.”’—Pore, Heloifa to Abelard. 
So alfo: 
oh! write me all; that I 
*¢ Let lords, and fine folks, who for wealth 
take a bride, 
Be married to-day, and to-morrow be 
cloy’d."—-Garrick: Song. 
As a monofyllable : 
*¢ She who condemn’d me to'the fre, 
Shall wound her iegs with ewry drier." — | 
SWIFT. 
It may be here obferved once for 
all, that fo eafily does r flide into 
vowel cr diphthongal founds (as 
mentioned above in the note &), yet 
always retaining in itfelf fomethimg of 
a confonant, that in many inftances it 
has an equal tendency to contraét two 
fyllables into one, and to produce the 
contrary effect. Of this the poets have 
frequently availed themfelves, asin the 
foilowing examples : 
‘¢ The cheft contriv’d a double debt to pay ; 
A bed by night, acheft of drawers by day.” 
_\ GoLtpsMiTH. 
“¢¢ Trees uprooted left their place, 
Sequacicus of the lyre 5 
But bright Cecilia raif’d the wonder higher.” 
DRYDEN. 
‘©The rugged names to our like mouths 
grow fleek, 
That would have made Quintilian fare 
aad gafp: 
Thy age, like curs, foul of fir John Cheeke, 
Hated not learning.”—MuitTon. 
s¢ A merrier man 
I never fpent an hour's talk withal.” 
¢* For in love’s hours there are many days.” 
*¢ Theraven himfelf is hoarfe 
That croaks the fatal extrafce of Duncan.” 
SHAKSPEARE, 
See alfo note | on col. XIII. 
Column XI. 
* Perry. So aifo /guirrel? 
+ Perry. So alfo borough, and others. 
4 The diétionaries have only frop in their 
alphabetical arrangement: but Johnfon 
gives 
