In the first lesson is inserted every consonant belonging to each word, with the point for every vowel; which practice, as was before observed, the learner must pursue, till be be very ready in both writing and reading all his exercises. The first ten words in this leffon have their characters formed separately from each other. In the second leffon no inore letters in a word are inserted than are absolutely necessary, to discover the found. The single consonant marks are also used for the words, prepositions, and terminations they represent; and the characters for the double and treble letters. The third lesson is written upon the most finished prin. ciples of this art. Above all the advantages which it pos. sesses, in common with the second lesson, it has, moreover, all the abbreviations delivered in the foregoing rules. And which rules the writer should have very perfectly in his memory. LESSON I. (See the Plate.) 25 and 47 to 27 To 5 that 29 fuch 7 been 52 who 53 has 31 is i I know 24 Modesty 26 Assurance. 4 words 28 say, 6 have 30 a one & more 9 abused 32 a modest 33 man, II the 34 sometimes 12 different 35 indeed 36 pafles 14 wrong 15 interpretations 36 a good 16 which 39 character; 17 are 10 by 13 and 37 for 54 neither 18 put 19 upon 40 but 41 at 42 present 20 them, 43 is 21 than 22 these 23 two, 70 108 a tyrant 155 that 61 when 62 the 63 eyes 64 of 65 multitudes 66 are 67 upon 68 him. 69 I do not jo remember 71 to 72 have 73 met 74 with 75 any 36 instance 77 of 78 modely 79 with So which 81 I am 82 fo 83 well 84 pleased 85 as 85 that 87 celebrated 109 and 110 opprellor It of 112 his 113 fubjects. 114 The prince 115 went 116 to 117 Rome 118 to 119 defend 120 his 121 father; 122 but 123 coming 124 into 125 she fenate, 326 and 127 hearing 128 a multitude 129 of 130 crimes 131 proved 132 upon 133 him, 134 was 156 the fathers 157 were 158 more 159 moved 160 at 161 this 162 instance 16; of 164 modesty 165 and 166 ingenuity, 207 than 168 they ihy could 170 have 171 been 772 by 173 the most 174 pathetic 175 oration; 176 and, 177 in 178 short, 179 pardoned So the guilty 18. father 182 for 183 this 184 early 185 promise 186 of 187 virtue 188 in 189 the son. 190 I take 191 assurance 88 one Sg of 90 the young 91 prince, 92 whose 93 father, 94 being 95 a tributary 96 king 136 oppreffed 137 when 138 it 139 came 140 to 141 his 142 turn 143 to 144 speak, 97 to 98 the Romans, , 145 that 99 had 192 to 193 be 195 of 100 feveral 101 complaints 102 laid 103 against 104 him 146 he 147 was 148 unable 149 to Iso utter 151 a word. 152 The story "53 tells 154 us, 294 the faculty 2y6 poffeffing 197 a man's 198 felf, 199 or 200 of 201 saying 105 before Joó the fenate, 107 as 260 are 261 at 262 any 230 determined 258 or .231 in 259 actions 232 itself 233 10 234 do 235 nothing 263 time 236 against 264 mifuterpreted, 237 the rules 265 retires 238 of 266 within 239 honour 267 himielt, 240 and 258 and, 241 decency. 269 from :271 of 272 his 273 ová 274 integrity; 275 allumes 277 enough 278 to 279 despise 252 A man 280 the little 281 censures, 254 armed, 282 of 283 ignorance 256 his 284 and 257 words 285 malice, 217 a man 218 assurance 2 19 is 220 a moderate 221 knowledge 222 of 223 the world, 249 of 224 but 225 above 253 this 226 all, 255 if 229 and 77 thus 80 together, 41 be 50 be 30 It is 78 mixed 79 and blended 33 that the prince 34 above mentioned 35 poffefred both 36 these qualifications in 83 what 37 a very: 84 we endeavour 38 eminent 8; to express 59 degree 86 when 40 Without aturance 87 we say $8 a modest assurance : 42 would never 89 by which 43 have undertaken yo we understand 44 to speak 91 the just mean 45 before the most 92 between 46 anguft 47 allembly 2,93 bashfulness & impudence.. 94 I fhall conclude 48 in the world, 95 with observing, 49 without modefty 96 that 99 as the same 51 would bave 93 man 52 pleaded 99 may be 53 the cause 100 both modeft and affured, 54 he 101 so it is also 55 had taken 102 poffible 56 upon him, 103 for the same 57 though it had 104 person 58 appeared 105 to be 59 ever 106 both impudent and bathto lo scandalous. ful. 6. From what 107 We have 62 has been 63 faid, 109 instances 64 it is 110 of this 65 plain, Ill odd 65 that modesty and assurance 112 kind 67 are 113 of mixture 6S both 114 in people of 69 anılable, 115 depraved 70 and may 116 minds 71 very well 117 and mean 72 meet 118 education ; 73 in the fanie 119 who, 74 person. 126 though they 121 are not able 6 they are 122 to meet 108 frequent 75 Hin |