OF THE OLD ENGLISH ALPHABET, As it appears in the following pages. VOWELS. The approximate sounds of the O.E. vowels are, with two exceptions, included in Mr. Pitman's well known phonetic series, and may be readily mastered. The long vowels in O.E. are usually marked with an accent, but this is often omitted. The short e, when final, is always so far sounded as to add a syllable to the word. INTRODUCTION. 1. A Sentence or Proposition is the expression of a complete Thought in words. Logic teaches us that, no matter what may be its grammatical form, every proposition consists of three parts. The two parts, which most commonly terminate the proposition at either end, are for this reason called the Terms and the part, which couples the terms, is for this reason called the Copula. 2. Terms are the names or descriptions of things; i.e. they are Nouns with or without limiting words, as the case may be. They may be classified and illustrated as follows: Terms. Unique, i.e. the special name or description, e.g. the Unique, i.e. the special name or description of Concrete Collective General, i.e. a common name or description of an aggregate, e.g. Nation, herds, flock of sheep, families. General, i.e. a common name or description, e.g. Thing, man, women, animals, line of battle ships, swift things, things in the sky. Abstract, i.e. the name or description of any Quality, State, or Action, conceived of as abstracted from all connection with the person, thing, actual state or deed, without which such quality, &c., could not exist, e.g. goodness, vice, virtue, humility, existence, to exist. B |