spring out_, except, _acting from the parts of possession_, besides, _by the side_; and with which sense the Welsh, Greek and Latin conjunctions correspond, as appears by an analysis thereof at the end of this essay. An example of their use and construction.—Was it pride _and_ folly, _or_ avarice and envy, that caused the confusion of human speech? It was _neither_ the one or the other, _but_ the effect of some supernatural cause, _as_, the scripture informs us. _Nor_ is it probable, that so great a deviation could have naturally happened; _unless_ there was some very great wilful perversion of the original language, _whilst_ mankind were contending for possessions _as well as_ power. _Nevertheless_ the first language is _still_ recoverable, _notwithstanding_ its many divisions and great disguise, _if_ the subject be adverted, after a right method. And _altho’_ it may be _also_ attended with some labor to mankind, _except_ those already skilled in languages, _yet_ it may be attained by any English reader, that will endeavour it, _for_, _however_ languages may differ, as to the manner of combination or construction of names and sentences, they are certainly one and the same in their principles, and _likewise_ in their particles; _because_ the letters and particles of all languages appear by this essay to be still the same. _Besides_, as human speech derives its origin from a supernatural cause, its various dialects cannot differ as to their materials. _Wherefore_ then so many different opinions concerning these matters, _but_ from our own remissness? Let us _therefore_ exert our faculties in the laudable undertaking of recovering the first universal language, _that_ we may be thereby restored to our senses, which seem to be equally perverted. VERBS.