Hieroglyfic: or, a Grammatical Introduction to an Universal Hieroglyfic LanguageJones, Rowland
Philosophy
Hieroglyfic: or, a Grammatical Introduction to an Universal Hieroglyfic Language
Jones, Rowland
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Early works to 1800; Language and languages -- Early works to 1800
1. The state of man previous to the formation of Eve and his essential
modes. 2. His compound state or the nonessential modes and division into
parts and actions. 3. Emblems of concupiscible appetites, innate parental
traces, energies and passions acquired by the fall. 4. The state of man
and woman after the fall, as enchanted and confined to place or matter.
5. The Serpent, an emblem of speech. 6. A theta instead of the Coptic
kei, an emblem of man’s primitive state, &c. 7. Birds; but the round U is
made use for the Coptic e. 8. Beasts and Bulls. 9. Fishes. 10. Twigs and
trees. But more of this hereafter.
And as all letters are thus deriveable from the parts of man, resembling
all other things, Adam might be very well instructed, in their use in
paradise;—And, the divisions of time appear to have been made from the
days of the creation. See the former treatise.
O’er plants celestial, that fell below,
And grafs of _serf_ which now together grow,
With her sword flaming round the living stem,
Guarding its fruit upon the side of Shem,
Expatiate free! ’tis the scene of man,
A mighty maze! beyond my present plan;
‘A wild where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot;
Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Together let us beat this ample field;
Try what the open, what the covert yield.’
Here to dispel prolific nature’s charm,
Prudence forbids; tho’ far from real harm;
And science shuns the Sympathetic touch;
So here we finish, lest we _feel_ too much.
Withall affirming of the birth of tongue.
If _Hiero_’s right, others must be wrong.
FINIS.
Transcriber’s Note: Changes made to the text to correct probable
printer errors are listed below. 1760s spelling remains unchanged.
Greek ligatures (and mid-word ϛ) have been modernised to separate
letters (and στ). Greek letters were occasionally printed reversed
or upside down, probably because the typesetter wasn’t familiar with
the alphabet, and this has been corrected without further note.
Page 13, “elitoris” changed to “clitoris” (the clitoris,
erectors, and)
Page 17, upper case Ψ changed to ψ for consistency with the
other letters in the list.
Page 21, “frem” changed to “from” (proceeding from the hind
part)
Page 32, “diminition” changed to “diminution” (a diminution of
the colour)
Page 33, italics added (_a circle extended_)
Page 39, “particples” changed to “participles” (with adjectives
or participles)
Page 42, verb “read” added to table, under first person present
absolute. The reader should also note the likelihood that the
future absolute is incorrect.
Page 43, “or” changed to “for” (for as _ing_)
Page 43, “or” changed to “of” (it is the spring of life)
Page 43, “loose” changed to “lose” (as verbs lose their
qualities)
Page 60, vocabulary entry “Neiighbour” changed to “Neighbour”
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