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... fhould find ourselves under a neceffity of studying it with more care and attention . But as it is , we i take for ... F e it AGrammatical Study of our own Language makes no part of the ordinary method of inftruction , which we pass ...
... fhould find ourselves under a neceffity of studying it with more care and attention . But as it is , we i take for ... F e it AGrammatical Study of our own Language makes no part of the ordinary method of inftruction , which we pass ...
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... fhould reprefent the word beri any more than it should the word their , added to a Plu- Noup ; as , << the children's bread . " But the direct derivation of this Cafe from the Saxon Genitive Cafe is sufficient of itself to decide this ...
... fhould reprefent the word beri any more than it should the word their , added to a Plu- Noup ; as , << the children's bread . " But the direct derivation of this Cafe from the Saxon Genitive Cafe is sufficient of itself to decide this ...
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... fhould be marked by a diftinction of Gender ; at leaft when fome particular Perfon or thing is fpoken of , which ... f Pronouns have Three Cafes ; the Nominative ; the Genitive , or Poffeffive ; like Nouns ; and moreover a Cafe , which ...
... fhould be marked by a diftinction of Gender ; at leaft when fome particular Perfon or thing is fpoken of , which ... f Pronouns have Three Cafes ; the Nominative ; the Genitive , or Poffeffive ; like Nouns ; and moreover a Cafe , which ...
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... fhould do , when we would . " " Shakespear , Hamlet . Is this the nature 13 Which paffion could not thake ? whole folid virtue The shot of accident , or dart of chance , I L Id . Othello 1 * for Could neither raze , nor pierce 21 d ...
... fhould do , when we would . " " Shakespear , Hamlet . Is this the nature 13 Which paffion could not thake ? whole folid virtue The shot of accident , or dart of chance , I L Id . Othello 1 * for Could neither raze , nor pierce 21 d ...
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... that in the Subjunctive Mode , the event being spoken of under a condition , or fuppofition , or in the form of a with , and therefore as doubtful and contingent , the And , I could , fhould , would ; Thou couldft , 56 INTRODUCTION TO.
... that in the Subjunctive Mode , the event being spoken of under a condition , or fuppofition , or in the form of a with , and therefore as doubtful and contingent , the And , I could , fhould , would ; Thou couldft , 56 INTRODUCTION TO.
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anfwers Atterbury Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb bave becauſe Bentley Caſe confonant Conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay English English Language example expreffion exprefs expreſſed faid fecond feems fenfe feparated feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fuch fuffer fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inftead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language Letter likewife Milton moft moſt muft muſt Neuter Verb Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe occafion paffion Paffive Paft Phalaris Phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition profe Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun reafon refpect reft Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear Spect Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tion tive uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words