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Page 106
... fhall en- deavour further to illuftrate the rule by example . To Split , like many other English Verbs , hath both an Active and a Neuter Signification : according to the former we fay , " the force of gun - powder split the rock ...
... fhall en- deavour further to illuftrate the rule by example . To Split , like many other English Verbs , hath both an Active and a Neuter Signification : according to the former we fay , " the force of gun - powder split the rock ...
Page 129
... frequently fallen into this inaccuracy , which appears to me to be no small one : I fhall there- fore add fome more examples of it , by way . of adino- F S nition ; " Awake , arife , or be for ever fall'n ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 129.
... frequently fallen into this inaccuracy , which appears to me to be no small one : I fhall there- fore add fome more examples of it , by way . of adino- F S nition ; " Awake , arife , or be for ever fall'n ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 129.
Page 132
... fhall endeavour to live hereafter suitable to a man in my station . " Addifon , Spect . N ° 530 . " The Queen having changed her ministry , Suitable to her own wisdom . " Swift , Exam . N ° 28. " The affer- tions of this Author are ...
... fhall endeavour to live hereafter suitable to a man in my station . " Addifon , Spect . N ° 530 . " The Queen having changed her ministry , Suitable to her own wisdom . " Swift , Exam . N ° 28. " The affer- tions of this Author are ...
Page 141
... fhall dwell with thee , -in one of thy gates , where it liketh him beft . " Deut . xxiii . 16. See alfo Efth , viii . 8 . well is thee ! " Pfal . cxxviii . 2 . bene eft tibi . " Simeon Dunelm . apud X. Scriptores , col . 135. " Wel is ...
... fhall dwell with thee , -in one of thy gates , where it liketh him beft . " Deut . xxiii . 16. See alfo Efth , viii . 8 . well is thee ! " Pfal . cxxviii . 2 . bene eft tibi . " Simeon Dunelm . apud X. Scriptores , col . 135. " Wel is ...
Page 148
... fhall be added fome further examples of inaccuracies in the ufe of Rela tives , The Relative placed before the Antecedent : Exam- ples : " The bodies which we daily handle , make us perceive , that whilst they remain between them , they ...
... fhall be added fome further examples of inaccuracies in the ufe of Rela tives , The Relative placed before the Antecedent : Exam- ples : " The bodies which we daily handle , make us perceive , that whilst they remain between them , they ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb agreeing alfo alſo Antecedent Atterbury Auxiliary Verb baptize becauſe Bentley Caſe Comma Compounded confiftent Conftruction Conjunction Defective Verbs difcourfe diſtinguiſhed Dryden Effay English example expreffed faid fame manner fecond feems fenfe feparately feveral fhall fhould fignifies firft firſt fome fometimes ftanding ftill fuch fupplied Gerund hath Ibid Iliad Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances itſelf John King laft lative Letter liary likewife Lord Milton moft moſt muſt myſelf Neuter Verb Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft paufes Pfal Phalaris Phrafe phraſe Plural Number pofition Pontius Pilate Pope Pref Prefent Participle Prep Prepofition Pronoun reafon refpect reft Relative repentance Saxon Sect ſeems Serm Shakeſpear Simple Sentence Spect ſtill Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive ufed underſtood unto uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter whofe words