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Page 79
... firft or primigenial earth , which rife immediately out of Chaos , was not the fame , nor like to that of the prefent earth . " Burnet , Theory of the earth , B. I. Chap . iv . " If we hold fast to that scripture conclufion , that all ...
... firft or primigenial earth , which rife immediately out of Chaos , was not the fame , nor like to that of the prefent earth . " Burnet , Theory of the earth , B. I. Chap . iv . " If we hold fast to that scripture conclufion , that all ...
Page 85
... firft Participles ; the latter of which is likewise still in use in its firft form in one phrase : a fhotten herring . Stuck feems to be a contraction from ftucken , as ftruck is now in ufe for ftrucken . Chaucer hath comen and wonnen ...
... firft Participles ; the latter of which is likewise still in use in its firft form in one phrase : a fhotten herring . Stuck feems to be a contraction from ftucken , as ftruck is now in ufe for ftrucken . Chaucer hath comen and wonnen ...
Page 86
... a very different analogy from thofe in ght . But as the Verbs of the firft Conjugation would fo greatly exceed in number those of both the others , which together make but about about 117 [ 8 ] ; and as those of 86 INTRODUCTION TO.
... a very different analogy from thofe in ght . But as the Verbs of the firft Conjugation would fo greatly exceed in number those of both the others , which together make but about about 117 [ 8 ] ; and as those of 86 INTRODUCTION TO.
Page 97
... firft is therefore called a Conjunction Copulative ; the other a Conjunction Disjunctive . The ufe of Copulative Conjunctions is to con- nect , or to continue , the Sentence , by expref- fing an addition , and ; a fuppofition , or condi ...
... firft is therefore called a Conjunction Copulative ; the other a Conjunction Disjunctive . The ufe of Copulative Conjunctions is to con- nect , or to continue , the Sentence , by expref- fing an addition , and ; a fuppofition , or condi ...
Page 122
... firft line , bad found in the Paft Perfect ; which would be confiftent with the Paft Indefinite in the second line . " Friend to my life , which did not you prolong , The world had wanted many an idle fong . " Pope , Epift . to ...
... firft line , bad found in the Paft Perfect ; which would be confiftent with the Paft Indefinite in the second line . " Friend to my life , which did not you prolong , The world had wanted many an idle fong . " Pope , Epift . to ...
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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