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... number by any one , who had leisure or phlegm enough to go through a regular courfe of reading with this par ticular view . However , I believe , they may be fufficient to answer the purpose intended ; to vince the neceffity of the ...
... number by any one , who had leisure or phlegm enough to go through a regular courfe of reading with this par ticular view . However , I believe , they may be fufficient to answer the purpose intended ; to vince the neceffity of the ...
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... number is the speaker ; ) it , of the power , before men- tioned . If , inftead of thefe pronouns , the nouns for which they ftand had been used , the fenfe would have been the fame ; but the frequent re- petition of the fame words ...
... number is the speaker ; ) it , of the power , before men- tioned . If , inftead of thefe pronouns , the nouns for which they ftand had been used , the fenfe would have been the fame ; but the frequent re- petition of the fame words ...
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... number ( 1 ) ; the laft may alfo be joined to plurals . the There is a remarkable exception to this rule in the use of the Adjectives few and many , ( latter chiefly with the word great before it , ) of the proper use of the Article ...
... number ( 1 ) ; the laft may alfo be joined to plurals . the There is a remarkable exception to this rule in the use of the Adjectives few and many , ( latter chiefly with the word great before it , ) of the proper use of the Article ...
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... number collectively taken , and therefore gives the idea of a Whole , that is , of Unity ( 1 ) . Thus likewife a hundred , a thoufand , is one whole number , an aggregate of many collectively taken ; ( 1 ) Thus the word many is taken ...
... number collectively taken , and therefore gives the idea of a Whole , that is , of Unity ( 1 ) . Thus likewife a hundred , a thoufand , is one whole number , an aggregate of many collectively taken ; ( 1 ) Thus the word many is taken ...
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... number of three thoufand . 1 Macc . iv . 15. « About an eight Days : » that is , a space of eight days . Luke , ix . 28. But the expreffion is obfolete , or at leaft vulgar ; and , we may add likewife , improper : for neither of thefe ...
... number of three thoufand . 1 Macc . iv . 15. « About an eight Days : » that is , a space of eight days . Luke , ix . 28. But the expreffion is obfolete , or at leaft vulgar ; and , we may add likewife , improper : for neither of thefe ...
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Abfolute Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Article Auxiliary Verb becauſe beft Bentley Caſe Compariſon confonant conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong diſcourſe Dryden Effay English example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fhall fignifies firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftantive ftill ftyle fuch fupplied fyllable Gender governed Grammar hath himſelf Ibid Iliad improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inftead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language Letter likewife manner Milton miſtake moft moſt muft Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Pref Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reafon refpect reft Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm Shakspeare ſhould ſome ſpoken Subftantive Subjunctive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words
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