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Page viii
... fhould find ourfelves under a , ne- ceffity of ftudying it with more care and atten- tion . But as it is , we take it for granted , that we have a competent knowledge and skill , and are able to acquit ourselves properly , in our own ...
... fhould find ourfelves under a , ne- ceffity of ftudying it with more care and atten- tion . But as it is , we take it for granted , that we have a competent knowledge and skill , and are able to acquit ourselves properly , in our own ...
Page xiii
... Language for such a purpose ; they would have some notion of what they were going about , when they fhould enter into the Latin Grammar ; and would hardly be engaged fo many years , as they now are , in that moft irksome and PREFACE . xiii.
... Language for such a purpose ; they would have some notion of what they were going about , when they fhould enter into the Latin Grammar ; and would hardly be engaged fo many years , as they now are , in that moft irksome and PREFACE . xiii.
Page 16
... fhould not be refted in as an end , but employed as a means of doing ftill further good . Atterbury , Serm . II . 3. Ought it not to be a mean ? have read an author of this tafte , that compares a ragged Addison , Dial . I. on Medals ...
... fhould not be refted in as an end , but employed as a means of doing ftill further good . Atterbury , Serm . II . 3. Ought it not to be a mean ? have read an author of this tafte , that compares a ragged Addison , Dial . I. on Medals ...
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... fhould repre- fent the word her ; any more than it should the word their , added to a Plural Noun ; as , the children's bread . " But the direct derivation of this Cafe from the Saxon Genitive Cafe is fufficient of itself to decide this ...
... fhould repre- fent the word her ; any more than it should the word their , added to a Plural Noun ; as , the children's bread . " But the direct derivation of this Cafe from the Saxon Genitive Cafe is fufficient of itself to decide this ...
Page 53
... fhould , fpeak to him . " Obferve alfo , that the Auxiliaries should and would in the Imperfe & Times are used to exprefs the Present and Future as well as the Past ; as , is my defire , that he should , or would , come now , or to ...
... fhould , fpeak to him . " Obferve alfo , that the Auxiliaries should and would in the Imperfe & Times are used to exprefs the Present and Future as well as the Past ; as , is my defire , that he should , or would , come now , or to ...
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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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