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... verbs , and the other parts of fpeech ; but it concerns every individual word , in the inflecting or the combining of ... verb . To say shallest for shalt , would THE truth of this pofition hath never , for ought Z 3 be CH . I. 341 OF ...
... verbs , and the other parts of fpeech ; but it concerns every individual word , in the inflecting or the combining of ... verb . To say shallest for shalt , would THE truth of this pofition hath never , for ought Z 3 be CH . I. 341 OF ...
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... verb fit , he says , " Dr. Middleton hath , with great propriety , reftored the true " participle fitten . " Would ... verbs bit , caft , let , put , fet , fhut , dit , Split , find , grind ; for it would not be impoffible to pro- duce ...
... verb fit , he says , " Dr. Middleton hath , with great propriety , reftored the true " participle fitten . " Would ... verbs bit , caft , let , put , fet , fhut , dit , Split , find , grind ; for it would not be impoffible to pro- duce ...
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... , be- twixt and between , amongst and among , amidst and amid . Nor do I fee any hurt that would enfue from adding nowife and noway to the number . C 6 application . Thus the verb to found , appli- 372 B. H. THE PHILOSOPHY.
... , be- twixt and between , amongst and among , amidst and amid . Nor do I fee any hurt that would enfue from adding nowife and noway to the number . C 6 application . Thus the verb to found , appli- 372 B. H. THE PHILOSOPHY.
Page 373
George Campbell. C 6 application . Thus the verb to found , when used literally , is more properly followed by the pre- pofition on , as , Thehoufe was founded on a rock , ' in the metaphorical application , it is often better with in ...
George Campbell. C 6 application . Thus the verb to found , when used literally , is more properly followed by the pre- pofition on , as , Thehoufe was founded on a rock , ' in the metaphorical application , it is often better with in ...
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... verbs : by confequence , meaning confe- quently , is preferable to of confequence ; as this expreffion is often employed to denote moment- ous or important . In the prepofition toward and towards , and the adverbs forward and forwards ...
... verbs : by confequence , meaning confe- quently , is preferable to of confequence ; as this expreffion is often employed to denote moment- ous or important . In the prepofition toward and towards , and the adverbs forward and forwards ...
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