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... second , and they the third . Q. Does the difference of perfons occafion any change in the termination of verbs ? A. Yes the second perfon fingular , both in the present and preter - imperfect tenfe , adds ft or est to the first perfon ...
... second , and they the third . Q. Does the difference of perfons occafion any change in the termination of verbs ? A. Yes the second perfon fingular , both in the present and preter - imperfect tenfe , adds ft or est to the first perfon ...
Page 92
... second . Q : Why have you explained the second before the first ? A. Because the first cannot be understood with- out previously understanding the second . Q. Will it not , therefore , be proper now to explain the fecond part of ...
... second . Q : Why have you explained the second before the first ? A. Because the first cannot be understood with- out previously understanding the second . Q. Will it not , therefore , be proper now to explain the fecond part of ...
Page 204
... second sort of Transition is when a wri- ter fuddenly starts from one fubject to another , which feems at first to have no fort of relation to it , but is , nevertheless , fecretly connected with it , and ferves to place it in a ...
... second sort of Transition is when a wri- ter fuddenly starts from one fubject to another , which feems at first to have no fort of relation to it , but is , nevertheless , fecretly connected with it , and ferves to place it in a ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel