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... called femi - vowels or half - vowels , as l , m , n , r , f , s ; the first four of which are likewife called Liquids . Q. CHAP . Of VOWELS , How · Λ II . OW many founds has 4 ? A. Three , ift . The flender found , as chace , race ...
... called femi - vowels or half - vowels , as l , m , n , r , f , s ; the first four of which are likewife called Liquids . Q. CHAP . Of VOWELS , How · Λ II . OW many founds has 4 ? A. Three , ift . The flender found , as chace , race ...
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... called a tran- fitive verb ? A. Yes , because the action paffeth over , as it were , to the object , or hath an effect upon fome other thing ; as I love James . QIs not a neuter verb fometimes called an in- tranfitive verb ? A. Yes ...
... called a tran- fitive verb ? A. Yes , because the action paffeth over , as it were , to the object , or hath an effect upon fome other thing ; as I love James . QIs not a neuter verb fometimes called an in- tranfitive verb ? A. Yes ...
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... called at the bookfeller's ; I have been at my father's or my uncle's : that is , I called at the bookfeller's fhop ; I have been at my father's , or my uncle's houfe . Q. What is the conftruction of adjectives ? A. As adjectives have ...
... called at the bookfeller's ; I have been at my father's or my uncle's : that is , I called at the bookfeller's fhop ; I have been at my father's , or my uncle's houfe . Q. What is the conftruction of adjectives ? A. As adjectives have ...
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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