The Anglo-Saxons recognized the resemblance in office between the adjective and the adverb; for as they termed the first Nameɲ gefeɲa, the noun's companion, so they termed the adverb ponder gefeɲa, the verb's companion, and a better definition of it could hardly be given.

Adverbs are divided by grammarians into those of

1. Number: as once, &c.
2. Order: as first, &c.

3. Place as here, there, &c.
4. Time: as now, hereafter, &c.
5. Quantity: as enough, &c.

6. Quality: as wisely, charitably, &c.
7. Doubt as perhaps, &c.
8. Affirmation: as yes, &c.
9. Negation as no, not, &c.

10. Interrogation: as how, why, &c.
11. Comparison: as almost, alike, &c.

Some adjectives are occasionally used as adverbs; as, This is BETTER done than the last.

Many adverbs are compared like adjectives, as soon, sooner, soonest-far, farther, farthest ―very, verier, veriest. Those ending in ly are usually compared by means of the words more and most; which are the comparative and superlative of much.

Except, from its government of a case, would perhaps have some claim to rank as a preposition, but it appears more properly a contraction of the active participle of a verb transitive; for EXCEPTING him is identical in sense with EXCEPT him.

Prepositions are often used in compounding verbs, in order to modify the sense; and, not unfrequently, Latin prepositions, even though the verb may not be derived from the Latin, as interweave, interchange; and these are inseparable under any circumstances: but in some cases when the preposition is English, it is moveable, as in the German, although not quite to the same extent, as

"I can no other answer make, but, thanks

And thanks, and ever thanks; and oft good terms
Are shuffled off with such uncurrent pay.

"Where such things here, as we do speak about?”

"I

Have uttered truth, which if you seek to prove,
I dare not stand by :-"

Of the same kind are run after, call in, and many more which will readily occur to every one's recollection. Some verbs have a different sense even, when given with the same preposition, according as it is separable or not-thus, to overshoot and to shoot over, have a very different signification, and the same may be observed of understand and stand under; overlook and look over; outrun and run out, &c. A few verbs, compounded thus with prepositions, follow the rule of the German exactly; namely, the preposition is joined to the beginning of the participle, but is separated and placed after in the tenses. Thus, I MENTIONED the circumstance BEFORE becomes in the participle the BEFORE MENTIONED circumstance.

VIII.

CONJUNCTION.

Conjunctions are divided into

1. COPULATIVE, which connect and carry on the meaning through the limbs of a sentence, as I could not go BECAUSE I was unwell, AND THEREFORE he promised to come to me.

2. DISJUNCTIVE, which express some degree of opposition between the parts they connect; as I would have gone THOUGH I was unwell, BUT he was not at home.

It must be observed with regard to these last parts of speech, that many words according to their meaning will be adverbs, prepositions, or conjunctions: thus, for, when put transitively, is a preposition; as, it is not FOR him, i. e. it is not to be his property, but, I went FOR he called me, signifies, because he called me, and for is then a conjunction. In the phrase, I am then to conclude that you are determined; then is a conjunction, but in the following passage it becomes an adverb of time: "Margaret had been to him a purely ideal object during the years of his youth; death had again rendered her such. Imagination had beautified and idolized her then; faith sanctified and glorified her now."

IX.
INTERJECTION.

The interjections in English are few;—the nation is but little given to exclamation ;—and Oh ! Ah! and Alas! form nearly the sum of them. Some imperative modes of verbs are used some