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... ftill clofer union with the man , whofe temper and difpofi- tion fuit beft with his own . " It is of the nature of both the articles to de- termine or limit the thing fpoken of : a deter- mines it to be one fingle thing of the kind ...
... ftill clofer union with the man , whofe temper and difpofi- tion fuit beft with his own . " It is of the nature of both the articles to de- termine or limit the thing fpoken of : a deter- mines it to be one fingle thing of the kind ...
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... ftill further good . " Atterbury , Serm . II . 3. Ought it not to be a mean ? " I have read an author of this tafte , that compares a ragged coin to a tattered colours . ” Addifon , Dial . I. on Medals . [ 5 ] Thus the word many is ...
... ftill further good . " Atterbury , Serm . II . 3. Ought it not to be a mean ? " I have read an author of this tafte , that compares a ragged coin to a tattered colours . ” Addifon , Dial . I. on Medals . [ 5 ] Thus the word many is ...
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... ftill retains the Article as though joined as an Adjective to a plural Subftantive ; as , a hundred years [ 6 ] . " For harbour at a thousand doors they knock'd ; Not one of all the thoufand , but was lock'd , " Dryden . The Definite ...
... ftill retains the Article as though joined as an Adjective to a plural Subftantive ; as , a hundred years [ 6 ] . " For harbour at a thousand doors they knock'd ; Not one of all the thoufand , but was lock'd , " Dryden . The Definite ...
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... ftill be fo " [ 1 ] " Lingua Anglorum hodierna avitæ Saxonicæ formam in plerifque orationis partibus etiamnum retinet . Nam quoad particu- las cafuales , quorundarn cafuum terminationes , conjugationes ver- horum , verbum substantivum ...
... ftill be fo " [ 1 ] " Lingua Anglorum hodierna avitæ Saxonicæ formam in plerifque orationis partibus etiamnum retinet . Nam quoad particu- las cafuales , quorundarn cafuum terminationes , conjugationes ver- horum , verbum substantivum ...
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... ftill the Neuter fignification ; . chiefly in fuch Verbs , as fignify fome fort of motion , or change of place or condition : as , " I am come ; I was gone ; I am grown ; I was fallen [ 8 ] . " The Verb am , was , in this cafe : [ 8 ] I ...
... ftill the Neuter fignification ; . chiefly in fuch Verbs , as fignify fome fort of motion , or change of place or condition : as , " I am come ; I was gone ; I am grown ; I was fallen [ 8 ] . " The Verb am , was , in this cafe : [ 8 ] I ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley caſe confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fuch fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language laſt Letter likewife Milton miſtake moft moſt muſt Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phalaris phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reaſon reft reſpect Saxon ſay ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear ſhall ſome Spect ſtill ſtyle Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whoſe words