Grammar of the English Tongue: With the Arts of Logick, Rhetorick, Poetry, &c., Illustrated with Useful Notes Giving the Grounds and Reasons of Grammar in General, the Whole Making a Compleat System of an English EducationJ. Rivington and J. Fletcher, 1759 - 300 sider |
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A Grammar of the English Tongue: With the Arts of Logick, Rhetorick, Poetry ... John Brightland Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2018 |
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Accufative Action Adjective Affent Affirmation againſt alfo alſo becauſe befides Cafe call'd Caufe Cauſes compounded Confequence confider'd Confideration confifts Confonants Defign deriv'd Difcourfe diftinct diſcover Divifion Dominical Letter Double Vowel English Epact Epigram exprefs exprefs'd faid Falfhood fame fecond feems feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignify fimple Ideas fince fingle firft firſt fome fomething fometimes form'd ftill fuch fufficient give Grammar Greek himſelf intirely itſelf join'd Judgment laft Language Latin leaft leaſt lefs Letter likewife Manner Mind moft moſt muft muſt Names Nature neceffarily neceffary Neceffity Number obfcure obferve Occafion ourſelves Paffion Perfon Perfpicuity plac'd Plural Poet Pofition prefent pronounc'd proper Propofition Qualities Queſtion racter Reaſon Relation Rifing Rules ſay Senfe Senſe ſhall Signification Sound ſpeak Subftances Subject Syllables thefe themſelves theſe thofe thofe Things thoſe Tongue Truth underſtand underſtood us'd uſe Verb Verfe Verſes whofe Words
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