A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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... Thing , but has no Noun after it to denote the Subject of Action . Q. How many different Ways is a Verb Neuter expressed ? A. Two Ways : fometimes actively ; as , I fight ; and fometimes paffively ; as , I am fick . Q. How many Things ...
... Thing , but has no Noun after it to denote the Subject of Action . Q. How many different Ways is a Verb Neuter expressed ? A. Two Ways : fometimes actively ; as , I fight ; and fometimes paffively ; as , I am fick . Q. How many Things ...
Page 119
... Thing or State into another ; as , Reduce , Reduction : Sometimes it denotes Contrariety ; as , Reverse ,: Sometimes Honour and Efteem ; as , Regard , Refpe & t : And fometimes dislike and difeftcem ; as , Reproach , Reject , Rejection ...
... Thing or State into another ; as , Reduce , Reduction : Sometimes it denotes Contrariety ; as , Reverse ,: Sometimes Honour and Efteem ; as , Regard , Refpe & t : And fometimes dislike and difeftcem ; as , Reproach , Reject , Rejection ...
Page 121
... Thing is made ; as , from Ask comes Afhen ; from Birch , birchen ; from Oak , saken ; & c . as , An oaken Stick , A birchen Broom . 3 By adding he Termination ful , are formed Adjectives , denoting Fulness ; as , from Joy , comes joyful ...
... Thing is made ; as , from Ask comes Afhen ; from Birch , birchen ; from Oak , saken ; & c . as , An oaken Stick , A birchen Broom . 3 By adding he Termination ful , are formed Adjectives , denoting Fulness ; as , from Joy , comes joyful ...
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Accent Adjectives Adverb alfo alſo American becauſe Book Cafe caft Church confifling of Words confifting Confonants Conjunction David Abercrombie Defire denotes Dilworth's Diphthong Divifion doth eafy Leffons edition educated hereafter English language English Tongue FABLE fame fave fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing firft following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables fuch Give an Example hath Heart himſelf Hugh Jones IMPERATIVE MOOD Jefus juft laft LESSON LESSON VI Lord Mind moft muft muſt Noah Webster Note Nouns Number Optative Mood Paffive paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Preterpluperfect Tenfe Pronoun puniſh rain Rule Second Future Tenfe Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular ſpeaketh Subftantive Subjunctive Mood Syllable Tenſe thee thefe theſe Thing thofe Thomas Dilworth thoſe thou Truft unto uſed Verb Verfe Vowel wanting Wicked wife Words not exceeding