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... king , kings ; fox , foxes ; leaf , leaves ; in which laft , and many others , ƒ is also changed into v , for the fake of an eafier pronunciation , and more agreeable found . Some few Plurals end in en : as , oxen , children , brethren ...
... king , kings ; fox , foxes ; leaf , leaves ; in which laft , and many others , ƒ is also changed into v , for the fake of an eafier pronunciation , and more agreeable found . Some few Plurals end in en : as , oxen , children , brethren ...
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... king's : " but here are really two Poffeffives ; for it means , " one of the foldiers of the king . " The English in its Subftantives has but two different terminations for Cafes ; that of the nominative , which fimply expreffes the ...
... king's : " but here are really two Poffeffives ; for it means , " one of the foldiers of the king . " The English in its Subftantives has but two different terminations for Cafes ; that of the nominative , which fimply expreffes the ...
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... " Lord Bolingbroke , Patriot King , p . 111. " Too strong to be book by his . enemies . " Atterbury . " Ev'n there he fhould have fell . " Prior , Solomon . as , as , I bad wrote , it was wrote , 92 A Short Introduction.
... " Lord Bolingbroke , Patriot King , p . 111. " Too strong to be book by his . enemies . " Atterbury . " Ev'n there he fhould have fell . " Prior , Solomon . as , as , I bad wrote , it was wrote , 92 A Short Introduction.
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... King favours , The Cardinal will find employment for , And far enough from court . ' Id . Hen . VIII . " Tell who loves who ; what fayours some partake , And who is jilted for another's fake . ” Dryden , Juvenal , Sat. vi , plainly 1 ...
... King favours , The Cardinal will find employment for , And far enough from court . ' Id . Hen . VIII . " Tell who loves who ; what fayours some partake , And who is jilted for another's fake . ” Dryden , Juvenal , Sat. vi , plainly 1 ...
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... King George : " where they are both in the fame cafe ; and the latter is faid to be put in Appofition to the former . 8th Phrafe : When the quality of the Subftantive is expreffed by adding an Ad- jective to it : as , " a wife man ...
... King George : " where they are both in the fame cafe ; and the latter is faid to be put in Appofition to the former . 8th Phrafe : When the quality of the Subftantive is expreffed by adding an Ad- jective to it : as , " a wife man ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo Article Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe beſt called Caſe confonants Conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh English Language example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems felf fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes foonly ftand ftill fuch fuffering fupplied fyllable Gender Grammar hath Hift improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf Language laſt leaſt Letter liary likewife Lord Milton moſt muſt Neuter Verb Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle Phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Pref Prefent Prepofition Pronoun proper purpoſes reafon refpect Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall Spect ſpoken Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tences thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel word
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