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Pagina 14 - A Verb Passive expresses a passion or a suffering, or the receiving of an action ; and necessarily implies an object acted upon, and an agent by which it is acted upon : as, to be loved ;
Pagina 8 - An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb, an adjective, and sometimes to another adverb, to ex press some quality or circumstance respecting it: as " He reads well; a truly good man; he writes very correctly...
Pagina 12 - PRONOUNS. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, " The man is happy," " he is benevolent, "
Pagina 12 - The persons speaking and spoken to, being at the same time the subjects of the discourse, are supposed to be present ; from which, and other circumstances, their sex is commonly known, and needs not to be marked by a distinction of gender...
Pagina 5 - A vowel is a simple sound formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences till it ends. 7. A consonant may be defined to be an interruption of the effusion of vocal sound, arising from the application of the organs of speech to each other.
Pagina 8 - A substantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have any notion; as, London, man, virtue.
Pagina 14 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Pagina 8 - Prepositions serve to connect words with one another, and to show the relation between them ; as, He went from London to York; She is above disguise; They are supported by industry.
Pagina 8 - INTERJECTION. 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. 2. A Substantive or noun is the name of any...
Pagina 11 - An Adjective is a word added to a substantive, to express its quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman.

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