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Page 2 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 24 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Page 18 - Draw, Drive, Drink, Dwell, Eat, Fall, Feed, Feel, Fight, Find, Flee, Fling, Fly, Forget, Forsake, Freeze, Get, Gild, Gird, Give, Go, Grave, Grind, Grow, Have, Hang, Hear, Hew, Hide, Hit, Hold, Hurt, Keep, Knit, dug, R.
Page 9 - The first person denotes the speaker; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person spoken of. The singular number denotes one ; and the plural, more than one.
Page 15 - MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1 If I love 1 If we love 2 If thou love 2 If ye or you love 3 If he love 3 If they love* INFINITIVE MOOD. Present. To love Perfect. To have loved. PARTICIPLES. Present, Loving Perfect, Loved
Page 26 - QUANTITY. The quantity of a syllable is that time which is occupied in pronouncing it. It is considered as long or short. A vowel or syllable is long, when the accent is on the vowel ; which occasions it to be slowly joined, in pronunciation, to the following letter ; as, "Fall, bale, mood, house, feature.
Page 20 - Present. swear swell swim swing take teach tear tell think throw thrust tread wear weave weep wet win wind work wring write The Use of Verbs.
Page 27 - Versification. Versification is the arrangement of a certain number and variety of syllables, according to certain laws. Rhyme is the correspondence of the last sound of one verse, to the last sound or syllable of another.