ing, taken or removed from' a perf'on, plac'e or thing';

and is governed by the prepositions from, with, by',

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the accufative after the verb; as, Ce'far conquered

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Pom'pey; he loves her'; fhe flapped him'.

RULE 2d. When a question is afk'ed, the nomina

tive is plac'ed aft'er the princ'ipal ve'rb, but after the

auxiliary, when one is u'fed; as, Was I' the're? We're

you there? Did he fa'y fo'? Will they com'e?

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is followed by the obli'que cafe; as, go' thou' traitor;

RULE 4th. Two' or mo're nom'inatives, though each

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be of the sing'ular, joìn'ed by' a conjunction cop'ulative,

reqûi're plu'ral verbs, noûn's and pro'noûns; as, grea't

are in their robes; but', with or withoût' the'fe, they

RULE 5th. But, when' the conjunction is repeat'ed,

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as in the following fen'tence, each' nom'inative agree's

with its ve'rb, &c. in the sing'ular; as, pain and want',

and e'ven death' itself', is easier to bear, than' private

RULE 6th. A who'le fen'tence, or one or more in

fin'itives may be a nom'inative; in which' cafe the ve'rb

must be in the third' pers'on sing'ular; as, to inftruc't

a pro'mising youth in all the us'eful knowledge which'

one's-felf' has learned, and, above all', to fea'fon his

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When two' fubftantives, belong'ing to

one anoth'er, com'e togeth'er, that' to which' the oth'er

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belong's may take the termination of the gen'itive; as,

instead' of, the troop's of the King, the pa'laces of King's,

we fay, the King's troop's, King's' pa'laces, the man's

pro'perty, men's pro'perty, a wom'an's fan'cy, wom'en's

mo'defty, a lad'y's cha'rms, the ladies' prerog'atives, the

Thames' wa'ter. Thus' we fee' that ev'ery poffefs'ivs

cas'e fuppo'fes a nom'inative. But the termina'tion in 's

or s' is feldom or ev'er u'fed, unless' in cas'es of ab'so

lute property or poffefs'ion, and not a'lways e'ven then':

Fo'r, we fa'y, the King', the glo'ry of Grea't-Brit'ain, the

Emperor of Germany, the gardens of Italy, the

cha'rms of music, the fire of youth', the crown of the

head', &c. This' nic'e diftinc'tion can' be taught but' by

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apposition to each oth'er; as, King' Geo'rge, Se'cre

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táry Pitt', Admiral Howe, Go'vernor Mil'nes, General

RULE 9th. But when fuch' fub'ftantives do not sig'

nify the fame thing', that' plac'ed befo're the oth'er be

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com'es an adjective; as, a coun'try girl', a toŵn'hoûf'e, a

RULE 10th. A fubftantive, withoût' an article, is

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taken in its most extensive fens'e; as, man' was made

for foci'ety and hap'piness, i. e. all' men'. Man's fol

lies a're the chief', if not the o'nly obstructions to his

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oût an adjective; but an adjective cannot withoût a

fubftantive: I can fay, a ftone fall's; but I cannot fay,

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med'iately aft'er an adjective it makes fens'e; but non

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fenfe if fo' join'ed to any oth'er part of speech'; as we

fa'y, a good thing, a bad thing, a white thing'; but not,

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a man' thing', a beast' thing', I fee' thing, you loved thing'.

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An adjective or ad'noûn is that' which signifies a

quality or other accident of a fub'stantive; as, a good!

man', a happy wom'an, a fin'e boy', a charming girl', a

white horse, a heavy load', an idle dream, the good

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man', the happy wom'an, the fin'e boy. See Rule 6.

nu'mber and cafe but' moft' of them, being capable of

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the fuperlative.