The Grammar of English Grammars, page 417 by Gould Brown

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is, indeed, one form of orthography which is a kin to the subjunctive mood of the Latin tongue."--_Booth's Introd. to Dict._, p. 71. "To bring him into nearer connexion with real and everyday life."--Philological Museum, Vol. i, p. 459. "The common place, stale declamation of its revilers would be silenced."--_Ib._, i, 494. "She formed a very singular and unheard of project."--_Goldsmith's Rome_, p. 160. "He had many vigilant, though feeble talented, and mean spirited enemies."--ROBERTS VAUX: The Friend, Vol. vii, p. 74. "These old fashioned people would level our psalmody," &c.--Music of Nature, p. 292. "This slow shifting scenery in the theatre of harmony."--_Ib._, p. 398. "So we are assured from Scripture it self."--_Harris's Hermes_, p. 300. "The mind, being disheartened, then betakes its self to trifling."--_R. Johnson's Pref. to Gram. Com._ "Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them."--Beacon, p. 115: SCOTT, ALGER, FRIENDS: John, xx, 23. "Tarry we our selves how we will."--_Walker's English Particles_, p. 161. "Manage your credit so, that you need neither swear your self, nor want a voucher."--_Collier's Antoninus_, p. 33. "Whereas song never conveys any of the above named sentiments."--_Rush, on the Voice_, p. 424. "I go on horse back."--_Guy's Gram._, p. 54. "This requires purity, in opposition to barbarous, obsolete, or new coined words."--_Adam's Gram._, p. 242; _Gould's_, 234. "May the Plough share shine."--_White's Eng. Verb_, p. 161. "Which way ever we consider it."--_Locke, on Ed._, p. 83.

"Where e'er the silent (e) a Place obtains, The Voice foregoing, Length and softness gains." --_Brightland's Gr._, p. 15.

UNDER RULE II.--OF SIMPLES.

"It qualifies any of the four parts of speech abovenamed."--_Kirkham's Gram._, p. 83.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because abovenamed is here unnecessarily made a compound. But, according to Rule 2d, "When the simple words would only form a regular phrase, of the s

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