103. The following are intranfitive Verbs, and have, properly speaking, no paffive Participle.

NOTE. There are a few compound irregular Verbs, fuch as befal, bespeak, &c. which as they follow the fimple Form, it was not thought neceffary to infert in this Catalogue.

104. There are a few Verbs ending in t, and d, which are the fame in the prefent and preter Tenfes, and paffive Participle: as, burft, caft, coft, cut, hit, hurt, knit, let, put, read, rid, fet, fhed, thred, thut, flit, fplit, fpread, thruft.

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Of an ADVERB*.

NAdverb is a Part of Speechjoined to a Verb, an Adjective, a Participle, and fometimes to another Adverb, to exprefs the Quality or Circumftance of it: as, He reads well; a truly good man; he is fecretly. plotting; he writes very correctly.

106. Some Adverbs admit of Comparifon as often,oftener, ofteneft; soon, Jooner, Jooneft: And many of them are compared by other Adverbs, much, more, most, &c.

NOTE. Adverbs have Relation to Time; as, now, then, lately, &c. to Place; as, here, there, &c. to Number; as, once, twice, &c.

*From ad, to, and Verbum, a Verb.

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Of a CONJUNCTION*.

107. Conjunction is a Part of Speech that joins Words or

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Sentences together: as, albeit,although," altho', and, becaufe, but, either, elfe, however, if, namely, neither, nor, or, though,tho', therefore,thereupon, unless, whereas, whereupon, whether, yet.

The foregoing are always Conjunctions: but thefe fix following are fometimes Adverbs; alfo,as, otherwife, fince, likewife, then. Except, and fave, are fometimes Verbs; for, fometimes a Prepofition; and that, fometimes a Pronoun.

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Of a PREPOSITION+.

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Prepofition is a word set before Nouns, or Pronouns, to exprefs the Retations of Perfons, Places,

From con, with, and jungo, to join.
From præ, before, and pono, to place.

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or Things to each other: as, He came to, and stood before the City.

Prepofitions used in this Sense are fuch as follow: About, above, after, against, among, amongst, at, before, behind, below, beneath, between, beyond, by, for, from, in, into, of, off, on, upon, ever, through, to, unto, towards, under, with, within, without.

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N Interjection is a Word that expreffes any fudden Motion of the Mind, tranfported with the Senfation of Pleasure or Pain: as, O! Oh! Alas! Lo!

From inter, between, and jacio, to throw.

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