rous use of it. It is reflected back upon him from every one whom he makes happy. In the intercourse of domestic affection, in the attachment of friends, the gratitude of dependants, the esteem and good will of all who know him, he sees blessings multiplied round him on every side. He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider, that he shall one day be old; and remember when he is old, that he once was young. In youth, he must lay up knowledge for his support, when his powers of acting shall forsake him; and in age, forbear to animadvert with rigour, on faults which experience only can correct. Let us consider that youth is not of long duration; and that in maturer age, when the enchantments of fancy shall cease, and phantoms dance no more about us, we shall have no comforts but the approbation of our own hearts, the esteem of wise men, and the means of doing good. Let us live as men who are some time to grow old; and to whom it will be the most dreadful of all evils, to count their past years only by follies, and to be reminded of their former luxuriance of health, only by the maladies which riot has produced. ΤΟ THE ALPHABETICAL INDEX.、 As the Grammar contains a considerable number of positions and minor rules, which are not readily discoverable by the general arrangement of the work; and as the last editions of the Exercises and Key, comprise many critical and explanatory notes, which could not conveniently be inserted in the Grammar; the author conceived that an Alphabetical Index to the Grammar. Exercises and Key, would not be unacceptable to the reader. With this view, and in conformity with the wishes of persons, for whose judgment he entertains great respect, he has produced the following Index to the three books. In forming this work, it was not his sole design to assist the student, in readily discovering any particular subjects of Grammar. He wished also to express the most important principles of the art, in short, comprehensive, and striking sentences, calculated to stimulate the learn er's curiosity, and to impress the subjects more deeply in his memory. The author was desirous that the work should at once form an Index to particulars, and an Epitome of the chief rules and principles of the language. The reader who consults this Index, will observe that the references to the pages always point to the Grammar unless the Exercises, or the Key, are mentioned. The Stereotype editions of the Grammar and the Key, are the editions referred to and the pages of reference to each of the books, will be the same, in every subsequent edition. : In all cases, where explanatory notes, or critical discussions, have been inserted in the Exercises or the Key, the Index refers to the pages which contain them. and, in a few special cases, these books are referred to, as illustrating and exemplifying the rules. But general references of this kind could not be made, without giv ing the Index too great an extent. The student may, however, in every rule that is mentioned, readily apply to the correspondent Exercises and Key; in which he will always find a variety of exemplification, and, in many instances, extended views of the subject [See Preface, 152.] A. ABSOLUTE. Case Absolute-Its nature explained, It belongs to no verb, expressed or implied, How to be pointed, ACCENT. Its nature and distinctions, 237 205-209 Accent dignifies syllables; emphasis, words, Manner of pronouncing the unaccented vowels, denotes the speaker's education, By what marks signified, ACCUSATIVE case. The same as the objective, ADDRESS to the young students, on the use and abuse of their literary attainments, ADJECTIVE. The definition of it, 306-31u 52 It is varied only by degrees of Comparison, 52 Whether the positive is a degree of comparison, 52 Various modes of forming the degrees of comparison, 52 How adjectives become nouns, and nouns adjectives, 53,54,150 Though the degrees of comparison are indefinite in num- 54 The superlative of Eminence, and the superlative of Com- proper, Adjectives having a superlative signification, do not admit Degrees of it often inaccurately applied, In particular cases, the adjective and noun should not be When placed before, when after its noun, A plural adjective pronoun will sometimes associate with In what cases to be omitted, in what repeated, ADJECTIVE pronoun. See Pronoun. ADJUNCTS. Their nature and punctuation, 147 148 148, 149 149 149, 150 150 189 236 237, 239 109 112 The same word occasionally used as an adverb, an ad- 112. See Words Adverbs of time not superseded by the tenses of verbs— Adverbs improperly used as adjectives, This point elucidated, (See Verb.) 112 146 Exercises, 63. Key, 32 Rules to determine when the adverb, and when the ad- Its appropriate situation in general, The adverb never commonly precedes the verb, Exercises, 113 169, 263 171 171 171, 172 191 237, 240 65, 66, 69 292, 293 15 15, 17 AFFIRMATION is not the essence of the verb, ALLEGORY. Its nature. Rules for using it properly, ALPHABET. Nature of a perfect one, The English alphabet imperfect, ANTITHESIS. Its nature, 298-It should be discreetly used, 298 matical works, APOSTROPHE. The nature and use of this figure, See Characters. Key, p. ii. APPOSITION. Rule respecting the cases of nouns in ap- 297 154, 161. Exercises, 71 237 Nouns in this state how to be pointed, 277, 281 The article a agrees with nouns in the singular number : only the article the with nouns in both numbers, the sense, ARTICLE. When to be omitted, when repeated, 151 152 152, 153, 188, 189, 252 Article the used as an epithet of distinction, pronoun, It sometimes governs the participle, 153 153 167 30-33 65, 71, 72, 77, 87-94 The same verb is sometimes an auxiliary, 'sometimes a 89 Their form in the Subjunctive Mood, Auxiliary and principal constitute but one 76, 77, 92, 99, 100 92 75, 83, 164 Auxiliary and principal form a compound tense, AUXILIARY. The auxiliary let governs the objective case, When to be omitted, or repeated, 161 190, 191. Key, 66 109 Auxiliary words abound in English, and in other modern B. THE BIBLE. The present translation of it is the best stan- 146 DR. BLAIR'S recommendation of the study of grammar 6 6 C. CADENCE. Its nature and how to be managed, The close of a sentence should not be abrupt, or unplea- CÆSURA and demi-cæsura. The nature of these poetical pauses explained, CAPITAL letters. Rule respecting the use of them, CASE. Only three in English, Mode of forming cases in Latin, not applicable to our lan- 217 286 227, 229 248, 249 Exercises, 125 48 50 Reasons in support of an objective case attached to En- The verb to be has the same case before and after it, Rules which determine the possessive case, The same cases of nouns and pronouns are connected by CHARACTERS. Particular ones used in composition, 245, 247 CLIMAX. The nature of this figure, COLON Directions for using it, COMMA. Rules for applying it in all its varieties, COMPARISON. Its rules as a figure of speech, Comparative members how to be pointed, |