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APPLICATION

OF THE

GRAMMATICAL INSTITUTES.

For the Use of those who may want the Assistance of a Master.

Part of DAVID's Speech to GOLIAH the Philistine.

-Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but

THOU, a pronoun, 24; sing. number, 4;

nom. case, 25; the agent of the verb, 120;

the second person, 56. Comest, a verb, 30; irregular, 103; indicative mode, 34; present tense, 39; sing. numb. and second person, 56; agreeing with its agent, thou, 113. To, a preposition, 108. Me, a pronoun, 24; accusative case, 25; following a preposition, 149. With, a preposition, 108. A, an article, 2; set before a noun of the singular number, and a word beginning with a consonant, 110. Sword, a noun or substantive, 3. And, conjunction, 107. Spearandshield,nouns, signifying things, 3. But,

I

I come to thee in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast

a conjunction, 107. I, a pronoun, 24 ; sing. number, 4; the nominative case, 25; the agent of the verb, 120; the first person, 55. Come, a verb, 30; irregular, 103; indicative mode, 34; present tense, 39; first person, sing. numb.55; agreeing with its agent, I, 113. Thee, a pronoun, 24; sing. number,4; accusative case, 25; following a preposition, 149. In, a preposition, 108. The, an article, 2. Name, a noun, 3. Of, a preposition, 108. Lord, a noun, referring to a person, 3. Hosts, a noun, 3; plural number, 4; so made by adding s to the singular, 5. God, a noun, referring to a person, 3. Armies, a noun, 3; plural number, 4; so made by changing y into ies, 8. Israel, a noun, referring to a person, 3. Whom, a pronoun, 24; referring to a person, 144; accusative case, 26 ; receiving the force of the verb, defied, 122. Hast, an auxiliary sign, denoting the perfect tense, 51.

NOTE. The same word occurring a second or third time, &c. is but once explained, except it has a different construction.