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. Accent dignifies syllables; emphasis, words, education, By what marks signified, Generally different in pronouns, 271 235-239 244 Manner of pronouncing the unaccented vowels, denotes the speaker's ACCUSATIVE case. The same as the objective, in nouns, ADDRESS to young students, on the use and abuse of their literary attainments. ADJECTIVE. The definition of it, It is varied only by degrees of comparison, 18 282 43 51,52 872-376 46 46 Whether the positive is a degree of comparison, Various modes of forming the degrees of comparison, How adjectives bcome nouns, and nouns adjectives, 46, 47 47 47, 48, 169, 170 ADJECTIVE. Though the degrees of comparison are indefinite in Ths superlative of Eminence, and the superlative of Comparison Adjectives having a superlative signification, do not admit of comparison, 167 In particular cases, the adjective and noun should not be separated, A plural adjective pronoun will sometimes associate with a singular noun, 169 Exercises, 57, Key, 192 167, 168 168 168 ADVANTAGES to be derived from the study of Grammar, vii, viii, 288, 299, 356, 365 ADVERB. Its nature, origin, varieties, 114-116 *The reader who consults this index, will observe that the references to the The same word occasionally used as an adverb, an adjective, or a substantive, See Words. Adverbs of time not superseded by the tenses of verbs-and why, This point exemplified, Rules to determine when the adverb, and when the adjective should Its appropriate situation in general, The adverb never commonly precedes the verb, The adverb where improperly used for in which, How to be pointed, See Negatives. 114, 115 116 Exercises, 56, Key, 190, 191 Exercises, 95 196, 307 197 197 198 219 270,275 ALLEGORY. Its nature. Rules for using it properly, ALPHABET. Nature of a perfect one, The English alphabet imperfect, AMPLIFICATION. The nature and use of this figure, AN. When to be used before h not silent, ANTITHESIS. Its nature and use explained, APOSTROPHE. The nature and use of this figure, 61, 62, 65 5 5,6 354 31 349-351 349 271 APPOSITION. Rule respecting the cases of nouns in apposition, 174, 181, 189 ARRANGEMENT. Principle on which the rules of syntax are ar- ranged, A skilful arrangement of words and members, promotes perspicuity, This point amply illustrated, ARRANGEMENT. It also promotes the It conduces to the harmony of language, 142, 143 158, 167, 168,196, 197, 307-311 Exercises, 138, 139, Key, 269,270 ARTICLE. Its nature, use, and importance, 31-33, 149 Omitting or using the article a forms a nice distinction in the sense, Article the is sometimes used instead of the possessive pronoun, It distinguishing effect, Particular use of the indefinite article, It sometimes governs the participle, ARTICULATION. The nature of it explained, Different from the voices of brute animals, AUTHORS. Of what sort are they who give the law to language, 359-365 AUXILIARY verbs. Their nature, use, and importance, 61, 66, 67, 75, 85-89 This form largely exemplified, 87 Exercises, 73-75, Key, 207-209 Auxiliary and principal constitute but one verb, 75, 76, 91, 99, 100 |