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... tence . The great obscurity in which the subject was involved , and the acknow- ledged failure of all who have endeavoured to generalize upon the subject , were suffi- cient to destroy any confidence in my own powers for resolving this ...
... tence . The great obscurity in which the subject was involved , and the acknow- ledged failure of all who have endeavoured to generalize upon the subject , were suffi- cient to destroy any confidence in my own powers for resolving this ...
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... tence without a verb , one must of necessity be supplied ; and in such case the context alone must dictate the supply . Upon this principle I maintain that no argu- ment against the elliptical use of the subjunctive form of a verb in a ...
... tence without a verb , one must of necessity be supplied ; and in such case the context alone must dictate the supply . Upon this principle I maintain that no argu- ment against the elliptical use of the subjunctive form of a verb in a ...
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... tence according to Ursinus ' description , distortam , etiam infor- mem , superfluam , imo absonam quoque et a recta sententia de- viam . " In no instance , I am inclined to think , was that , which I shall call the governing clause ...
... tence according to Ursinus ' description , distortam , etiam infor- mem , superfluam , imo absonam quoque et a recta sententia de- viam . " In no instance , I am inclined to think , was that , which I shall call the governing clause ...
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... tence in which the subjunctive form of verb oc- curs , must be abstracted ; and the attention must be fixed upon those points in which they all agree , and which are peculiar to them . It is by this process alone that we can hope to ...
... tence in which the subjunctive form of verb oc- curs , must be abstracted ; and the attention must be fixed upon those points in which they all agree , and which are peculiar to them . It is by this process alone that we can hope to ...
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... tence be dissected into its true logical parts . Between logic and grammar there exists an in- separable connexion . Logic is the art of rea- soning , and necessarily enters into all the com- munication which men hold with one another ...
... tence be dissected into its true logical parts . Between logic and grammar there exists an in- separable connexion . Logic is the art of rea- soning , and necessarily enters into all the com- munication which men hold with one another ...
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adduced admit affirmed antecedent appears apud atque autem Cæsar Cicero conjunction connexion considered construction copula Crombie dicate dicere Edinburgh Review ejus ellipsis enim erit esset etiam etsi examine examples expressed fact finitivis grammarians grammatical gratias habet hæc homines illud illum indicative mood inflexion instance ipse joined junctive mood language Latin language Latin subjunctive mood lative Livy logical mark meaning mihi modal modo modus nemo neque nihil noun observation omnes omnia opinion Orat Parr participle particular passage Perizonius person potential mood predicate principle Priscian proposition quæ qualified quam Quamquam quibus quid quidem quis quod relative clause remark rule says scio sentence sint Subj subjunctive form sunt tamen tempus tence tenses tibi tion tive mood Tmolus true subject Ursinus Varro verb Viden Vossius words writers
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