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adjcéli,'cs, or to d:eir :'l' liciplc', which

w~le

fo nca lly

aJlred to adjtéliVlS. V:r¡'s were prrhaps th oug!n to le

to'>

much Jll'edified, to admit of more variallous wilh.

out perplexilY.

Some qu,dilics adm;t of comparifon, others admit of

oone: fu ch, for example, are thofe which denole

Ihnl

7,,.lilJ

b~1i<i

arijiflg [ rolll /hdr jg/lre ;

as, when \Ve

[,IY,

, i'Cld,Ir

table, a

.quadrang:lltrr

court, .a

,~I.'ie:rl

jlie_e of mm l,

&e.

T he reafon is, that a million of

thiogs participadng the 'fame figu re, participate il

.qually

if they do it at all.

To fay, therefare, that

while

and

are botb quadrangular, that

is more or

lefs

quadtan~ular

l han

is abl'urd. The fame holds in

~Il

auribulives dcooting

"c¡fl!ile qllanlilill

of whalever

nature.

For, as there can De no

COII/pr.rij ",

wilhout

in.

lenji'fI

rellliJliM,

and as Iherecan be no intcnfion and

reminion io things

ol'Wo)'l dpl/ile,

Iherefore thefe auri·

butivés eao admit of no .comparifon. By the fame me·

Ihod of re:ífoniog, we ducover the caufe why

1/0

firbJIon.

/ive

fiifcePlible

Ihere degrm

eomporiftn.

moualain

eannot be faid MO RE TO 'BE or TOEXl n

than

mole·hi/l

oor the

lion

caonot be

more

lion

Ihan the lioo

but Ihe

1N0re

¡:Ji

mufl be fought for

in Iheir quantities or qualities

a mountain is

more

hulAy

tbao

mole·hill, and the lion

mo,. ferce

than ¡he

lioo

the excefs being always derivcd from their at·

tributes.

Of the adverbs or fecoodary qualities already men.

¡ioned, thofe denoting intenfion and remlnion may be

called adverbs of IlUANTITY CON TIN UOUS ;

once.

l'Wice, Ihrice,

&c. areadverbs of IlUA NTlTY DI SCRETE ;

more

and

mo/!,

"fi

and

I",jl,

to which may be added

eqllollj, proporlionally,

&c. are advtrbs of RELATlON.

There are others of IlUALITY; as

\Vhen we fay" HO'

NES TL Y

illdl/Jlriou!,

n UDEN TLY

bra~e,

IheJ [oughl

BRAVEL Y,

le painled

Fl NELY,

&c.

cemes an adrt,.b by nCJlhiog more than its ap?licatian :

as when IVe

lay,

,id"

ABO UT,

'WaJ

HAR [ J/'

lin.~,

&c.

There are likewi (e adverbs ·of

[NTEUOC4TIO~ :

fu eh as,

,.herr,

'IJ.,hrnCl,

'W1'i,h", hO'W,

&c. of which

there is this remarkable, that when they lofe tbeir

in/" .

r~.~alive p~w,'r,

they afiume Ihat of a

"Id/ivf,

[, as to

reprefent Ihe

re/a/ifle

[ubjun{/ive pranoun ;

as iDthis

doggertl lranflarion of a lioe fromVirgil,

Al/ti

'~rn

dolh

gr~'W

WHERE

'Tro) 10'1JA2 Jlood;

t hat is to fa y,

corn gro'Wllh in Ihal place

HI CH

'Tr~

jlaod,

the power of the relative being implied in Ihe

adverb.

is in like manoer, that the

"Ia~ive

ron

'U4

bccomcs ao

il/lerr,ca/ive;

as in thi, line from Miltoo,

jrjl jeduc'd Ihefll' l. Ihal f oul

rcv~/1

T he reafon of this is as ·foJlows : the

pron~un

and

.tI.

verDJ

hu e mentioned are aJl,

in their original charaéler.

RELATIVES. Even when 1hey become interrogatives,

they lofe not Ihis charaéler, but are lliJl relatives as much

as ever: the difference ii, IJ1'1t

'Wilhoul

an interroga.

, ion they have 'referrnce·tOa fubjta wbíeh i,

anlredt!!l,

drjnile,

and

lll~'Wn;

'Wilh

an ÍIlterro;¡!tio

n, 't

o a (ubjea

-which is

[uhfrquenl, índejl/ilt,

and

u~lno'

IJ.Jn,

and which

it is'¿xpeéled the anfwer Ihould exprefs lod afcerrain.

ftrjl

fodu c'd·thelll-?

:The queflioo itfelf [uppofes;¡

[educer, to which, though

unAno'Wn,

the pronoun

'Wh.

has a referenco-'Th'

in[trnal.jerpenl.

Bere, in the

anfwer, \Ve have the Úlbjeél, which was

inriefoill, afrr"

lai",d;

fo that we fee WHO, in the

inlerrogali,n,

is aa

muéb a

r~/alive

as if it had beenfaid originally, witbout

any interrogMion at all,

!t 'WaJ Iheinf.trnaljer,ml

WHO

j rjl jeduced tAell/ :

and thus joterrogatives and relatives

mutually pafs into ooe.another.

Having thus eoofidered

'111

¡hofe parts of fpeechwbich

RE sICN I

CAN

'1'

OF " HEMSELV ES, we proceed to tho(e

AUX ILIARY PARTS, which are ONLY Sl CNllI CAN T

WH& NHSOC IA'I'E1l WITH OTH ERS, which we have al·

ready faid are either DH INIT IVE S or C,ONNECTIVE·S.

Of which in Iheir order.

C HAPTER

IIL

TJle adverbs hithenomentioned, are common

lo veró!

e~rrJ

fpecin ;

but there are fome which

~re

eonfined

veróJ

properly fo caJled, that is to fay, to (uch as

der.ote

",<tionl

rmrguJ

\Vith their

privaliOnl.

AII

,,/o/ion

and

rcj/

imply

lime

aod

place

as a kinu of nece/fa·

ry coin, tdence. B ence, if \Ve would

e~l'refs

.the

:place

lime

of either, \Ve mufl needs have recourre to ad,

verbs fo

rmed f

or this purpofe ; of PL ACE, as \Vhen we

fay,

jl.od

THE RE,

h( 'Wenl

HENCE,

h, 'Iravelleli

FAR,

te. ;

r OfTlME, as \Vhen we fay,

h,jloodTHEII ,

he 'liJen/

AF'I'E RWARD,

he /ravrlld

rORMERL Y,

&c.

Should it be

~fl(ed,

W hyadveró,

lime,

when verbs

have

/'II/.,?

The anfIVer is, though tenfes may be

(1If!i·

cieot to denote the greater d,llinétions of time, 'yel to

d~note

IhemaJl by renfes would be a perplexiry wilhout

end, What a variety of forms would be necelfary tooe·

note

yeJlerdoJ, lo daJ, 1" 11Iorro'W, [ormerlj, jujl nG1U,

IWW,

imll/eliia /rlj, prrfmlly,

[0011,

herr.ftrr ?

&c.

Concerning

D EFI N I TI VES

commonly can–

ed ART ICLES.

To thefe adverbs

jufl mentio

ned may be added Ihofe

which denote the

inlenji.nJ

and

rellliJIi~nJ

peculiar lo

MOTION , fueh as

fpeedif;', h.jlily,fwiftly, JI.'WIy,

&c. ;

as alfo adverhs or

plDu

made out of

/,rep.¡ilio11J,

(uch

up-ward

and

dawn'Ward,

from

IIp

ano

d.'Wn.

fome inflances the prepofi tion fuJI'ers nó change, but be·

T HEknowledge of man is at befl but limited and con·

fined. Although IVe have in''enleo words to denominate

almofl all the fubflances which exifl, yel as it is impolli.

ble for any perfoo to be aequaioted wilh all of thefe. il

was necelfary to raJl upon fome contrivanee in

Jangu~ge

obviale the di/liculties ",hich would arife from

tI,is

caufe. W'ith this view,

II'e

have already (een, that fub–

flances have been dilvded into general c1afl'cs, each of

which ineludes undcr it fcveral lelfér rubdivir.ons ; the

names of which general elalfes, being bu!

f~~',

may be

more eafily retained. as

anilllal, td!fice. I/IO/iM,

&c.

for I¡y referring the (evera lobjeéls that \Ve may accidento

allyfee, andwith which weare unacquainlcd, to lhefevelal

elJlfi to which Ihey may bdong, we are in fome mea·

fure enabled to communiCdle uu r ideas witllou llhc know.

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