A Short English Grammar for the Use of Schools

¹ Lectures accent accusative adjective adverbs auxiliary verb Cæsar called century CHAPTER commonly conjunction connexion Crown 8vo dative definite article denoting derived Dictionary Dryden Edition ellipsis employed English language English words Essays expression father feminine follows French future gender genitive German gerund Giaour grammarians Greek Greek and Latin heard History of England horse imperfect Imperial 8vo inflexion instances Julius Cæsar Latham Latin Latin verb Latin words Lectures on Language Letter LONGMANS masculine meaning Medium 8vo Merchant of Venice metre modern mood neuter nominative nouns substantive obsolete occasionally origin participle passive participle perfect personal pronouns phrase Pluperfect poetry poets Post 8vo preceded preposition present preterite Professor Max Müller rhyme Roman rule Saxon sense sentence Shakspeare singular number sometimes speaking spoken stanza subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative syllable Syntax tense termination Teutonic thing thou tion tive translated usage vols vowel writers