A Tractate on Language

accent accusative adjective admit adopted adverb analogy ancient aorists applied Aristotle aspirate authors beauty Celtic Cicero composition conjunction consonants copula dative derived dialect diction digamma elegance elegantly English equivalent existence expressed French genitive genius gerund grammar grammarians Greek and Latin harmony Hebrew hence ideas imperfect implied infinitive mood inflection Julius Cæsar language Latin learned letters Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lowth means Milton modern nations nature neuter never nominative noun object omitted origin Oscan participle passive peculiar perfect plural poem poetic poetry poets Pope possessed preceded predicate preposition preterition pronounced pronunciation Quintilian relative remarks rendered rhyme Roman Rome rules Sanscrit Saxon says sense sentence shew signifies singular sound speech styled subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable symbol synonymous taste tenses termination thee things thou tion tongue true variety verb verse vowels words writers written