CHAPTER X.
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THE COMPARATIVE DEGREE.
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240. Form in -s
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182
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241. Elder, &c.
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183
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242. Rather
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183
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243, 244. Excess of expression
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183
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245—247. Better
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183—185
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248. Worse
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185
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249. More
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185
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250. Less
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185
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251—253. Near, &c.
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186
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254. Origin of superlative
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186
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CHAPTER XI.
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THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE.
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255, 256. Former
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188
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257. Nearest
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188
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258. Next
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188
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259, 260. Upmost, &c.
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189, 190
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CHAPTER XII.
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THE CARDINAL NUMBERS.
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261. How far undeclined
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191
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CHAPTER XIII.
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THE ORDINAL NUMBERS.
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262—264. Seven, nine, ten
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192
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265, 266. Thirteen, thirty
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193
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CHAPTER XIV.
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THE ARTICLES.
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267. A, an, the
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194
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CHAPTER XV.
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DIMINUTIVES, AUGMENTATIVES, AND PATRONYMICS.
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268—270. Diminutives
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197—199
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271. Augmentatives
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200
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272. Patronymics
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200, 201
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CHAPTER XVI.
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GENTILE FORMS.
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273. Wales
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202
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CHAPTER XVII.
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ON THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE NOUN AND VERB, AND ON THE INFLECTION OF THE INFINITIVE MOOD.
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274—281. The verb, how far a noun
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203—206
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CHAPTER XVIII.
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ON DERIVED VERBS.
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282. Divisions of verbs
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207
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282. Derivation
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208, 209
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CHAPTER XIX.
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ON THE PERSONS.
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283. Persons in English
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210
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284, 285. Historical view
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211
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286. Form in -t
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212
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287. Thou spakest, &c.
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212
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288. We loves
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213
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CHAPTER XX.
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ON THE NUMBERS OF VERBS.
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289. Numbers in English
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214
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