Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue - A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Alexander Hume
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8. The active verb adheres to the person of the agent; as, Christ hath conquered hel and death. 9. The passive verb adheres to the person of the patient; as, hel and death are conquered be Christ. 10. These our idiom conjugates onelie in tuo tymes, the tyme present and tym past; as, I wryte, I wrote; I speak, I spak; I here, I hard; I se, I saw; I fele, I felt. 11. The other differences of tyme ar expressed be the notes of the verb of being, or be the verb of being it self, and a participle; as, I was wryting; I have written; I had written; I wil wryte. OF THE ADVERB. Cap. 11. 1. A word impersonal is q_uhi_lk in al formes of speach keepes one face, and this is adverb or conjunction. 2. An adverb is a word adhering mast com_m_onlie w_i_th a verb with one face in al moodes, tymes, nu_m_beres and persones; as, I leve hardlie, thou leves hardlie; I did leve hardlie; I have leved hardlie; I had leved hardlie; I wil leave hardlie; leve he hardlie; God forbid he leve |
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