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WORKS USED*, OR OCCASIONALLY CONSULTED †.

* ADAMS, Dr. ERNEST, Elements of the English Language.' Bell & Daldy, 1862.

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ANGUS, Dr. JOSEPH, Handbook of the English Tongue.' Religious Tract Society, 1862.

† ARNOLD, THOMAS KERCHEVER, M.A., 'An English Grammar for Classical Schools.' Rivingtons, 1860.

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† BAIN, Professor ALEXANDER, English Grammar.' Longmans, 1863. + BECKER, Dr. KARL FERDINAND, Schulgrammatik der deutschen Sprache.' Frankfort, 1862.

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Grammar of the German Language, adapted to the use of English Students,' by Dr. J. W. FRAEDERSDORF. Williams & Norgate, 1855.

† Campbell, Dr. GEORGE, 'Philosophy of Rhetoric.'

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+ COBBETT, WILLIAM, 'Grammar of the English Language.' London,

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† DALGLEISH, WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A., ‘Grammatical Analysis.' Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1866.

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FOWLER, WILLIAM C., The English Language.' Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1860.

† GARNETT, Rev. RICHARD, ‘Philological Essays.' Williams & Norgate, 1859.

HEAD, Sir EDMUND W., Bart., 'Shall' and 'Will.'

Murray, 1858.

† KEY, Professor THOMAS HEWITT, ‘Latin Grammar.' Bell & Daldy, 1858.

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† LATHAM, Dr. ROBERT GORDON, The English Language.' 1862.

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*LOWTH, Dr. ROBERT, A Short Introduction to English Grammar.' London, 1784.

* MASON, CHARLES PETER, B.A., English Grammar, including the Principles of Grammatical Analysis.' Walton & Maberly, 1858.

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WORKS USED, OR OCCASIONALLY CONSULTED.

* MORELL, Dr. J. D., 'Grammar of the English Language, together with an Exposition of the Analysis of Sentences.' Longmans, 1860.

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York, 1824.

ROWLAND, Rev. THOMAS, A Grammar of the Welsh Language.' Hughes & Butler, 1857.

STODDART, Sir JOHN, Universal Grammar,' Encyclopædia Metropolitana. Griffin & Co., 1847.

†TOOKE, JOHN HORNE, 'Diversions of Purley,' edited by RICHARD TAYLOR. Tegg, 1829.

↑ WEDGWOOD, HENSLEIGH, M.A., 'Dictionary of English Etymology.' Trübner & Co., 1859.

INTRODUCTION.

WE WILL SUPPOSE that two persons are about to dispute, and that they lay down a certain book upon the table. One says, 'The book is good;' the other says, 'The book is not good;' and they proceed to argue the question.

- The book is the subject, that which is laid down for discussion; and the term is derived from the Latin subjectum, literally meaning,' that which is laid down.'

Concerning this subject, the quality of goodness is affirmed by one disputant, and denied by the other; and this quality of goodness is said to be predicated, that is stated' (either affirmed or denied) of the subject.

The word predicate is derived from the Latin prae-dĭcāre, 'to show forth, proclaim, declare,' a word not to be confounded by young pupils with prae-dicere, 'to foretell, prophesy.' Hence the predicate means that which is stated,' the thing or notion affirmed or denied.'

Now the book and the quality of goodness are the things signified. One disputant says, that the book belongs to the class of things called good; the other says, that the book does not so belong. But the word 'book,' and the word 'good,' are signs or sounds, which, in our language, represent the thing or notion in question.

The written word is a 'sign;' the spoken word is a 'sound;' but both the sign and the sound are marks or tokens of the things signified.

In Metaphysics, this distinction is most important. For our purpose, it will be sufficient merely to indicate the distinction, and to observe that the terms subject and predicate

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