Affectation of fine writing, PREC. against
Ago and since, difference between
AGREEMENT, of words, defined —with what synonymous —Agreement, how many of the parts of speech in Eng., incapable of; none necessary between words unrelated —as differing from relation —of words in the same construc., not easy to determine —rules of, as applied to articles, impertinent —Agreements, syntactical, in Eng., specified —Agreement, general principles of —figurative, of pronouns with antecedents
Ah, sometimes departs from usage
Alexandrine verse, description of
Alias, for the equivocal or, use of, in judicial proceedings
All, when may be reckoned a noun
Allegory, defined —Allegory includes most parables of Script., and some fables
Alphabet, Eng., names and plur. numb. of the letters
—Hebrew, names and characters of, given,
—Greek, do.
—Latin, names of the letters of, scarcely known even to the learned;
account of its letters
—A perfect alphabet in Eng., what it would effect
—Letters of the alphabet, when and how used in the sciences
Alphabetic writing, its advantage over the syllabic