Lest, use of, for THAT, without due regard to its import, ("I feared LEST," &c.) —derivation of, from Sax.
Let, verb, its construc, with an infin. following
LETTERS, in the Eng. alphabet, numb. of, and numb. of sounds which they
represent
—a knowledge of, in what consists
—infinite variety in, yet the letters always THE SAME
—different sorts of types, or styles of, used in Eng.
—names of, in Eng.; do., sing, and plur.
—Classes of, named and defined
—powers of
—the JUST POWERS of, (see Power)
—Forms of, and their distinctions, in the Eng. lang.
—different sorts of, to be kept distinct
—slanting strokes of the Roman, described
—Italic, chief use of
—capital, employment of
—small, do.
—Letters, history of
—the names of, are words of a peculiar kind
—the names and powers of, not always identical
—general neglect of learning to write the names of, in Eng.
—importance of learning to write do.
—erron. teaching with respect to certain names of
—Letters of the Heb. alphabet given, with their names, and the
significations of do.
—of the Gr. alphabet, with their names
—of the Lat. alphab., their names nearly lost
—of do., as now printed
—Letters, the twenty-six, possible combinations and mutations of
—of the alphab., read by their names, how taken
—do., written for numbers, what their nature; omission of period
after such letters
—DAY'S account of do.
—Letters, the SOUNDS of, treated
—Letters, the small, period of their adoption
—used for references
—Letter, definition of
—Letter, the sound of, called its POWER; yet its power not
necessarily identified with its sound
—A letter, in what consists Like, near, nigh, appar.,
prepositions; why not placed by BROWN with the prep. Lily, W.,
grammarian, his arrangement of Lat. syntax
Lines, poetic, technical denominations of
Liquids, what letters so called
Literary division of a work, common order of, downwards, and throughout;
but all literary works not thus divided. Literary blunders, Crit. N.
concerning
—awkwardness, do.
—ignorance, do.
—silliness, do.
Little, lesser, less, different uses and import of
—Little, much, &c., preceded by not, too, or other such adv., how
taken
—Less, improp. used as an adj. of number; does not signify fewer;
not to be used in the sense of do.
—Less, least, adv., to be parsed separately, in the comparison of
adjectives and adverbs
LOVE, verb active-trans., CONJUGATED affirmatively —BE LOVED, pass., do. —LOVE, conjug. negatively —do., interrogatively —do., interrogatively and negatively
Low and provincial expressions, use of, as opp. to purity, PREC. against
Ly, most common terminal of Eng. adverbs; added to nouns to form adjectives