Pentameter line, iambic, examples of:
—is the regular Eng. HEROIC; its quality and adaptation:
—embraces the elegiac stanza:
—trochaic, example of, said by MURR. et al. to be very uncommon;
was unknown to DR. JOH. and other old prosodists:
—the two examples of. in sundry grammars, whence came; a couplet of
these scanned absurdly by HIL.; HART mistakes the metre of do.:
—dactylic, example of, ("Salutation to America,").
Perfect, adj., whether admits of comparison; why its comparis. by adverbs not wholly inadmissible.
Perfect definition, what.
Perfect participle, or second part., defined:
—its form:
—how has been variously called:
—its character and name as distinguished from the imperf. part:
—why sometimes called the passive part.; why this name liable to
objection:
—how may be distinguished from the preterit of the same form:
—should not be made to govern an objective term. ("The characters
MADE USE OF," MURR.,):
—not to be used for the pret., nor confounded with the pres.:
—what care necessary in the employment of; when to be distinguished
from the preterits of their verbs.
Perfect tense, defined. —Perf. tense of indic., as referring to time relatively fut.
Period, or full stop, its pause. —Period, or circuit, nature of. —Period, probably the oldest of the points; how first used: —how used in Hebrew: —what used to mark: —Rules for the use of: —not required when short sentences are rehearsed as examples: —whether to be applied to letters written for numbers: —with other points set after it: —whether proper after Arabic figures used as ordinals. —Period of abbreviation, whether always supersedes other points.
Permanent propositions, to be expressed in the pres. tense.
Permitting, &c., verbs of, see Commanding.
Personal pronoun, defined.
—Personal pronouns, simple, numb, and specificat. of:
—declension of:
—often used in a reciprocal sense, ("Wash YOU," &c.,).
—(See also It.)
—Personal pronouns, compound, numb. and specificat. of. 298:
—explanat. and declension of:
—CHURCH. account of:
—of the first and second persons, placed before nouns to distinguish
their persons.
Personification, defined,
—MURR. definition of, blamed,
—what constitutes the purest kind of,
—change of the gend. of inanimate objects by,
—whether it always changes the gender of anteced. term,
—agreem. of pronouns with their antecedents in cases of,
—Rule for capitals in do.,
—comp.,
—Personifications, CHURCH, on the determination of gender in,
—Personified objects, names of, put in the second pers., and why,
—how pronouns agree with,