abetic elements

S.

S, its name and plur. numb.
--final, in monosyllables, spell.
--of the poss. case, occas. dropping of; the elis. how to be regarded,
and when to be allowed
--its sounds
--in what words silent
--_Ss_, sound of

_S_ or _es_, verbal termin., DR. LOWTH'S account of

_Sans_, from Fr., signif., and where read

_Sabaoth_, see _Deity_

_Same cases_, construc. of
--do., on what founded
--what position of the words, admitted by the construc.
--_Same case_, after _what verbs_, except those which are pass., taken
--_Same cases_, notice of the faulty rules given by LOWTH, MURR., _et
al._, for the construc. of

_Sameness_ of signif., what should be that of the nom. following a verb or
part.
--_Sameness_ of words, see _Identity_

_Sapphic_, verse, described
--_stanza_, composition of; examp. from HOR.
--_Sapphic verse_, difficulty of; Eng. Sapphics few; scansion of; "The
Widow," of SOUTHEY, scanned
--_Eng. Sapphic_, DR. WATTS'S ode, (in part.) "The Day of Judgement,"
"_attempted in_"
--HUMPH. on, cited
--_Sapphics_, burlesque, examples of

_Save, saving_, as denoting exception, class and construc. of
--_Save_, derivation of

_Saxon_, alphabet, some account of
--lang., its form about the year 450; do. subsequently

_Scanning_, or _scansion_, explained
--Why, in _scanning_, the principal feet are to be preferred to the
secondary
--The poetry of the earliest Eng. poets, not easy of _scansion_

_Script letters_, the alphabet exhibited in
--the _forms_ of, their adaptation to the pen

_Scripture names_, many discrepancies in, found in different editions of
the Bible. _Scriptures_, see _Bible_

_Section_, mark, uses of

SEE, verb, irreg., act., CONJUGATED affirmatively
--takes infin. without prep. TO
--its construc. with infin. without _to_

_Seeing_ and _provided_, as connectives, their class

_Seldom_, adv., its comparison; use of, as an adj.

_Self_, in the format, of the comp. pers. pronouns
--CHURCH. explan. of
--signif. and use of
--as an Eng. prefix
--after a noun poss., in poet. diction

_Self-contradiction_, Crit. N. respecting

_Self-naming letters_

_Semicolon_, point
--for what purpose used
--from what takes its name
--_when_ adopted in England
--is useful and necessary, though discarded by some late grammarians