Rush, Dr. J., his new doctrine of the vowels and consonants, in oppos. to
the old, how estimated by BROWN
    —­his doctrine of a duplicity of the vocal elements, perstringed
    —­his strange division of the vowels “into two parts,” and conversion
      of most of them into diphthongs; his enumeration and specification of
      the alphabetic 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