. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . sition to is used before thelatter of two verbs; but sometimes it is more pro-perly omitted: as, I saw you take it, young fel-low ; come along with me. Let me c/et hold ofyou, thats all ! « Did I hear you speak ? I Ullet you knoiv / You dare not hit me. Bidme discourse. You need not sing. The preposition for is sometimes unnecessarilyintruded into a sentence, in addition to the prepo-sition to, before an infinitive mood: as, Howcame you for to think, for to go, for to do such athing? Do you want me for to pun
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . sition to is used before thelatter of two verbs; but sometimes it is more pro-perly omitted: as, I saw you take it, young fel-low ; come along with me. Let me c/et hold ofyou, thats all ! « Did I hear you speak ? I Ullet you knoiv / You dare not hit me. Bidme discourse. You need not sing. The preposition for is sometimes unnecessarilyintruded into a sentence, in addition to the prepo-sition to, before an infinitive mood: as, Howcame you for to think, for to go, for to do such athing? Do you want me for to punch yourhead? Adjectives, substantives, and participles, oftengovern the infinitive mood: as, Miss Hopkins, Ishall he happy to dance the next set with you. Oh ! Sir, it is impossible to refuse you. Haveyou an inclination to waltz? I shall be de-lighted in endeavouring to do so. SYNTAX. 145 The infinitive mood is frequently made absolute,that is, independent of the rest of the sentence : as, To say the truth, I was rather the worse forliquor. Not to mince matters, Miss, I love To begin at the right end. «To cut a longtale short, &c. 146 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAJIMAR. RULE XIII. The relation which words and phrases bear toeach other in point of time, should always be dulymarked: instead of saying, Last night I intendedto have made strong love to her, we should say, Last night I intended to make strong love toher; because, although the intention of makingstrong love may have been abandoned (on reflec-tion) this morning, and is now, therefore, a thingwhich is past, yet it is undoubtedly, when lastnight and the thoughts connected with it arebrought back, again present to the mind. RULE XIV. Participles have the same power of governmentwith that of the verbs from which they are de-rived : as, Oh, what an exquisite singer Rubiniis ! I am so fond of hearing him. Look at thathorrid man; I declare he is fptizzinf/ vs ! No, heis only taking snuff. See, how that thing oppo-site keeps m
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