. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . t. * When I hadxcrote the Valentine, I sealed it with my thimble. He has rose to (be) a common-councilman. Iwas chose Lord Mayor. I Ve eat (or a eat) lotsof venison in my time. I should have spoke ifyou hadnt put in your oar. You were mistook. He sent her an affecting copy of verses, whichwas wrote with a Perryian pen. RULE XV. Adverbs are generally placed in a sentence be-fore adjectives, after verbs active or neuter, andfrequently between the auxiliary and the verb: as, He came, Sir, and he was most exceedi
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . t. * When I hadxcrote the Valentine, I sealed it with my thimble. He has rose to (be) a common-councilman. Iwas chose Lord Mayor. I Ve eat (or a eat) lotsof venison in my time. I should have spoke ifyou hadnt put in your oar. You were mistook. He sent her an affecting copy of verses, whichwas wrote with a Perryian pen. RULE XV. Adverbs are generally placed in a sentence be-fore adjectives, after verbs active or neuter, andfrequently between the auxiliary and the verb: as, He came, Sir, and he was most exceedingly drunk ;he could hardly stand upon his legs; he made avery lame discourse; he spoke incoherently andridiculously; and v;as impatiently heard by thewhole assembly. He is fashionably dressed. She is conspicuously uylyP The eye of jealousyis proverbially sharp, and yet it is indisputablygreen. Britons may often be sold, but they loillnever be slaves. Ihe French Marquis was avery charming man; he danced excpiisitdy and nind)ly,and was greatly admired by all the ladies. SYNTAX. 149. Several adverbs have been coined in Americaof late; and some of them are very remarkable fora particular elegance: as, I reckon yourecatmoampoushj chawed up. In the example just given there is to be found, 150 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. besides the new adverb, a word which, if not alsonew to the English student, is rendered so both byits orthography and pronunciation; namely, term is no other than chewed, modified(as words, like living things, would seem to be),by transportation to a foreign country. Chawedup is a very strong expression, and is employed tosignify the most complete state of discomfiture anddefeat, when a man is as much crushed, mashed,and comminuted, morally speaking, as if he hadliterally and corporeally undergone the process ofmastication. Catawampously is a concentrationof hopelessly, tremendously, thoroughly,and irrevocably; so that catawampously chaw-ed up, means, bro
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