receive an action.”—­Comly’s Gram., p. 11. (9.) “A verb is a part of speech by which any thing is asserted.”—­Weld’s Gram, p. 50; Abridg., 46 and 58. (10.) “A verb is a part of speech which expresses action, or existence, in a direct manner.”—­Gilbert’s Gram., p. 20. (11.) “A participle is a part of speech derived from a verb, and expresses action or existence in an indirect manner.”—­Ibid. (12.) “A Participle is a Part of Speech derived from a Verb, and denotes being, doing, or suffering, and implies Time, as a Verb does.”—­British Gram., p. 139; Buchanan’s, p. 46.  “An adverb is a part of speech used to add to the meaning of verbs, adjectives, and participles.”—­Gilbert’s Gram., p. 20. (14.) “An adverb is an indeclinable part of speech, added to a verb, adjective, or other adverb, to express some circumstance, quality, or manner of their signification.”—­ Adam’s Gram., p. 142; Gould’s, 147. (15.) “An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb, an Adjective, a Participle, and sometimes to another Adverb, to express the quality or circumstance of it.”—­Ash’s Gram., p. 47, (16.) “An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a Verb, Adjective, Participle, and sometimes to another Adverb, to express some circumstances respecting it.”—­Beck’s Gram., p. 23. (17.) “An Adverb is a Part of Speech which is joined to a Verb, Adjective, Participle, or to another Adverb to express some Modification, or Circumstance, Quality, or Manner of their Signification.”—­Buchanan’s Gram., p. 61. (18.) “An Adverb is a part of speech added to a Verb (whence the name), and sometimes even to another word.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 76. (19.) “A conjunction is a part of speech used to connect words and sentences.”—­Gilbert’s Gram., p. 20; Weld’s, 51. (20.) “A Conjunction is a part of speech that joins words or sentences together.”—­Ash’s Gram., p. 43. (21.) “A Conjunction is that part of speech which connect sentences, or parts of sentences or single words.”—­Blair’s Gram., p. 41. (22.) “A Conjunction is a part of speech, that is used principally to connect sentences, so as, out of two, three, or more, sentences, to make one.”—­Bucke’s Gram., p. 28. (23.) “A Conjunction is a part of speech that is chiefly used to connect sentences, joining two or more simple sentences into one compound sentence:  it sometimes connects only words.”—­Kirkham’s Gram., p. 118. (24.) “A Conjunction is a Part of Speech which joins Sentences together, and shews the Manner of their Dependance upon one another.”—­British Gram., p. 163; Buchanan’s, p. 64; E.  Devis’s. 103. (25.) “A preposition is a part of Speech used to show the relation between other words.”—­Gilbert’s Gram., p. 20. (26.) “A Preposition is a part of speech which serves to connect words and show the relation between them.”—­Frost’s El. of Gram., p. 42. (27.) “A preposition