Hypobacchy, or antibacchy, defined
I.
I, lett., self-naming; its plur.
—its usual sounds
—diphthongs beginning
with; triphth. do., I, pron. with cap. lett.,
I, as written
for a number. I, adv., see Ay
Iambic verse, treated
—Iamb. verse,
stress where laid in; effect of a short syll. added
to
a line of
—shown in its eight
measures
—is seldom pure
through a long succession of lines
—some of its diversifications
shown. See also Dimeter, Trimeter, &c.
Iambus, or iamb, defined
Idea of unity, and of plurality, how formed
Identity of words, the principle of, considered
—Identity, proper,
RULE for, ("Same Cases.”) Identification,
false, N. concerning
Idioms or peculiarities of expression, when to be approved or valued
If, the Biblical use of, to express an emphat.
negation
—its derivation
from Sax.
Ignorance, literary, Crit. N. concerning
Imagery, or Vision, explained
Imperative mood, defined
—Imperat. mood,
why so called; in what manner applied
—its one tense,
and the import of do
—its inflection
shown in the verb LOVE, conjugated
—what nominatives
only it takes
—use of, in the
Gr. lang.; do., in Lat., Ital., Fr., and Span
—may have all the
persons and numbers
—poet.
Imperfect tense, defined
—Imperf. tense,
the form, how far applicable to the Eng. tense
so
called
—in its simple
form is the preterit
—in the pot. and
subj. moods, an aorist
—of the indic.
and the subj., how distinguished
—of the sub., to
express a mere supposition, with indef. time
Imperfect participle, or first part.,
defined
—its form
—The first part.,
has been variously called
—why rightly termed
imperfect participle
—for what forms
of the Lat. gram., stands
—is applicable
to time pres., past, or fut.; is not always active,
even when derived
from an act. verb
—may be turned
to a multiplicity of uses
—appar. put absolute,
(Admitting,
—Allowing,
&c.)
—distinguished,
with respect to governm., from a particip. noun
—as equivalent
to infin. mood; heads of regular equivalence
—how compares with
the Lat. gerund
—its nature and
construc.
Impersonal verbs, so called, their peculiarity
of use
—called monopersonal
by some
Impropriety of language, what embraces
In and into, difference between; nature of the relation expressed by each; derivation of, from Sax.