Verbosity, as affecting strength

Verse, in oppos. to prose, what
    —­Blank verse, as distinguished from rhyme
    —­Verse, general sense of the term; its derivation and literal
      signif.; the visible form of verse
    —­Verse, as defined by JOH., WALK., et al.; do. by WEBST.
    —­Verse, Eng., the difficulty of treating the subject of, and from
      what this arises
    —­A verse, or line of poetry, of what consists
    —­Verse, or poetic measure, the kinds, or orders of, named; (see
      Iambic Verse, Trochaic Verse, &c.)
    —­Verse, the proper reading of

VERSIFICATION, treated
    —­Versification, defined
    —­Versification, POE’S (E.  A.) notions concerning; his censure of
      BROWN’S former definition of; his rejection of the idea of versif.
      from the principle of rhythm; his unfortunate derivat. of rhythm
      from [Greek:  hurithmos,] and vain attempts to explain the term:  the
      farrago summarily disposed of by BROWN
    —­EVERETT’S “System of Eng.  Versification,” account of, and strictures
      on

Vision, or imagery, explained

Vocative case of Lat. and Gr. gram., not known in Eng.

Voice, ACTIVE, and PASSIVE, whether necessary terms in Eng. gram.

Vowel, defined
    —­Vowels named
    —­W and Y, when vowels; comp.
    —­Vowel sounds, or vocal elements, the different, how produced
    —­what are those in Eng.
    —­how each may be variously expressed by letters; notation of
    —­Vowels, two coming together, where may be parted in syllabication.

W.

W, its name and plur. numb.
    —­simpler term than Double-u perhaps desirable; DR. WEBST. on the
      lett. 
    —­W, when a vowel
    —­with vowel foll., sound of
    —­before h, how pronounced
    —­in Eng. never used alone as a vowel
    —­no diphthongs or triphth. in Eng., beginning with.

Wages, noun, plur. by formation; its construe, with a verb.

Walker, J., estimate of his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary
    —­in his lexicography how far followed DR. JOH.

Was, contrary to usage preferred by some to were, in the imperf. sing, of the subj.

We, plur., as representing the speaker and others; how sometimes used in stead of the sing.; sometimes preferred by monarchs to I.

Webster, Dr. N., describes language as comprehending the voice of brutes
    —­never named the Eng. letters rightly
    —­his orthography as a standard; do. compared with that of DR. JOH.
    —­the result to himself of his various attempts to reform our orthog.;
      the value of his definitions.