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all languages, by grammatical moods, he ought unqucflionably 

 to diredl his attention. 



It is evident at tirft fight, that a variety of thoughts, or 

 modifications of thought, may be combined, or conceived and 

 ■exprefied, along with the general meaning or accident denoted 

 by any verb. 



It is equally evident, that only a few of thefe modifications 

 of thought are expreflfed by grammatical moods in Greek, Latin 

 or in the modern European languages. 



It is alfo evident, that in thefe languages, one grammatical 

 mood is often employed to denote very diflferent naodifications 

 of, or additions to, the thought, or combination of thoughts, 

 which is expreflfed equally by every part of the verb, and 

 which may be found without jnood, though not without tenfe, 

 in the infinitive. 



And it is plain alfo, that both thofe additions and modifica- 

 tions of thought, which commonly are, and thofe which are 

 not exprefied by the grammatical moods of any verb, may be 

 expreffed by the infinitive of that verb, with the addition and 

 regimen (that is, marked relation) of another verb. And this 

 additional or auxiliary verb muft be in the firft perfon, either 

 fingular or plural, of the prefent tenfe of the indicative mood. 

 In fome cafes, there may be more than one ftep in this procefs 

 of refolution, as in interrogation ; but it always terminates ul- 

 timately in a verb in the prefent of the indicative, and in the 

 firjl perfon, as the phrafe to be refolved is the expreffion of the 

 thought of the perfon or perfons fpeaking. 



Affirming, denying, tefl:ifying, foretelling or prophecying, 

 afldng, anfwering, wifliing, hoping, expeding, believing, know- 

 ing, doubting, fuppofing, ftipulating, being able, commanding, 

 praying, requefliing, fupplicating, loving, hating, fearing, def- 

 pairlng, being accufi:omed, wondering, admiring, warning, 

 fwearing, advifing, refufing, exhorting, diflfuading, encouraging, 

 promifing, threatening, and perhaps numberlefs other modifi- 

 cations 



