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of affirming in the Jirji per/on (either Angular or plural) of the 

 prefent of the indicative, and the general import of the primary 

 verb, without mood, that is, in the infinitive. Titius fcribit, 

 dico, dicimus, Titiuni fcribere, quod Titius fcribat, I fay, we 

 fay^ that he writes. This kind of expreffion is a mere pleonafm. 

 But fomething very nearly approaching to it is often ufed in 

 very folemn language, as in that of the Holy Scripture, and 

 with a good effefl. Verily I fay unto thee, &c. 



The imperative mood is in fome meafure convertible with a 

 verb of commanding, fuch as Jtibeo, in the firfl perfon of the 

 prefent of the indicative, and the primary verb without m-ood. 



/ nunc^ et verfus tecum meditare canoros. 

 Jubeo te nunc ire tt tecum meditari, &c. 

 Jubeo, dico me jubere. 



In like manner, the optative mood is, in fome meafure, re- 

 fblvable or convertible by means of the primary verb without 

 mood, and a verb of wifliing, fuch as opto or cupio^ in the firfl 

 perfon of the prefent of the indicative. 1e teneam, te fpeBem. 

 Opto, cupio te tenere, te fpedare. It has been found unnecefTary, 

 but it would undoubtedly be poffible, and on fome occafions 

 might be ufeful, to have grammatical moods, either by inflec- 

 tion or by arrangement, (like 7nay I hold, may I fee) to denote 

 fpero te tenere, defpero te tenere, confdo te tejiere, or te fpeBa- 

 turum. 



The interrogative mood is not refolvable exadlly in the fame 

 way, by the primary verb without mood, and the indicative of 

 another verb : there is another ftep in it ; and", after all, the 

 refolution is flill lefs perfed than in the other moods. 



^lid faciam f Moriar f et Amyntam perdet Amyntas ? 



The meaning here is more than merely, Cupio fcire quid fa6lu- 



rus fun, lit rum moriar necne, 7ium Amyntas femet perditurus fit. 



Even Rogo, Jubeo, aliquem, mihi dicere quid faciam, quid debuero 



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