2i8 THEORr of the 



facere, &c. does not fully exprefs it. The energy of interroga- 

 lion, in point of thought, admits of a more clofe and perfedl 

 combination with the conception denoted by a verb, than can 

 well be exprefled by any circumlocution * ; but it is fully de- 

 noted by the interrogative mood, as appears by the perfon who 

 is addrefTed in that mood returning a pertinent anfwer. This, 

 which is fo manifeft with refpedl to the interrogative nnood, is 

 equally true with refpedt to all the other moods. 



Wonder has a kind of mood appropriated to the expreffing of 

 it, made out by the addition of a particle, originally of inter- 

 rogative meaning, to the indicative mood ; at leafl, I think it 

 is fo in all the languages that I am acquainted with. 



^lam timeo quorfum evadas. Ter. 



^tam pene fiirvce regna Proferpince, 



Et. judicantem vidimus JEacunu HoR. 



"Tela quam certo moderattir arcu. Sen.. 



^'?7 ejl cruel — qiCil ejl doux d'etre Pere! 



Diderot Pere de Famille. 



How fearful and dizzy ^tis to cajl one's eyes fo low ! 



How many thoufands of my poorefl fubjeBs are at this hour 

 afleep! Shakes. 



None of thefe fentences are interrogations, or can admit of 

 an anfwer. They all exprefs (in addition to the general mean- 

 ing 



* I BELIEVE the neareft we can come to it is by the ufe of the imperative of a verb 

 of affirming with the infinitive of the primary verb. ' 



Die mihi Damata cujum pecus, an Melibai ? 

 Cujus ejl pecus ? Die cujus pecus ejl. 

 Jubeo te mibidicere eujus pecus ejl. 



