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But if the terms of conformable expression be not 

 of this description ; that is to say, if portion* of the ex- 

 pression be not conformable to portions of the sense, 

 it is then called simple or uncompounded ; which is 

 of three kinds ; 1st, When the sense is affirmative, 

 and at the same time expresses in its form one of the 

 three tenses, it then contslitutes that part of the speech 

 called a verh. 1. If it do not express time, but 

 merely some object, then it is a noun ; and 3. If it 

 express neither time nor any particular object, then 

 it is 2i par tide. 



The noun is of several kinds ; 1st. Appellations or 

 proper names ; 2nd. Generic names ; 3rd. Unlimited 

 or ambiguous terms ; 4th. Synonim.ous terms ; 5th. 

 Technical terms ; 6th. Literal terms ; 7th. Meta- 

 phorical terms. 1 . As a noun may express one or 

 many, it is either singular, or plural. If it express 

 one with an appropriation to a particular individual, 

 then it is a proper name ; such as the names Zeid 

 and Omar, &c. 2. If it express one, without any 

 appropriation to a particular individual, and all the 

 individuals be equal or alike, then it is a generic 

 name, such as a sheep, a goat, &c. 3. If it be va- 

 riable with respect to priority or excellence as the 

 word, nature, or existence with regard to the Creator 

 and his creatures, then it is variable or ambiguous ; 

 4. If the noun is common to many objects, and is 

 appropriated to each of these alike, as the word ^een 

 which signifies self, gold, fountain, and the eye ; 

 then it is synonimous or equivocal ; 5. But if it be not 

 uniformly so, but being first used in one sense, and 



