2o6 THEORY' of the 



all languages, by grammatical moods, he ought unqueftionably 

 to direct his attention. 



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

 modifications of thought, may be combined, or conceived and 

 exprefTed, 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 exprefTed 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 different modifications 

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

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

 which may be found without mood, 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 exprefTed by the grammatical moods of any verb, may be 

 exprefTed 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 

 firfl perfon, as the phrafe to be refolved is the expreflion of the 

 thought of the perfon or perfons fpeaking. 



Affirming, denying, teftifying, foretelling or prophecying, 

 afking, anfwering, wifhing, hoping, expecting, believing, know- 

 ing, doubting, fuppofing, flipulating, being able, commanding, 

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

 pairing, being accuftomed, wondering, admiring, warning, 

 fwearing, advifing, refufing, exhorting, difTuading, encouraging, 

 promifing, threatening, and perhaps numberlefs other modifi- 

 cations 



