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of affirming in the firjl per/on (either fingular 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, Titium fcribere, quod titius fcribat. I fay, we 

 fay, that he writes. This kind of expreflion 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 effect. Verily I fay unto thee, 8cc. 



The imperative mood is in fome meafure convertible with a 

 verb of commanding, fuch as Jubeo, in the firft perfon of the 

 prefent of the indicative, and the primary verb without mood. 



i" nunc, et v erf us tecum meditare canoros. 

 Jubeo te nunc ire -et 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 wifhing, fuch as opto or cupio, in the firft 

 perfon of the prefent of the indicative. Te teneam, te fpeclem. 

 Opto, cupio te tenere, te fpeclare. It has been found unneceffary, 

 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 may I hold, may I fee) to denote 

 fpero te tenere, defpero te tenere, confido te tenere, or te fpecla- 

 turum. 



The interrogative mood is not refolvable exactly 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 perfect than in the other moods. 



§>uid faciam f Moriar f et Amyntam perdet Amyntas f 



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



rus fim, utrum moriar necne, num Amyntas femet perditurus ft. 



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



Vol. II. E e facere, 



