fter "which." _Printed_, a
perf. participle, referring to book understood.

Johnson, and Blair, and Lowth, _would have been laughed at, had_
they _essayed_ to _thrust_ any thing like our modernized
philosophical grammar down the throats of their contemporaries.

_Would_, an active verb, signifying "to exercise volition," in the
past tense of the indicative. _Have_, a verb, in the infinitive,
_to_ understood. _Been_, a perfect part. of to _be_, referring to
Johnson, Blair, and Lowth. _Laughed at_, perf. part, of to _laugh
at_, referring to the same as _been. Had_, active verb, in the past
tense of the indicative, agreeing with its nom. _they. Essayed_,
perf. part, referring to they.
Call this "_philosophical_ parsing, on reasoning principles,
according to the original laws of nature and of thought," and the
_pill_ will be swallowed, by pedants and their dupes, with the
greatest ease imaginable.

* * * * *

LECTURE XII.

OF IRREGULAR VERBS.

Irregular verbs are those that do not form
their imperfect tense and perfect participle by the
addition of _d_ or _ed_ to the present tense; as,

_Pres. Tense. Imperf. Tense. Perf. or Pass. Part._
I write I wrote written
I begin I began begun
I go I went gone

The following is a list of the _irregular_ verbs. Those marked with an R
are sometimes conjugated _regularly_.

_Pres. Tense. Imperf. Tense. Perf. or Pass. Part._
Abide abode abode
Am was been
Arise arose arisen
Awake awoke, R. awaked
Bear, _to bring forth_ bare born
Bear, _to carry_ bore borne
Beat beat beaten, beat
Begin began begun
Bend bent bent
Bereave bereft, R. bereft, R.
Beseech besought besought
Bid bade, bid bidden, bid
Bind bound bound
Bite bit bitten, bit
Bleed bled bled
Blow blew blown
Break broke broken
Breed bred bred
Bring brought