lightened views on the general principles of language. That species of connection or definition, which we call possession, and which we express by the pronouns my, thy, &c., is expressed in Greek by a particle that serves to define or connect. When the two words so connected are of a particular nature, their connection instantly suggests to the fancy the idea of possession, though the particle that connects them has in itself no such idea. PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, THE END. |