 | J V. Douville - 1824 - 662 pages
...several persons concur to the same action : as — Nous chantons, we sing ; «7s dorment, they sleep. In each Number there are three Persons : the first, the second, and the third ; thejirst is the person who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; and the third, the person... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 pages
...modifications that distinguish the speaker, the hearer, and the person or tiling merely spoken of. There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The first person is that which denotes the speaker; as, " I Paul have written it," The second person is that... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1835 - 72 pages
...Case. OF PERSON. Person,(5) in grammar, is that quality of the noun which modifies the verb. There(6) are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The(') first person denotes the speaker ; as, " 1, Paul, am a prisoner." The (8) second person denotes the person... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...principles of concord. Pronouns are like their antecedents, and verbs are like their subjects, in person. There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The first person is that which denotes the speaker: as, "7/oAwdidit." The second person is that which denotes... | |
 | Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1846 - 80 pages
...pronouns ; /, thou, he, she, it. These pronouns are called personal because they vary in person. c There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The first person denotes the speaker, or person speaking. The second person denotes the person spoken to. The... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - 1848 - 132 pages
...pronoun, by which it represents the speaker, the "person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of. 2 There are three persons; the first, the second, and the third. The first person is that which represents the speaker ; as, " / John was in the isle that is called Patmos."... | |
 | L. A. Audigier - 1853 - 440 pages
...we sing, nous chantons ; they sleep, Us dorment. In each number there are three persons : UieJirst, the second, and the third. The first is the person...who speaks ; the second, the person spoken to ; and thethird, the person spoken of. There are three pronouns used to represent these three persons, viz... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1856 - 144 pages
...are modifications that distinguish the speaker, the hearer, and the person or thing merely spoken of. There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The first person is that which denotes the speaker or writer; as, "I Paul have written it." The second person... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1856 - 362 pages
...principles of concord. Pronouns are like, their antecedents, and verbs are like their subjects, in person. There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The first person is that which denotes the speaker or writer ; as " I Paul have written it." The second person... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1857 - 120 pages
...are modifications that disVjnguish the speaker, the hearer, and the person or thing merely spoken of. There are three persons ; the first, the second, and the third. The second person is that which denotes the hearer ; as, " Robert, who did this ?" The first person is... | |
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The second person is that which denotes the hearer, or the person addressed ; as, " Robert, who did this ?" The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken of; as, "James loves his book. 
