Hannibal makes the usual neat and appropriate Speech previous to killing himself 201 Initial I 204 Roman Lady "Shopping" 205 Terence reading his Play to Cæcilius 210 Light Comedy Man of the Period 212 Bacchanalian Group, from a very old Vase 223 Assassination of Viriathus 226 Arrest of Eunus 231 Tib. Gracchus canvassing 238 Melancholy end of Tib. Gracchus 239 Scipio Æmilianus cramming himself for a Speech after a hearty Supper 240 Rash Act of Caius Gracchus 244 Tail-piece 246 Drusus is Stabbed, and Expires gracefully 254 Initial F 257 "Who dares kill Marius?" 261 Marius in the Ruins of Carthage 263 Marius in his Old Age 266 Funeral Pile of Sulla 274 Initial T—Cæsar and Pompey very much alike, especially Pompey 275 Sertorius and his young Friends 278 Armed Slave 280 Spartacus 281 Mithridates, his rash act 286 Mithridates 287 Initial A—Libertas, Æqualitas, Fraternitas 289 Fulvia 291 Cicero throws up his Brief, like a Gentleman 296 Initial C 299 "Quid times? Cæsarem vehis." 301 The End of Julius Cæsar 308 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR: A NEW AND FACETIOUS INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH TONGUE. By Percival Leigh Embellished with upwards of forty-five Characteristic Illustrations By JOHN LEECH. 1845. CONTENTS PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY. CHAPTER I. OF THE NATURE OF THE LETTERS, AND OF A COMIC ALPHABET. CHAPTER II. OF SYLLABLES. CHAPTER III. OF WORDS IN GENERAL. PART II. ETYMOLOGY. CHAPTER I. A COMICAL VIEW OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH. CHAPTER II. OF THE ARTICLES. CHAPTER III. SECTION I. OF SUBSTANTIVES IN GENERAL. SECTION II. OF GENDER. SECTION III. OF NUMBER. SECTION IV. OF CASE. CHAPTER IV. OF ADJECTIVES. SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF ADJECTIVES AND THE DEGREES OF COMPARISON. SECTION II. A FEW REMARKS ON THE SUBJECT OF COMPARISON. CHAPTER V. OF PRONOUNS. SECTION I. OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS. SECTION II. OF THE RELATIVE PRONOUNS. SECTION III. OF THE ADJECTIVE PRONOUNS. CHAPTER VI. OF VERBS. SECTION I. OF THE NATURE OF VERBS IN GENERAL. SECTION II. OF NUMBER AND PERSON. SECTION III. OF MOODS AND PARTICIPLES. SECTION IV. OF THE TENSES. SECTION V. THE CONJUGATION OF THE AUXILIARY VERBS TO HAVE AND TO BE. SECTION VI. THE CONJUGATION OF REGULAR VERBS ACTIVE. SECTION VII. IRREGULAR VERBS SECTION VIII. OF DEFECTIVE VERBS. CHAPTER VII. OF ADVERBS. CHAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS. CHAPTER IX. OF CONJUNCTIONS.. CHAPTER X. OF DERIVATION. PART III. SYNTAX. PART IV. PROSODY. CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION SECTION I. OF ACCENT. SECTION II. OF QUANTITY. SECTION III. ON EMPHASIS. SECTION IV. OF PAUSES. SECTION V. OF TONES. CHAPTER II. OF VERSIFICATION. CHAPTER III. PUNCTUATION. ADDRESS TO YOUNG STUDENTS.