" _Though_ is the imperative of the Saxon verb
_thafigan_, to allow, and _yet_ of _getan_, to get. _Yet_ is simply,
_get_; ancient _g_ is the modern _y_. "_Though_ he slay me, _yet_
will I trust in him:--_Grant_ or _allow_ (the fact) he slay me,
_get_, or _retain_ (the opposite fact) I will trust in
him."
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QUESTIONS ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
From what parts of speech are prepositions and conjunctions
derived?--What is Horne Tooke's opinion of that?--From what is each of
the following words derived, _that, if, but, and, because, nor, else,
unless, lest, though_, and _yet?_
LECTURE X.
OF INTERJECTIONS.--CASES OF NOUNS.
INTERJECTIONS are words which express the sudden emotions of the
speaker; as, "_Alas!_ I fear for life;" "_O_ death! where is thy sting?"
Interjections are not so much the signs of thought, as of feeling.
Almost any word may be used as an interjection; but when so employed, it
is not the representative of a _distinct_, idea. A word which denotes a
distinct conception of the mind, must necessarily belong to some other
part of speech.
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