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Page 7 - A or an is styled the indefinite article : It is used in a vague sense to point out one single thing of the kind, in other respects indeterminate ; as, " Give me a book :"
Page 5 - The nones, from nonus, the ninth, were so called because, counting inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. In March, May, July, and October, the nones fell on the 7th and the ides on the 15th of the month. The...