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ADVERBS Much; never; none; not

Much, More, is frequently used as an ordinary adjective, after a pronominal adjective, like the Scotch mickle, and the E. E. muchel.1 (So in A.-S.)

“Thy much goodness.
”

“Yet so much (great) is my poverty of spirit.
”

Much was frequently used as an adverb even with positive adjectives.

“I am much ill.
”

So Tr. and Cr. ii. 3. 115; J. C. iv. 3. 255.

“Our too much memorable shame.
”

So Rich. II. ii. 2. 1.

More is frequently used as a noun and adverb in juxtaposition.

“The slave's report is seconded and more
More fearful is deliver'd.
”

Comp. K. J. iv. 2. 42.

“More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
”

“If there be more, more woeful, hold it in.
”

We sometimes say "the many" (see 12), but not "the most," in the sense of "most men." Heywood, however, writes-- “Yes, since the most censures, believes and saith
By an implicit faith.” Commendatory Verses on B. J.

Needs. See 25.

1 Compare “A noble peer of mickle trust and power.” MILTON, Comus.

A Shakespearean Grammar. Edwin Abbott Abbott. London and New York. Macmillan and Company. 1870.

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