English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyThomas Wilson & Sons, High-Ousegate, 1818 - 312 pages |
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Page 42
... many a flow'r is born to blush unseen , " And waste its sweetness on the desert air . ” these lines , the phrases , many a gem and many a flow'r , A refer to many gems and many flowers , separately .42 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... many a flow'r is born to blush unseen , " And waste its sweetness on the desert air . ” these lines , the phrases , many a gem and many a flow'r , A refer to many gems and many flowers , separately .42 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 43
... refer to many gems and many flowers , separately , not collectively considered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
... refer to many gems and many flowers , separately , not collectively considered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
Page 62
... refer , or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a man- ner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circum- stance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding ...
... refer , or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a man- ner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circum- stance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding ...
Page 83
... refer also to present and to future time . See page 75 . The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third persons of ...
... refer also to present and to future time . See page 75 . The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third persons of ...
Page 108
... refer to a subject peculiarly appropria- ted to that person ; as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal im- plies a total absence of persons , it is improperly applied to those ...
... refer to a subject peculiarly appropria- ted to that person ; as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal im- plies a total absence of persons , it is improperly applied to those ...
Common terms and phrases
accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected consists consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians hath idea imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun Repeat respect sense sentiments signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee understood verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
Popular passages
Page 219 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 298 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 242 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 286 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 291 - What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest ? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ; And ye little hills, like lambs...
Page 160 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 296 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 295 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 282 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 248 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.