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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... things which they are intended to represent , more or less accurately , according as their real or established conformity to those things is more or less exact ; it is evident , that in proportion to our knowledge of the nature and ...
... things which they are intended to represent , more or less accurately , according as their real or established conformity to those things is more or less exact ; it is evident , that in proportion to our knowledge of the nature and ...
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... thing , think , breath . Th , at the beginning of words , is sharp ; as in thank , thick , thunder : except in that , then , thus , thither , and some others . Th , at the end of words , is also sharp ; as , death , breath , mouth ...
... thing , think , breath . Th , at the beginning of words , is sharp ; as in thank , thick , thunder : except in that , then , thus , thither , and some others . Th , at the end of words , is also sharp ; as , death , breath , mouth ...
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... thing which more distinguishes a person of a poor education , from a person of a good one , than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels . When vowels are under the accent , the best speakers and the lowest of the people , with very ...
... thing which more distinguishes a person of a poor education , from a person of a good one , than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels . When vowels are under the accent , the best speakers and the lowest of the people , with very ...
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... thing : as , a good thing ; a bad thing or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet apple , a pleasant prospect , a lively boy . 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ...
... thing : as , a good thing ; a bad thing or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet apple , a pleasant prospect , a lively boy . 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ...
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... thing or things are meant : as , " Give me the book " " Bring me the apples ; " mean- ing some book , or apples , referred to . A substantive without any article to limit it , is gene- rally taken in its widest sense : as , " A candid ...
... thing or things are meant : as , " Give me the book " " Bring me the apples ; " mean- ing some book , or apples , referred to . A substantive without any article to limit it , is gene- rally taken in its widest sense : as , " A candid ...
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
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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.