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 AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 pages |
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... tion of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young understanding , and to retard its knowledge of the principles of literature . A distinct general view , or cutline , of all the ...
... tion of the parts , which is either defective or irregular , has also a tendency to perplex the young understanding , and to retard its knowledge of the principles of literature . A distinct general view , or cutline , of all the ...
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... the encouraging approbation bestowed on it by the public , has again revised the work with care and atten- tion . The new edition , he hopes , will be found much im- proved . The additions , which are very considerable , INTRODUCTION .
... the encouraging approbation bestowed on it by the public , has again revised the work with care and atten- tion . The new edition , he hopes , will be found much im- proved . The additions , which are very considerable , INTRODUCTION .
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... tion and sion , are sounded exactly like the verb shun ; except when the t is preceded by s or x ; as in question , digestion , combustion , mixtion , & c . The triphthong iou is sometimes pronounced distinctly in two syllables ; as in ...
... tion and sion , are sounded exactly like the verb shun ; except when the t is preceded by s or x ; as in question , digestion , combustion , mixtion , & c . The triphthong iou is sometimes pronounced distinctly in two syllables ; as in ...
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... tion of the accent . It may also be observed , that , in order to pronounce accurately , great attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor edu ...
... tion of the accent . It may also be observed , that , in order to pronounce accurately , great attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of poor edu ...
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... tion , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of the diameter of the glottis ; and re- flect ...
... tion , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of the diameter of the glottis ; and re- flect ...
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accent active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear articulate sound auxiliary beginning cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished duodecimo ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians guage happy ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner letters Lord loved manner means mind mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal pronunciation proper properly propriety relative render respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound of long speak subjunctive mood syllable termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise Words ending writing
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Page 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Page 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Page 325 - 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 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 245 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 240 - Askelon lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 315 - 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 180 - 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.