An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, 1. köideCollins and Company, 1823 |
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... attention to this part of the subject ; and though the instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work ...
... attention to this part of the subject ; and though the instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work ...
Page viii
... attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our intellect- ual powers . For I must be allowed to say , that when we are employed , after a proper manner , in the study of composition , we are ...
... attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our intellect- ual powers . For I must be allowed to say , that when we are employed , after a proper manner , in the study of composition , we are ...
Page ix
... attention . The new edition , he hopes , will be found much improved . The addi- tions , which are very considerable , are , chiefly such as are cal- culated to expand the learner's views of the subject ; to obvi- ate objections ; and ...
... attention . The new edition , he hopes , will be found much improved . The addi- tions , which are very considerable , are , chiefly such as are cal- culated to expand the learner's views of the subject ; to obvi- ate objections ; and ...
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... attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any 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 ...
... attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any 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 ...
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... attention , the student will perceive that each of the mutes is formed by the voice being intercepted by the lips , by the tongue and palate , or by the tongue and throat ; and that the semi - vowels are formed by the same organs ...
... attention , the student will perceive that each of the mutes is formed by the voice being intercepted by the lips , by the tongue and palate , or by the tongue and throat ; and that the semi - vowels are formed by the same organs ...
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accent adjective admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appear attention auxiliary beauty better cæsura Chap comma conduct conjunction connexion considered consonant construction denote diphthong effect ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour human ideas imperative mood imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king labours language learner live manner means mind nature neuter never nominative nouns object observations occasions participle passions pause peace perceive perfect perspicuity pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles pronoun proper properly propriety reason regard religion render respect Rule of Syntax SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable temper tence thing third person thou tion Trochee truth verb verse vice virtue vowel wise writing youth
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Page 341 - 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 242 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 332 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 255 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 113 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 256 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 350 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 113 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 264 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 343 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.