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 Accuracy ...Collins and Company, 1832 - 232 pages |
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... proper selection of faulty composition is more instructive to the young grammarian , than any rules and examples of pro- priety that can be given , the Compiler has been induced to pay peculiar attention to this part of the subject ...
... proper selection of faulty composition is more instructive to the young grammarian , than any rules and examples of pro- priety that can be given , the Compiler has been induced to pay peculiar attention to this part of the subject ...
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... properly directed . ON the utility and importance of the study of Grammar , and the principles of Composition , much ... proper skill in the connexion and meaning of words , and by a tenacious misapplication of language . ONE of the best ...
... properly directed . ON the utility and importance of the study of Grammar , and the principles of Composition , much ... proper skill in the connexion and meaning of words , and by a tenacious misapplication of language . ONE of the best ...
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... proper manner , in the study of composition , we are cul- tivating the understanding itself . The study of arranging and expressing our thoughts with propriety , teaches to think , as well as to speak , accurately . ” BEFORE the close ...
... proper manner , in the study of composition , we are cul- tivating the understanding itself . The study of arranging and expressing our thoughts with propriety , teaches to think , as well as to speak , accurately . ” BEFORE the close ...
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... proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . a as heard in Words containing the a a a e i i 0 u simple sounds . fate . in fall . in fat . in far . in in me . met ...
... proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . a as heard in Words containing the a a a e i i 0 u simple sounds . fate . in fall . in fat . in far . in in me . met ...
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... properly instructed at an early period . Letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants . A vowel is an articulate sound , that can be perfectly uttered by itself : as , a , e , o ; which are formed without the help of any other sound ...
... properly instructed at an early period . Letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants . A vowel is an articulate sound , that can be perfectly uttered by itself : as , a , e , o ; which are formed without the help of any other sound ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples Exercises expressed following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive give grammarians happy hath ideas imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiment short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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Page 244 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
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Page 330 - 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 329 - 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.
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Page 323 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?