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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... effect on the minds of youth ; but also to introduce , on many occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well - disposed ...
... effect on the minds of youth ; but also to introduce , on many occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well - disposed ...
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... effects so minute , so various , and in their proportions so ex- actly uniform . For it admits of proof , that the diameter of the human glottis is capable of inore than sixty distinct degrees of contraction or enlargement , by each of ...
... effects so minute , so various , and in their proportions so ex- actly uniform . For it admits of proof , that the diameter of the human glottis is capable of inore than sixty distinct degrees of contraction or enlargement , by each of ...
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... effect of a total interception ; and indistinct sound , of a strong compression ; and therefore a consonant is not of itself a distinct articulate voice ; and its influence in varying the tones of language is not clearly perceived , un ...
... effect of a total interception ; and indistinct sound , of a strong compression ; and therefore a consonant is not of itself a distinct articulate voice ; and its influence in varying the tones of language is not clearly perceived , un ...
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... effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken , and therefore gives the idea of a whole , that is , of unity . Thus likewise , a dozen , a score , a hundred , or a thousand , is one ...
... effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken , and therefore gives the idea of a whole , that is , of unity . Thus likewise , a dozen , a score , a hundred , or a thousand , is one ...
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... effect , every combination of a preposition and article with the noun , would form a different relation , and would constitute a distinct case . This would encumber our language with many new terms , and a heavy and useless load of ...
... effect , every combination of a preposition and article with the noun , would form a different relation , and would constitute a distinct case . This would encumber our language with many new terms , and a heavy and useless load of ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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