An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the ExercisesCollins & Company : Collins & Hannay : Samuel Wood & Sons : G. & C. & H. Carvill : White, Gallaher & White, 1829 |
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... sentiments of English gram- marians , but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt him to a more enlarged , critical , and philosophical research . With respect to the definitions and rules , it may ...
... sentiments of English gram- marians , but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt him to a more enlarged , critical , and philosophical research . With respect to the definitions and rules , it may ...
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... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are ...
... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are ...
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... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on lan- guage and composition : " All that regards the study of compo- sition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our ...
... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on lan- guage and composition : " All that regards the study of compo- sition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our ...
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... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his rea- sonings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are found- ed on just principles , and the peculiarities of the English lan- guage ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his rea- sonings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are found- ed on just principles , and the peculiarities of the English lan- guage ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
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... sentiments of a very judicious and eminent writer , ( Quinctilian , ) respecting this part of grammar , may , perhaps , be properly introduced on the present occasion . " Let no persons despise , as inconsiderable , the elements of ...
... sentiments of a very judicious and eminent writer , ( Quinctilian , ) respecting this part of grammar , may , perhaps , be properly introduced on the present occasion . " Let no persons despise , as inconsiderable , the elements of ...
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Common terms and phrases
accent according to RULE action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appears auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura Chap comma common substantive conjunction connected connexion considered consonant construction denote derived distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression following sentence frequently future tense gender give governed grammar grammarians happy honour ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improve indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb language learner loved manner meaning mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passions pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety relative relative pronoun respect Rule of Syntax SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue vowel wise words writing
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Page 331 - 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 343 - 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 336 - 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 322 - 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 325 - 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 368 - 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 203 - Or aught thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see : That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 274 - 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 254 - 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 126 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.