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... application of the person . OBS . 2nd . A pronoun , after than or as , either agrees with a verb , understood , as its nominative ; or , it is governed by a verb or a preposition , which is also understood ; as , " They can write as ...
... application of the person . OBS . 2nd . A pronoun , after than or as , either agrees with a verb , understood , as its nominative ; or , it is governed by a verb or a preposition , which is also understood ; as , " They can write as ...
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... application of the numerals , thus we frequently hear " the three first , " instead of the " first three ; " " the two last , " instead of the " last two : " there can be but one first and one last . It is a great and very common fault ...
... application of the numerals , thus we frequently hear " the three first , " instead of the " first three ; " " the two last , " instead of the " last two : " there can be but one first and one last . It is a great and very common fault ...
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... application is not only allowable but even graceful ; as , 66 His style , though concise , is not inelegant . " GENERAL REMARKS . 1. Gender has respect only to nouns and pronouns . 2. Number affects nouns , pronouns , and verbs ; and ...
... application is not only allowable but even graceful ; as , 66 His style , though concise , is not inelegant . " GENERAL REMARKS . 1. Gender has respect only to nouns and pronouns . 2. Number affects nouns , pronouns , and verbs ; and ...
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... application of several words to denote one object , thus " wine " is expressed by " juice of the grape . " Ellipsis is the omission of a word or words in the body of a sentence : " The laws of God and ( the laws of ) man . " Ellipses ...
... application of several words to denote one object , thus " wine " is expressed by " juice of the grape . " Ellipsis is the omission of a word or words in the body of a sentence : " The laws of God and ( the laws of ) man . " Ellipses ...
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... application of a word for the purpose of ornament ; as , " The Lord God is a sun and a shield ; " " Go , tell that fox . " ( Herod . ) ALLEGORY is a continued metaphor ; thus , " The Lord is my shepherd , " is a metaphor ; but when the ...
... application of a word for the purpose of ornament ; as , " The Lord God is a sun and a shield ; " " Go , tell that fox . " ( Herod . ) ALLEGORY is a continued metaphor ; thus , " The Lord is my shepherd , " is a metaphor ; but when the ...
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accosted action active adnoun adopted adverb advise affixing agreeing application beauty belonging boys brother called common compared complete composition conjunction consists consonant conveyed correlative denotes derived effect Emphasis ending English language example EXERCISES expressed figure frequently future gender give going governed grammatical hundred imperative implies import indicative indicative mood infinitive mood instances intransitive irregular laws letter Lord masculine meaning mind neuter nominative nouns objective observation obtains participle particular passive Past perfect phrases plural positive Poss possessive preceded preposition present principal pronoun proper Purity qualifying reading reference regular require respect Rule sake Saxon sense sentence signifies simple Sing singular number sometimes sound speaking style syllable tense terminate thing third person thou thou art transitive tree turned understood unto verb virtue voice vowel washed words write written
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Page 73 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.
Page 65 - When the chief priests, therefore, and officers, saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no fault in him.
Page 68 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 73 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 1 - H; I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z a, b, c, d, o, f, g, h, i...
Page 47 - Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt...
Page 64 - The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon, a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon, double that of the semicolon ; and the Period, double that of the colon.
Page 62 - this is right, or that wrong " : they may believe " this a crime, or that a sin ; this punishable by man, or that by God " : yet if the savour of things lies cross to honesty ; if the fancy be florid and the appetite high towards the subaltern beauties and lower order of worldly symmetries and proportions, the conduct will infallibly turn this latter way.
Page 64 - Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it Pleasure, and Contentment these...
Page 17 - I'm weary of conjectures : — this must end them. [Laying his hand on his sword. Thus am I doubly armed : my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. This in a moment brings me to an end; But this informs me I shall never die.