Key to the Exercises Adapted to Murray's English Grammar: Calculated to Enable Private Learners to Become Their Own Instructors, in Grammar and Composition |
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... young persons , when they are preserved from the snares of the world , as in a gar- den enclosed . Health and peace , the most valuable possessions , are obtained at small expense , Incense signifies perfumes exhaled by fire , and made ...
... young persons , when they are preserved from the snares of the world , as in a gar- den enclosed . Health and peace , the most valuable possessions , are obtained at small expense , Incense signifies perfumes exhaled by fire , and made ...
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... young persons conduct them- selves very discreetly . The following sentences exemplify the notes and ob- servations under RULE XII . Grammar , p . 178. Exercises , p . 72 . It is a great support to virtue , when we see a good mind ...
... young persons conduct them- selves very discreetly . The following sentences exemplify the notes and ob- servations under RULE XII . Grammar , p . 178. Exercises , p . 72 . It is a great support to virtue , when we see a good mind ...
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... young who labour , and the old who rest . " Laboured and rested . " The Doctor , in his lecture , said , that fever always produces thirst . * * In referring to declarations of this nature , the present tenfe must be used , if the ...
... young who labour , and the old who rest . " Laboured and rested . " The Doctor , in his lecture , said , that fever always produces thirst . * * In referring to declarations of this nature , the present tenfe must be used , if the ...
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... young grammarian , both the parts of this rule . " He declared to us , that he was afraid of no man ; be- cause conscious innocence gives firmnefs of mind . " - " He protested , that he believed what was faid , because it appeared to ...
... young grammarian , both the parts of this rule . " He declared to us , that he was afraid of no man ; be- cause conscious innocence gives firmnefs of mind . " - " He protested , that he believed what was faid , because it appeared to ...
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... young ftudent may naturally fuppofe , from the rule at page 181 of the Grammar , that the latter verb , like the former , muft , invariably be followed by the present of the infinitive . But if he reflect , that the act of defiring ...
... young ftudent may naturally fuppofe , from the rule at page 181 of the Grammar , that the latter verb , like the former , muft , invariably be followed by the present of the infinitive . But if he reflect , that the act of defiring ...
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Page 18 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Page 110 - replies a pamper 'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all...
Page 111 - The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart, and pleasure felt at home.
Page 112 - Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre moved, 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...
Page 111 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 122 - But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
Page 113 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy. Through ev'ry period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue ; ' And, after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew.
Page 79 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 112 - Without satiety, though e'er so bless'd, And but more relish'd as the more distress'd : The broadest mirth unfeeling folly wears, Less pleasing far than virtue's very tears : Good from each object, from each place...
Page 136 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.