English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners. With an Appendix, Containing Rules and ObservationsT. Wilson, 1834 - 340 pages |
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... better or worse shaped for this reverbera- tion , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
... better or worse shaped for this reverbera- tion , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
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... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " - -See this Chapter , in the OCTAVO Grammar . CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIves . SECTION 1. Of Substantives in general . A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of ...
... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " - -See this Chapter , in the OCTAVO Grammar . CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIves . SECTION 1. Of Substantives in general . A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of ...
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... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , " my friend's sister in law . " Some gram- marians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's ...
... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , " my friend's sister in law . " Some gram- marians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's ...
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... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
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... better under- stand the peculiar nature and form of each of these modes of expression : " The chancellor being attached to the king , his crown was secured . " This constitutes what is properly called , the Case Absolute . SECTION 4 ...
... better under- stand the peculiar nature and form of each of these modes of expression : " The chancellor being attached to the king , his crown was secured . " This constitutes what is properly called , the Case Absolute . SECTION 4 ...
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accent according to RULE active verb admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cęsura 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 genitive give governed grammarians happy ideas imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly improved indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tences termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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Page 323 - 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 340 - 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 240 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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 244 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 42 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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 167 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Page 276 - It is this sense which furnishes the imagination with its ideas ; so that by ' the pleasures of the imagination,' or ' fancy' (which I shall use promiscuously), I here mean such as arise from visible objects, either when we have them actually in our view, or when we call up their ideas into our minds by paintings, statues, descriptions, or any the like occasion.