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... proper to make use of it , they will not , it is imagined , find it more defective than abridgments com- monly are . It exhibits a general scheme of the subjects of Grammar , and contains definitions and rules , which the Compiler has ...
... proper to make use of it , they will not , it is imagined , find it more defective than abridgments com- monly are . It exhibits a general scheme of the subjects of Grammar , and contains definitions and rules , which the Compiler has ...
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... proper dipthong is that in which both the vowels are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper dipthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as ea in eagle , oa in boat . SYLLABLES . A syllable is a sound either simple or ...
... proper dipthong is that in which both the vowels are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper dipthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as ea in eagle , oa in boat . SYLLABLES . A syllable is a sound either simple or ...
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... A substantive , without an article to limit it , is generally taken in its widest sense ; as , " A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . SUBSTANTIVE . * A Substantive or noun is the name ETYMOLOGY . 15.
... A substantive , without an article to limit it , is generally taken in its widest sense ; as , " A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . SUBSTANTIVE . * A Substantive or noun is the name ETYMOLOGY . 15.
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... proper or common . the Proper names or substantives , are names appropriated to individuals ; as , George , London , Thames . Common names or substantives , stand for kinds containing many sorts , or for sorts containing many ...
... proper or common . the Proper names or substantives , are names appropriated to individuals ; as , George , London , Thames . Common names or substantives , stand for kinds containing many sorts , or for sorts containing many ...
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... proper to direct the learner to repeat all the tenses of this mood , with a conjunction prefixed to each of them . For the propriety of conjugating the subjunctive mood in this manner , see the larg- er grammar , fourteenth , or any ...
... proper to direct the learner to repeat all the tenses of this mood , with a conjunction prefixed to each of them . For the propriety of conjugating the subjunctive mood in this manner , see the larg- er grammar , fourteenth , or any ...
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Abridgment according to RULE active verb adverb agree comma common substantive Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction derived dicative mood dipthong edition English Grammar EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY EXERCISES IN PARSING express following verbs gender governed happy heart honour IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improve INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Interjection Irregular Verbs larger grammar letter live love 3 Let loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Plural loved Singular loved Ye mayst or canst ment might,could mind Murray's nouns objective omitted passions passive voice pause peace perfect participle personal pronoun plural number Posses possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Tense proper RELATIVE PRONOUNS Rules of Syntax says Second Future Tense SECT Semicolon sentence shalt or wilt singular number SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable temper Tense represents thee thing Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive mood verb neuter vice virtue virtuous vowel wise word Write the following
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Page 99 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
Page 96 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence.
Page 98 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 61 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 98 - 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 14 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as, " The man is happy ; he is benevolent : he is useful.
Page 99 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 15 - AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel *, and before a silent h : as, an acorn, an hour.
Page 96 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 97 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.