English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyT. Wilson & Sons, High-Ousegate, 1805 - 328 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 56
... last , " one of the foldiers of the king . " This will be more evident to the scholar , if we fupply what is understood after each genitive , and tranfpofe the phrafe : as , " Of my brother's books , a book ; " or , " Of my brother's ...
... last , " one of the foldiers of the king . " This will be more evident to the scholar , if we fupply what is understood after each genitive , and tranfpofe the phrafe : as , " Of my brother's books , a book ; " or , " Of my brother's ...
الصفحة 63
... last mentioned ; that , the former or first men- tioned : as , " Both wealth and poverty are tempta- tions ; that , tends to excite pride , this , difcon- tent . " Perhaps the words former and latter may be properly ranked amongst the ...
... last mentioned ; that , the former or first men- tioned : as , " Both wealth and poverty are tempta- tions ; that , tends to excite pride , this , difcon- tent . " Perhaps the words former and latter may be properly ranked amongst the ...
الصفحة 67
... last fyllable , as , difcreet , polite , eafily admit of er and eft : as , happier , happiest ; abler , ablest ; politer , politeft . Words of more than two fyllables hardly ever admit of thofe termina- tions ETYMOLOGY . 67.
... last fyllable , as , difcreet , polite , eafily admit of er and eft : as , happier , happiest ; abler , ablest ; politer , politeft . Words of more than two fyllables hardly ever admit of thofe termina- tions ETYMOLOGY . 67.
الصفحة 98
... last year . " Muft is fometimes called in for a helper , and denotes neceffity : as , " We must speak the truth , whenever we do fpeak , and we must not prevaricate . " Will , in the first perfon fingular and plural , intimates ...
... last year . " Muft is fometimes called in for a helper , and denotes neceffity : as , " We must speak the truth , whenever we do fpeak , and we must not prevaricate . " Will , in the first perfon fingular and plural , intimates ...
الصفحة 128
... last . We fhall close this chapter with a few obfervations on the peculiar use and advantage of the conjunctions ; a sub- ject which will , doubtlefs , give pleasure to the ingenious ftudent , and expand his views of the importance of ...
... last . We fhall close this chapter with a few obfervations on the peculiar use and advantage of the conjunctions ; a sub- ject which will , doubtlefs , give pleasure to the ingenious ftudent , and expand his views of the importance of ...
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accent adjective adverb alfo alſo Amphibrach auxiliary becauſe beſt better circumſtances compariſon compofition confiderable confifts confonant conftruction conjunction denote diftinct diphthong diſtinguiſh emphafis English English language expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feparated ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fignifies fimple fingle fingular number firſt following fentence fometimes fpeak fpeech fubftantive fubject fubjunctive mood fuch fufficient fyllable grammar grammarians imperative mood Imperfect Tenfe indicative mood infinitive mood inftances inſtead irregular verb itſelf laft language laſt learner lefs loved means meaſure moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neuter nominative cafe noun obfervations objective cafe occafions paffive participle paufe perfon fingular perfonal pronoun phrafes pleaſure plural number poffeffive pofition Potential Mood preceding Prefent Tenfe prepofition proper propriety reafon refpect RULE ſhall ſhort ſpeak ſtate thefe theſe thing third perfon thofe thoſe thou tion Trochee underſtanding underſtood uſed verb voice vowel whofe writing
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الصفحة 318 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
الصفحة 252 - 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...
الصفحة 323 - O 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...
الصفحة 311 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
الصفحة 321 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
الصفحة 267 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
الصفحة 315 - For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
الصفحة 146 - ... all the virtues that have been ever in mankind are to be counted upon a few fingers, but his follies and vices are innumerable, and time adds hourly to the heap.
الصفحة 305 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
الصفحة 59 - What, is a kind of compound relative, including both the antecedent and the relative, and is equivalent to that which; as "This is what I wanted ;" that is to say,