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 AccuracyThomas Wilson & Sons, High-Ousegate, 1818 - 312 من الصفحات |
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... singular number only ; the definite article may be joined also to plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the lat- ter chiefly with the word great before it ...
... singular number only ; the definite article may be joined also to plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the lat- ter chiefly with the word great before it ...
الصفحة 46
... singular and the plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express ...
... singular and the plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they express ...
الصفحة 47
... singular ends in x , ch soft , sh , ss , or s , we add es in the plural : as , box , boxes ; church , churches ; lash , lashes ; kiss , kisses ; rebus , rebusses . If the singular ends in ch hard , the plu- ral is formed by adding s ...
... singular ends in x , ch soft , sh , ss , or s , we add es in the plural : as , box , boxes ; church , churches ; lash , lashes ; kiss , kisses ; rebus , rebusses . If the singular ends in ch hard , the plu- ral is formed by adding s ...
الصفحة 48
... singular number . The noun means is used both in the singular and the plural number . The following words , which have been adopted from the Hebrew , Greek , and Latin languages , are thus distin- guished , with respect to number ...
... singular number . The noun means is used both in the singular and the plural number . The following words , which have been adopted from the Hebrew , Greek , and Latin languages , are thus distin- guished , with respect to number ...
الصفحة 49
... singular terminates in ss , the apostrophic s is not added : as , " For goodness " sake ; " " For righteousness ' sake . " The objective case expresses the object of an action , or of a relation ; and generally follows a verb active ...
... singular terminates in ss , the apostrophic s is not added : as , " For goodness " sake ; " " For righteousness ' sake . " The objective case expresses the object of an action , or of a relation ; and generally follows a verb active ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected consists consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians hath idea imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun Repeat respect sense sentiments signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee understood verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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الصفحة 219 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
الصفحة 298 - 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!
الصفحة 242 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
الصفحة 286 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
الصفحة 291 - What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest ? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ; And ye little hills, like lambs...
الصفحة 160 - 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.
الصفحة 296 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
الصفحة 295 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gage and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 282 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
الصفحة 248 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.