An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, المجلد 1T. Wilson, 1808 |
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... respect some of the esta- blished principles and arrangements of the lan- guage . And the author presumes , that whilst they support these principles , they will be found to contain some views and constructions , which the reader may ...
... respect some of the esta- blished principles and arrangements of the lan- guage . And the author presumes , that whilst they support these principles , they will be found to contain some views and constructions , which the reader may ...
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... respects some- thing , perhaps , may yet be done , for the ease and advan- tage of young persons . In books designed for the instruction of youth , there is a medium to be observed , between treating the subject in * As the Introduction ...
... respects some- thing , perhaps , may yet be done , for the ease and advan- tage of young persons . In books designed for the instruction of youth , there is a medium to be observed , between treating the subject in * As the Introduction ...
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... respect to the definitions and rules , it may not be improper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and forming them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as ...
... respect to the definitions and rules , it may not be improper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and forming them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as ...
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... respecting Perspicuity , & c . contained in the Appendix , and which are , chiefly , extracted from the writings of Blair and Campbell , will , it is presumed , form a proper addition to the Grammar . The subjects are very nearly ...
... respecting Perspicuity , & c . contained in the Appendix , and which are , chiefly , extracted from the writings of Blair and Campbell , will , it is presumed , form a proper addition to the Grammar . The subjects are very nearly ...
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... respects , to the opinions and prepossessions of every grammarian and teacher . If the author has adopted that ... respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the pecu- liarities of the English language ; he has ...
... respects , to the opinions and prepossessions of every grammarian and teacher . If the author has adopted that ... respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the pecu- liarities of the English language ; he has ...
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accent action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears applied auxiliary verbs better cæsura compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction denote derived distinct ellipsis English language examples following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians happy hath idea imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind modes of expression nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative relative pronoun render respect Saxon sense sentiments signify singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable Syntax tence termination thing third person thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue vowel words wouldst writers
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الصفحة 485 - 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 487 - 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 478 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
الصفحة 471 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
الصفحة 444 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
الصفحة 472 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
الصفحة 462 - 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 481 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years...
الصفحة 298 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
الصفحة 477 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...