Text-book of English Grammar: A Treatise on the Etymology and Syntax of the English Language ... : for the Use of Students in Training Colleges and the Upper Classes in National and Other Elementary SchoolsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848 - 190 من الصفحات |
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... perfect participle , or with adjectives ana- logous to that participle ; as , " He is better known , best remunerated , better skilled , " & c . - - - † Less and least are never substitutes for the inflexional forms in er and est . Less ...
... perfect participle , or with adjectives ana- logous to that participle ; as , " He is better known , best remunerated , better skilled , " & c . - - - † Less and least are never substitutes for the inflexional forms in er and est . Less ...
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... participle passive , when it accompanies the verb to be ; and it may be remarked , that only those verbs which are transitive properly admit of a passive use of their perfect participles . Thus , we cannot say I am slept , because to ...
... participle passive , when it accompanies the verb to be ; and it may be remarked , that only those verbs which are transitive properly admit of a passive use of their perfect participles . Thus , we cannot say I am slept , because to ...
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... Perfect Participle . These are a key to the entire conjugation , as the Infinitive and Imperative have each the same form as the 1st person singular of the pre- sent , and the Imperfect Participle is formed from the Infini- tive , by ...
... Perfect Participle . These are a key to the entire conjugation , as the Infinitive and Imperative have each the same form as the 1st person singular of the pre- sent , and the Imperfect Participle is formed from the Infini- tive , by ...
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... perfect participle by a change of the syllabic vowel , as bring , brought , are called by Latham , in imitation of Becker , strong verbs ; those which are regu- lar , or nearly so , being called weak verbs . † Catched is obsolescent ...
... perfect participle by a change of the syllabic vowel , as bring , brought , are called by Latham , in imitation of Becker , strong verbs ; those which are regu- lar , or nearly so , being called weak verbs . † Catched is obsolescent ...
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... Perfect participle , and Have with the Perfect ; as , " We are thinking ; " " We are thought ; " " We have thought . " 3. In the Compound Verbs , the first auxiliary alone is assertive and personal , and therefore is the only part of ...
... Perfect participle , and Have with the Perfect ; as , " We are thinking ; " " We are thought ; " " We have thought . " 3. In the Compound Verbs , the first auxiliary alone is assertive and personal , and therefore is the only part of ...
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3rd pers adverb antecedent apposition assertion auxiliary auxiliary verb Ben Jonson Brightland called CHAP clause common noun comparative and superlative compound verb conjugation conjunction copula Defective verbs definition denoting diphthong discourse distinction distinguished elementary employed English Grammar English language etymological example EXERCISES expression gender governed Gram grammarians Horne Tooke IMPERATIVE MODE imperfect implies infinitive mode inflexion instance J. S. Mill John language Latin letter Lond meaning modified neut neuter nominative noun or pronoun object parsing passive voice past tense Perf perfect participle personal verb persuading phrase plur plural possessive possessive adjective preceding predicate preposition principal verb pron pronominal proper referred relation relative relative pronoun Rule Shakspeare signifies simple sentences sing singular sometimes sound speak speech subj subjoined Subjunctive substantive verb syllable syntactical Syntax term termination thing thou tive transitive verb treatise verbal vowel words
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الصفحة 167 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
الصفحة 148 - YE who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow ; attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.
الصفحة 69 - Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This Child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse : and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
الصفحة 143 - Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus ; for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
الصفحة 167 - You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well: for mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus; I said, an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say "better"?
الصفحة 120 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
الصفحة 142 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
الصفحة 157 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
الصفحة 169 - Harley had drawn a shilling from his pocket ; but Virtue bade him consider on whom he was going to bestow it.— Virtue held back his arm ; but a milder form, a younger sister of Virtue's, not so severe as Virtue, nor so serious as Pity, smiled upon him : his fingers lost their compression...
الصفحة 162 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...