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 AccuracyJ.J. Williams, 1821 - 339 páginas |
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Página 80
... Tenses . TENSE , being the distinction of time , might seem to admit only of the present , past , and future ; but to mark it more accurately , it is made to consist of six varia- tions , viz . the PRESENT , the IMPERFECT , the PERFECT ...
... Tenses . TENSE , being the distinction of time , might seem to admit only of the present , past , and future ; but to mark it more accurately , it is made to consist of six varia- tions , viz . the PRESENT , the IMPERFECT , the PERFECT ...
Página 81
... tense is sometimes substituted for the imperfect tense : as , " He enters the ter- ritory of the peaceable inhabitants ; he fights and conquers , takes an immense booty , which he dividës amongst his sol- diers , and returns home to ...
... tense is sometimes substituted for the imperfect tense : as , " He enters the ter- ritory of the peaceable inhabitants ; he fights and conquers , takes an immense booty , which he dividës amongst his sol- diers , and returns home to ...
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... tense , and the imperfect tense , both denote a thing that is past ; but the former denotes it in such a man ner , that there is still actually remaining some part of the time to slide away , wherein we declare the thing has been done ...
... tense , and the imperfect tense , both denote a thing that is past ; but the former denotes it in such a man ner , that there is still actually remaining some part of the time to slide away , wherein we declare the thing has been done ...
Página 83
... Tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect ... imperfect times , often carry with them somewhat of a future sense : as ... imperfect times , are used to express the pre- sent and future as well as the past ...
... Tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect ... imperfect times , often carry with them somewhat of a future sense : as ... imperfect times , are used to express the pre- sent and future as well as the past ...
Página 84
... imperfect , and the future , do not reflect that the English verb is mostly composed of principal and auxiliary ; and that these several parts constitute one verb . Either the English language has no regular future tense , or its future ...
... imperfect , and the future , do not reflect that the English verb is mostly composed of principal and auxiliary ; and that these several parts constitute one verb . Either the English language has no regular future tense , or its future ...
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accent action active verb adjective pronouns admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary verb cæsura CHAP compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples express following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians Greek guage hath idea Imperative Mood IMPERFECT TENSE implies improperly indicative mood infinitive mood instances interrogative king Latin learner letters Lord loved manner means mute names nature nominative noun object observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronouns perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition PRESENT TENSE principal verb proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect rule sense short signify singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable tence termination thing third person Thou art tion tive tongue Trochee verb active virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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Página 306 - 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.
Página 315 - 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.
Página 242 - 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...
Página 228 - Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Página 316 - 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!
Página 307 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Página 232 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Página 286 - But there is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty, which immediately diffuses a secret satisfaction and complacency through the imagination, and gives a finishing to any thing that is great or uncommon. The very first discovery of it strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
Página 242 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro...
Página 318 - It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in bonds : it is the height of guilt to scourge him ; little less than parricide to put him to death : what name, then, shall I give to the act of crucifying him?