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 AccuracyH. & E. Phinney, 1825 - 264 páginas |
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Página 127
... pause , the sign of the possessive should be annexed to each : as , They are John's as well as Eliza's books ; " " I had the physician's , the surgeon's , and the apothecary's assistance . " 66 2. In poetry , the additional s is ...
... pause , the sign of the possessive should be annexed to each : as , They are John's as well as Eliza's books ; " " I had the physician's , the surgeon's , and the apothecary's assistance . " 66 2. In poetry , the additional s is ...
Página 128
... pause is proper , and the governing noun not expressed ; and when the latter part of the sentence is extended ; it appears to be requisite that the sign should be applied to the first genitive , and un- derstood to the other ; as , " I ...
... pause is proper , and the governing noun not expressed ; and when the latter part of the sentence is extended ; it appears to be requisite that the sign should be applied to the first genitive , and un- derstood to the other ; as , " I ...
Página 169
... PAUSE , and TONE ; and the latter , the laws of VERSIFICATION . CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION . SECTION 1. Of Accent . ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice , on a certain letter or syllable in a word , that it may be ...
... PAUSE , and TONE ; and the latter , the laws of VERSIFICATION . CHAPTER I. OF PRONUNCIATION . SECTION 1. Of Accent . ACCENT is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice , on a certain letter or syllable in a word , that it may be ...
Página 179
... pause is made , after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
... pause is made , after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature . Such pauses have the same ...
Página 180
... pause should be used when the sense is in complete ; and the closing pause , when it is finished . But there are phrases , in which , though the sense is not completed , the voice takes the closing , rather than the suspending pause ...
... pause should be used when the sense is in complete ; and the closing pause , when it is finished . But there are phrases , in which , though the sense is not completed , the voice takes the closing , rather than the suspending pause ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrachs appear attention auxiliary beauty better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote diphthong distinct ellipsis emphasis English English language examples expression figure following instances following sentence frequently genitive give grammarians harmony ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogation irregular verb neuter kind king language latter learner Lord loved manner means metaphor mind nature nominative noun object observed occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous pleasure plural number Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render Repeat respect sense sentiments short signified singular number sometimes sound speak speech Spondee subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochaic Trochee verse virtue voice vowel wise words and phrases writing
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Página 242 - 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 210 - 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.
Página 239 - 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.
Página 190 - 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 180 - 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 251 - 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 258 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Página 191 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Página 233 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Página 202 - 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.