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 33
... figure of speech , converted into the masculine or feminine gender : * Nouns may also be divided into the following classes : Collective nouns , or nouns of meititude ; as , the people , the parliament , the army : Abstract nouns , cr ...
... figure of speech , converted into the masculine or feminine gender : * Nouns may also be divided into the following classes : Collective nouns , or nouns of meititude ; as , the people , the parliament , the army : Abstract nouns , cr ...
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... figure ; " " of that , " & c . A great change to the better ; " " for the better . " " Your preju- dice to my cause ; " " against . " " The English were very different people then to what they are at present ; " " from what , " & c ...
... figure ; " " of that , " & c . A great change to the better ; " " for the better . " " Your preju- dice to my cause ; " " against . " " The English were very different people then to what they are at present ; " " from what , " & c ...
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... figures , are used as references to the margin , or bottom of the page . PARAGRAPHS . It may not be improper to insert , in this place , a few gen- eral directions respecting the division of a composition into paragraphs . Different ...
... figures , are used as references to the margin , or bottom of the page . PARAGRAPHS . It may not be improper to insert , in this place , a few gen- eral directions respecting the division of a composition into paragraphs . Different ...
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... figures , and that decorum which is the result of all these , are unison to the human mind . " The following is a poetical example of the same nature , in which there is scarcely a glimpse of meaning , though it was composed by an ...
... figures , and that decorum which is the result of all these , are unison to the human mind . " The following is a poetical example of the same nature , in which there is scarcely a glimpse of meaning , though it was composed by an ...
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... figure , and all the other properties of matter , which are perceived by the eye , except colours . " " The covetous man never has a sufficiency ; although he has what is enough for nature , " is much inferior to , " The covetous man ...
... figure , and all the other properties of matter , which are perceived by the eye , except colours . " " The covetous man never has a sufficiency ; although he has what is enough for nature , " is much inferior to , " The covetous man ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language expression following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give grammarians hath ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb neuter kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render Repeat respect sense sentiments short signified simple 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 writing
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Página 192 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, 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 243 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Página 243 - 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 245 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Página 182 - The beauty of 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 236 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct you to a hill-side, where I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.
Página 134 - 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.
Página 186 - WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 245 - Tremble thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Página 192 - When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When through the clouds...