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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... occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well - disposed reader . If they were faithfully regarded in all books of ...
... occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well - disposed reader . If they were faithfully regarded in all books of ...
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... occasions , however , the adjective precedes a or an ; as , " such a shame , " " as great a man as Alexander , " " too careless an author . " The indefinite article can be joined to substantives in the singular number only ; the ...
... occasions , however , the adjective precedes a or an ; as , " such a shame , " " as great a man as Alexander , " " too careless an author . " The indefinite article can be joined to substantives in the singular number only ; the ...
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... occasions of a very opposite nature , even in the humblest supplications of an inferior being to one who is infinitely his superior : as , " Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses . " The Potential Mood implies ...
... occasions of a very opposite nature , even in the humblest supplications of an inferior being to one who is infinitely his superior : as , " Give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses . " The Potential Mood implies ...
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... occasions , the auxiliaries might , could , would , and should , refer also to present and to future time . The next remark is , that the auxiliary wall , in the first per- son singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the in ...
... occasions , the auxiliaries might , could , would , and should , refer also to present and to future time . The next remark is , that the auxiliary wall , in the first per- son singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the in ...
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... occasions , a peculiar propriety ; and con- tributes to the harmony and precision of the fanguage . These forms of expression are adapted to particular acts , not to general habits , or affections of the mind . They are very frequently ...
... occasions , a peculiar propriety ; and con- tributes to the harmony and precision of the fanguage . These forms of expression are adapted to particular acts , not to general habits , or affections of the mind . They are very frequently ...
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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...