Select Portions of the Psalms of David; Taken from the Authorized Versions and Arranged by G H Shield

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... ENGLISH GRAMMAR. T TAVING now given a short view of that----part of grammar which is applicable to all languages, the next step is to notice the peculiarities of the English, as well for the use of those natives who wish to write an idiomatic style, as for that of foreigners, who find the English idioms very hard to attain, the difficulties of which have not generally been sufficiently attended to by those who profess to treat of English grammar. In order to facilitate the comparison with other works of the same kind, the different parts of speech shall be treated of in separate sections, and in the usual order--namely, 1. Article. 2. Noun-substantive. 3. Noun-adjective. 4. Pronoun. 5. Verb. 6. Adverb. 7. Preposition. 8. ConjuncTion. 9. Interjection. ARTICLE. This part of speech finds a place in all modern European languages, and in most, though not all, ancient ones. It is a small word prefixed to the substantive to limit its signification, and in English there are two of these, i. e. A and The, both indeclinable. A, when followed by a vowel, or a mute h, is changed into An, euphoniee gratia. In the ancient Greek, and in all but this one of the modern languages, the article is declined, namely, varied in termination, according to the gender, number, and case, of the accompanying substantive. In English, A is indefinitely singular: as, "It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man, and the security of a God." The is definite in meaning, and applies equally to the singular and plural, as, " The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude, which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the...