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 AccuracyJohnson and Warner, 1811 - 308 páginas |
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... positions . * THE writer is sensible that , after all his endeavours to elucidate the principles of the work , there are few of the divisions , arrangements , definitions , or rules , against which critical ingenuity cannot devise ...
... positions . * THE writer is sensible that , after all his endeavours to elucidate the principles of the work , there are few of the divisions , arrangements , definitions , or rules , against which critical ingenuity cannot devise ...
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... position of adverbs . Of two negatives , 166 167 171 174 177 Of the syntax of prepositions . 177 Of the syntax of conjunctions . Of conjunctions connecting the same moods , tenses and cases . 182 Of conjunctions requiring the ...
... position of adverbs . Of two negatives , 166 167 171 174 177 Of the syntax of prepositions . 177 Of the syntax of conjunctions . Of conjunctions connecting the same moods , tenses and cases . 182 Of conjunctions requiring the ...
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... position , or any motion of the organs of speech , from the moment the vocal sound commences , till it ends . A consonant is a simple , articulate sound , imperfect by itself , but which , joined with a vowel , forms a complete sound ...
... position , or any motion of the organs of speech , from the moment the vocal sound commences , till it ends . A consonant is a simple , articulate sound , imperfect by itself , but which , joined with a vowel , forms a complete sound ...
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... position of the accent . It may also be observed , that , in order to pronounce accurately , great attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of a poor ...
... position of the accent . It may also be observed , that , in order to pronounce accurately , great attention must be paid to the vowels which are not accented . There is scarcely any thing which more distinguishes a person of a poor ...
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... position of their mouth , lips , tongue , & c . when they are uttering the sounds , will perceive that va- rious operations of these organs of speech , are necessary to the production of the different vowel sounds ; and that by minute ...
... position of their mouth , lips , tongue , & c . when they are uttering the sounds , will perceive that va- rious operations of these organs of speech , are necessary to the production of the different vowel sounds ; and that by minute ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong Dissyllable distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed Grammar grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trisyllables Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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Página 228 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 299 - 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 155 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Página 294 - 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 299 - The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Página 237 - 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 254 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Página 302 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Página 237 - 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 296 - Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: for I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.