English Grammar on the Productive System: A Method of Instruction Recently Adopted in Germany and Switzerland : Designed for Schools and Academies |
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... languages is the only foundation of a thorough education ; the knowledge of the grammar ought to precede all other knowledge ; and philologists are the only thoroughly learned men . ' " The Humanists maintained the entire sway of the ...
... languages is the only foundation of a thorough education ; the knowledge of the grammar ought to precede all other knowledge ; and philologists are the only thoroughly learned men . ' " The Humanists maintained the entire sway of the ...
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... Language , and in Natural History . The Mathematics appear to have assumed a preponderance in practice , which was unfavorable to the regular and harmonious cultivation of other powers . The senses and the bodily powers he endeavored to ...
... Language , and in Natural History . The Mathematics appear to have assumed a preponderance in practice , which was unfavorable to the regular and harmonious cultivation of other powers . The senses and the bodily powers he endeavored to ...
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... language : what , therefore , shall we call these grand divi- sions of words ? 139. PARTS OF SPEECH . Q. When , then , I ask you what part of speech boy is , for instance , what do you understand me to mean ? 140. The same as to ask me ...
... language : what , therefore , shall we call these grand divi- sions of words ? 139. PARTS OF SPEECH . Q. When , then , I ask you what part of speech boy is , for instance , what do you understand me to mean ? 140. The same as to ask me ...
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... language . " " From virtue to vice the progress is gradual . " " They travelled into France through Italy . " " He lives within his income . " " Without the aid of charity , he lived very comfortably by his industry . " gently for him ...
... language . " " From virtue to vice the progress is gradual . " " They travelled into France through Italy . " " He lives within his income . " " Without the aid of charity , he lived very comfortably by his industry . " gently for him ...
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... language correctly . 239. GRAMMAR is divided into four parts , namely , 290. 1. ORTHOGRAPHY , 2. ETYMOLOGY , 3. SYNTAX , 4. PROSODY . XX . OF ORTHOGRAPHY . 291. ORTHOGRAPHY includes a knowledge of the nature and power of letters , and ...
... language correctly . 239. GRAMMAR is divided into four parts , namely , 290. 1. ORTHOGRAPHY , 2. ETYMOLOGY , 3. SYNTAX , 4. PROSODY . XX . OF ORTHOGRAPHY . 291. ORTHOGRAPHY includes a knowledge of the nature and power of letters , and ...
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agree auxiliary auxiliary verbs called comma compound conjugation conjunction connected correct this sentence Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denote ellipsis English Engravings EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense genitive Give an example governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king language loved manner means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf personal pronoun phrase pluperfect PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition present tense proper relative pronoun repeat RULE VII Rule XV second future second person sense signifies sing singular number sometimes subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllables SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing tion tive transitive verb Turkey morocco virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write written
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Page 124 - The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er...
Page 126 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib : but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 137 - And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said, My father.
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Page 191 - Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty; 10 In whose hands is wickedness : and their right hand is full of gifts.
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Page 110 - RULE II. Two or more nouns, fyc. in the singular number, joined together by a copulative conjunction, expressed or understood, must have verbs, nouns, and pronouns, agreeing with them in the plural number: as " Socrates and Plato were wise; they were the most eminent philosophers of Greece;" " The sun that rolls over our heads, the food that we receive, the rest that we enjoy, daily admonish us of a superior and superintending Power.
Page 191 - This dedication may serve for almost any book, that has, is, or shall be published ;" it ought to be, "that has been, or shall be published.