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 Accuracy. ; [Three Lines from Blair]H. and E. Phinney, at their bookstore, printing-office and bindery., 1816 - English language - 287 pages |
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... admit of so ample and regular an illustration , as a continued and uniform order of the sev- eral subjects . In adopting this mode , care has been taken to adjust it so that the whole may be perused in a connected progress , or the part ...
... admit of so ample and regular an illustration , as a continued and uniform order of the sev- eral subjects . In adopting this mode , care has been taken to adjust it so that the whole may be perused in a connected progress , or the part ...
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... admits of views so various , that possible to render every part of it unexceptionable ; modate the work in all respects , to the opinions and pr of every grammarian and teacher . If the author has system which , on the whole , is best ...
... admits of views so various , that possible to render every part of it unexceptionable ; modate the work in all respects , to the opinions and pr of every grammarian and teacher . If the author has system which , on the whole , is best ...
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... admit ; and shall annex to each aracter the syllable or word , which contains its proper d distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin th the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . Words containing the simple sounds ...
... admit ; and shall annex to each aracter the syllable or word , which contains its proper d distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin th the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . Words containing the simple sounds ...
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... admit the arti which oo would admit . In some words it as in answer , sword , wholesome : it is alw r ; as in wrap , wreck , wrinkle , wrist , wro & c . W before h is pronounced as if it were why , hwy ; when , hwen ; what , hwat . W is ...
... admit the arti which oo would admit . In some words it as in answer , sword , wholesome : it is alw r ; as in wrap , wreck , wrinkle , wrist , wro & c . W before h is pronounced as if it were why , hwy ; when , hwen ; what , hwat . W is ...
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... admit of an before it , as ee will in the owing example ; an eel . The opinion that y and w , en they begin a word or syllable , take exactly the sound e and oo , has induced some grammarians to assert , that se letters are always ...
... admit of an before it , as ee will in the owing example ; an eel . The opinion that y and w , en they begin a word or syllable , take exactly the sound e and oo , has induced some grammarians to assert , that se letters are always ...
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accent according to Rule active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma compound conjugation conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative denote derived dipthong distinct ellipsis English language examples express figure following sentence frequently Future Tense genitive give governed Grammar grammarians happy hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood irregular verb kind king learner Lord loved manner means metaphor mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun Perspicuity phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signified simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable Syntax tence termination thing third person tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Page 283 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below.
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