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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... in hen , t leasu • Some grammarians suppose to mark only an breathing ; but it appears to be a distinct sound , an particular manner , by the organs of speech . Encyclopedi its sounds ; the one being expressed by k ,
... in hen , t leasu • Some grammarians suppose to mark only an breathing ; but it appears to be a distinct sound , an particular manner , by the organs of speech . Encyclopedi its sounds ; the one being expressed by k ,
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... mark the degree the more strongly , and more precisely : as , " The more I examine like it . I like this the least of any . " the Octavo Grammar . See CHAPTER III . OF SUBSTANTIVES . SECTION I. Of Substantives in g A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun ...
... mark the degree the more strongly , and more precisely : as , " The more I examine like it . I like this the least of any . " the Octavo Grammar . See CHAPTER III . OF SUBSTANTIVES . SECTION I. Of Substantives in g A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun ...
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... mark s ities referred to , without any regard to properly be called participial adjectives . Participles not only convey the notion of also signily actions , and govern the cases of nouns in the same manner as verbs do ; should be ...
... mark s ities referred to , without any regard to properly be called participial adjectives . Participles not only convey the notion of also signily actions , and govern the cases of nouns in the same manner as verbs do ; should be ...
Page 68
... mark it more accurately , it consist of six variations , viz . the PRE IMPERFECT , the PERFECT , the PLUPER the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE TENSES . The Present Tense represents an event , as passing at the time in which tioned : as , " I ...
... mark it more accurately , it consist of six variations , viz . the PRE IMPERFECT , the PERFECT , the PLUPER the FIRST and SECOND FUTURE TENSES . The Present Tense represents an event , as passing at the time in which tioned : as , " I ...
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... mark the action itself , or t greater energy and positiveness ; as , " I " I did respect him ; " " Here am I , for th They are of great use in negative senten fear ; " " I did not write : " They are a employed in asking questions : as ...
... mark the action itself , or t greater energy and positiveness ; as , " I " I did respect him ; " " Here am I , for th They are of great use in negative senten fear ; " " I did not write : " They are a employed in asking questions : as ...
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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 277 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 278 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 259 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Page 256 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 275 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 38 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 273 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years; and now his honest front Flames in the light refulgent, not afraid Even with the vineyard's best produce to vie.
Page 284 - And but more relish'd as the more distress'd ; The broadest mirth unfeeling Folly wears Less pleasing far than Virtue's very tears: Good, from each object, from each place acquir'd...
Page 283 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 202 - 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.