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... possess any beauty not to be found in the latter yet the written has contributed more to civiliza- tion and social happiness than the spoken , in consequence of the facility with which we can disseminate and transmit our ideas ...
... possess any beauty not to be found in the latter yet the written has contributed more to civiliza- tion and social happiness than the spoken , in consequence of the facility with which we can disseminate and transmit our ideas ...
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... possesses and what he possesses himself ? Who , then , can deny the difference between the words have , hast , and has ? Have is used to express what I possess myself , hast what the person spoken to , and has what the person spoken of ...
... possesses and what he possesses himself ? Who , then , can deny the difference between the words have , hast , and has ? Have is used to express what I possess myself , hast what the person spoken to , and has what the person spoken of ...
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... possess at present the finished action of writing a letter , common sense means nonsense ; because I have written a letter , is common sense , and I possess at pre- sent the finished action of writing a letter , is nonsense . can ...
... possess at present the finished action of writing a letter , common sense means nonsense ; because I have written a letter , is common sense , and I possess at pre- sent the finished action of writing a letter , is nonsense . can ...
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... possess at present the past action of writing a letter . What unmeaning jargon ! He must have borrowed this ... possessing a past action . In page 119 , he tells us , that shall write , " denotes futurity of action ; " that is , it ...
... possess at present the past action of writing a letter . What unmeaning jargon ! He must have borrowed this ... possessing a past action . In page 119 , he tells us , that shall write , " denotes futurity of action ; " that is , it ...
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... possess my own I wrote . ' As ' I have written ' denotes the present possession of the sub- ject's own finished action , so ' I had written , ' denotes his past possession of the same description of action . " I have been writing ...
... possess my own I wrote . ' As ' I have written ' denotes the present possession of the sub- ject's own finished action , so ' I had written , ' denotes his past possession of the same description of action . " I have been writing ...
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absurd accent according action active verb adjective adverb agent auxiliary bad English called Cicero coincides complex assertive conjunction consequently consonant Crombie's definition denote detached past Doctor Crombie Doctor Lowth English grammar English language existence express finished grammarians Grant happy hence Horne Tooke imperfect tense implies indicative mood inference infinitive mood inflexion interrogative Lennie Lindley Murray Lindley Murray's Grammar link significations manner meaning mode name substitute nominative noun object acted observations parsing passing transit perfect participle periphrasis perspicuity pluperfect tense plural possess potential mood preceding examples prefixed preposition present tense primitive form pronoun propriety reader relation requisite link Rule sense sentence descriptive simple sentence speak stop at home subjunctive subjunctive mood substantive syllable tence thing third person thou tion tive truth twelve o'clock verb active virtue voice vowel writing a letter written wrote yesterday
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Page 240 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons: to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 56 - The commonwealth of learning, is not at this time without masterbuilders, whose mighty designs, in advancing the sciences, will leave lasting monuments to the admiration of posterity ; but every one must not hope to be a Boyle, or a Sydenham ; and in — ^- an age that produces such masters, as the great Huygenius, and the incomparable Mr. Newton...
Page 240 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. 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...
Page 244 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew, The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew ; For me the mine a thousand treasures brings ; For me health gushes from a thousand springs ; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise ; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Page 228 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Page 245 - Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die...
Page 56 - Vague and insignificant forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance and hindrance of true knowledge.
Page 226 - Recreations, though they may be of an innocent kind, require steady government, to keep them within a due and limited province. But such as are of an irregular and vicious nature, are not to be governed, but to be banished from every well-regulated mind.
Page 186 - Can we be said to do unto others as we would that they should do unto us if we wantonly inflict on them even the smallest pain?
Page 104 - In general, the perfect tense may be applied wherever the action is connected with the present time, by the actual existence, either of the author, or of the work, though it may have been performed many centuries ago ; but if neither the author nor the work now remains, it cannot be used. We may say,