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... common life , materially impaired his powers of usefulness as a practical instructer of youth . The rapid progress of his ideas rarely allowed him to execute his own plans ; and , according to his own system , too much time was employed ...
... common life , materially impaired his powers of usefulness as a practical instructer of youth . The rapid progress of his ideas rarely allowed him to execute his own plans ; and , according to his own system , too much time was employed ...
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... common sense . It is one in which nothing but truth is presented to him , and which , by calling his powers into constant exercise , ensures their improvement , and cultivates a spirit of investigation . " The preceding extracts are ...
... common sense . It is one in which nothing but truth is presented to him , and which , by calling his powers into constant exercise , ensures their improvement , and cultivates a spirit of investigation . " The preceding extracts are ...
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... common to both : of what gender , then , shall we call such nouns as parent , bird , & c . ? 27. Common gender . Q. What nouns , then , may be said to be of the common gender ? 28. The names of such animals as may be either males or ...
... common to both : of what gender , then , shall we call such nouns as parent , bird , & c . ? 27. Common gender . Q. What nouns , then , may be said to be of the common gender ? 28. The names of such animals as may be either males or ...
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... common noun , because it is a general name . 8 . How many kinds of nouns do there appear to be , and what are they ? What kind of a noun is girls ? Mary ? town ? New York ? London ? boat ? chain ? Q. Will you now tell me which words are ...
... common noun , because it is a general name . 8 . How many kinds of nouns do there appear to be , and what are they ? What kind of a noun is girls ? Mary ? town ? New York ? London ? boat ? chain ? Q. Will you now tell me which words are ...
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... common noun ? Why ? ( 36 . ) * Q. What is its person ? why ? ( 45 . ) * Its number ? why ? ( 8 . ) * Its gen- der ? why ? ( 17 . ) * Its case ? why ? ( 61 . ) * What noun follows William's ? What word , then , governs William's ? What ...
... common noun ? Why ? ( 36 . ) * Q. What is its person ? why ? ( 45 . ) * Its number ? why ? ( 8 . ) * Its gen- der ? why ? ( 17 . ) * Its case ? why ? ( 61 . ) * What noun follows William's ? What word , then , governs William's ? What ...
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according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun adverb agrees auxiliaries auxiliary verbs better called comma compound conjugation conjunction connected Corresponding with Murray's DEFECTIVE VERBS definite article denote ellipsis English English language EXERCISES IN PARSING EXERCISES IN SYNTAX following sentences future tense gender genitive Give an example governed happy imperative mood imperfect tense implies indicative mood infinitive mood interjection intransitive James John king language loved manner masculine means Murray's Grammar neuter verb nominative Note number and person objective pages 12mo PARSED AND CORRECTED passive verb Perf 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 syllable SYNTAX CONTINUED tence thing Thou art tion tive transitive verbs virtue vowel William wise word wouldst write
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Page 156 - O LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 116 - 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 118 - 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 30 - Lupin was, comforted by the mere voice and presence of such a man; and, though he had merely said 'a verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person...
Page 192 - Alas ! how different ! yet how like the same !" 3. The appellations of the Deity : as, " God, Jehovah, the Almighty, the Supreme Being, the Lord, Providence, the Messiah, the Holy Spirit." 4. Proper names of persons, places, streets, mountains, rivers, ships : as, " George, York, the Strand, the Alps, the Thames, the Seahorse.
Page 131 - 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.
Page 146 - 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.
Page 185 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images, which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...
Page 130 - Of this rule there are many violations to be met with ; a few of which may be sufficient to put the learner on his guard. " Each of the sexes should keep within its particular bounds, and content themselves with the advantages of their particular districts:" better thus: "The sexes should keep within their particular bounds," &c. " Can any one, on their entrance into the world, be fully secure that they shall not be deceived?" " on his entrance,
Page 51 - There are three degrees of comparison ; the positive, the comparative, and the superlative.