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 |
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... present English alphabet , as the design of the subject will admit ; and shall annex to each character the syllable or word , which contains its proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters ...
... present English alphabet , as the design of the subject will admit ; and shall annex to each character the syllable or word , which contains its proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters ...
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... present the following as more exact and philoso- phical definitions of a vowel and consonant . A vowel is a simple , articulate sound , perfect in itself , and formed by a continued effusion of the breath , and a certain conformation of ...
... present the following as more exact and philoso- phical definitions of a vowel and consonant . A vowel is a simple , articulate sound , perfect in itself , and formed by a continued effusion of the breath , and a certain conformation of ...
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... present , with respect to many of them , these combinations still retain the name of diphthongs ; but , to distinguish them , they are marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not ...
... present , with respect to many of them , these combinations still retain the name of diphthongs ; but , to distinguish them , they are marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not ...
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... present occasion . mutes . ' Let no persons despise , as inconsiderable , the elements of grammar , because , it may seem to them a matter of small consequence , to show the distinction between vowels and consonants , and to divide the ...
... present occasion . mutes . ' Let no persons despise , as inconsiderable , the elements of grammar , because , it may seem to them a matter of small consequence , to show the distinction between vowels and consonants , and to divide the ...
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... present participle in ing , retains the y that i may not be doubled ; as , carry , carrying ; bury , burying , & c . But y , preceded by a vowel , in such instances as the above , is not changed ; as , boy , boys : I cloy , he cloys ...
... present participle in ing , retains the y that i may not be doubled ; as , carry , carrying ; bury , burying , & c . But y , preceded by a vowel , in such instances as the above , is not changed ; as , boy , boys : I cloy , he cloys ...
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accent active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis English language express following examples following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians happy hath ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tences termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee understood verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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Page 288 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 212 - 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.
Page 290 - 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 280 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 158 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 281 - The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 242 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 222 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 297 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.' The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 9 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety.