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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... infinitive mood , and contain no assertion : they affirm noth- ing . 2d . The position is not tenable , that " Equivalence in sense implies similarity in grammatical nature . " It proves too much , and therefore nothing . This mode of ...
... infinitive mood , and contain no assertion : they affirm noth- ing . 2d . The position is not tenable , that " Equivalence in sense implies similarity in grammatical nature . " It proves too much , and therefore nothing . This mode of ...
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... Infinitive Mood expresses a thing in a general and unlimited manner , without any distinction of number or person ; as , to act , to speak , to be feared . " 66 The participle is a certain form of the verb , and derives its name from ...
... Infinitive Mood expresses a thing in a general and unlimited manner , without any distinction of number or person ; as , to act , to speak , to be feared . " 66 The participle is a certain form of the verb , and derives its name from ...
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... mood . See pages 66 , 76 , 77 , and the notes under the nineteenth rule of Syntax , Infinitive Mood . Present Tense . To be . Present . Being . Compound Perfect . Perfect . To have been , Participles . Perfect . Been . Having been ...
... mood . See pages 66 , 76 , 77 , and the notes under the nineteenth rule of Syntax , Infinitive Mood . Present Tense . To be . Present . Being . Compound Perfect . Perfect . To have been , Participles . Perfect . Been . Having been ...
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... mood , may , with equal propriety , be occasionally annexed . The instance given is sufficient to explain the subject : more would be te- dious , and tend to embarrass the learner . Infinitive Mood . Present . To love . Perfect . To ...
... mood , may , with equal propriety , be occasionally annexed . The instance given is sufficient to explain the subject : more would be te- dious , and tend to embarrass the learner . Infinitive Mood . Present . To love . Perfect . To ...
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... mood . See pages 66 , 76 , and the notes under the nineteenth rule of Syntax . Present Tense . To be loved . Present . Perfect or Passive . Compound Perfect . Infinitive Mood . Participles . Perfect . To have been loved . Being loved ...
... mood . See pages 66 , 76 , and the notes under the nineteenth rule of Syntax . Present Tense . To be loved . Present . Perfect or Passive . Compound Perfect . Infinitive Mood . Participles . Perfect . To have been loved . Being loved ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrachs appear attention auxiliary beauty better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote diphthong distinct ellipsis emphasis English English language examples expression figure following instances following sentence frequently genitive give grammarians harmony ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogation irregular verb neuter kind king language latter learner Lord loved manner means metaphor mind nature nominative noun object observed occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous pleasure plural number Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render Repeat respect sense sentiments short signified singular number sometimes sound speak speech Spondee subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochaic Trochee verse virtue voice vowel wise words and phrases writing
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Page 242 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 210 - 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 239 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 190 - 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 180 - 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 251 - 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 258 - 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 191 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 233 - 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 202 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.