The Principles of Language: Containing a Full Grammatical Analysis of English Poetry, Confirmed by Syllogistic Reasoning and Logical Induction : with Corrections in Syntax and Copious Examples in Prosody |
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... sentence or proposition is one which affirms that some BEING EXISTS or ACTS , and a negative proposition is one which asserts that some being or thing does not exist . Now as no person , place , or thing , can be in a state of existence ...
... sentence or proposition is one which affirms that some BEING EXISTS or ACTS , and a negative proposition is one which asserts that some being or thing does not exist . Now as no person , place , or thing , can be in a state of existence ...
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... sentences under each rule , and in all cases point out the error and shew how the rule is violated by the expres- sion , and then alter it so as to make it coincide with the rule , in a similar manner to the examples in the exercises ...
... sentences under each rule , and in all cases point out the error and shew how the rule is violated by the expres- sion , and then alter it so as to make it coincide with the rule , in a similar manner to the examples in the exercises ...
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... sentence must describe some being as existing and acting . There is not a person in the universe , literate or illiterate , that can form a sentence which does not express that some " THING exists , or acts . " And here it is proper to ...
... sentence must describe some being as existing and acting . There is not a person in the universe , literate or illiterate , that can form a sentence which does not express that some " THING exists , or acts . " And here it is proper to ...
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... sentences are used as a noun in the nominative or objective case . Thus , " that one man should die for the crimes of ... sentence and thought both refer to and mean the same thing . I thought , ( the thing , or thought , ) to wit ...
... sentences are used as a noun in the nominative or objective case . Thus , " that one man should die for the crimes of ... sentence and thought both refer to and mean the same thing . I thought , ( the thing , or thought , ) to wit ...
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... sentence ; as , I am thinking ; he is walking . The constituent parts of which are the subject , the predicate , and the copula . The two first are called terms , because they are the ex- tremes of the proposition ; and they may consist ...
... sentence ; as , I am thinking ; he is walking . The constituent parts of which are the subject , the predicate , and the copula . The two first are called terms , because they are the ex- tremes of the proposition ; and they may consist ...
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a8 ncn3s action active verb adjective pronoun adv adv adv vir adverb agree cn3s conjugation conjunction denotes English English language EXERCISES.-1 expressed gender govern an object Grammar Imperative mood imperfect imperfect tense ind ap ind pr indicative mood infinitive mood interjection language manner correct Minor moods and tenses nc f3 ncf3s ncm3s ncn 3 plu ncn3s prep ncn3s vir ncn3s vra neuter verb nominative NOTE noun or pronoun npm3s pap a8 pap ncn3s parsed participle perfect plu adv plu prep pot pr POTENTIAL MOOD pr 3 plu prep art ncn prep ncn prep ncn3s 17 preposition present tense progressive form relative pronoun rule sentence singular number student subjunctive mood Syntax thě thing third person Thou vir a tr vir a trind vir n ind vra tr vra trimp vra trind pr vrnind pr word write
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Page 62 - Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith ; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth and length and depth and height ; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Page 22 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English language with propriety.
Page 81 - Pay, Put, Read, Rend, Rid, Ride, Ring, Rise, Rive, Run, Saw, Say, See, Seek, Sell, Send, Set, Shake, Shape, Shave, Shear, Shed, Shine, Show, Shoe, Shoot, Shrink, Shred, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Imperfect.
Page 79 - Bear, to carry, . Beat, Begin, Bend, Bereave, Beseech, Bid, Bind. Bite, Bleed, Blow, Break, Breed, Bring, Build, Burst, Buy, Cast, Catch, Chide, Choose, Cleave, to stick or ) adhere; J Cleave, to split.
Page 82 - Spit, Split, Spread, Spring, Stand, Steal, Stick, Sting, Stink, Stride, Strike, String, Strive, Strow, or strew, Swear, Sweat, Swell, Swim, Swing, Take, Teach, Tear, Tell, Think, Thrive, Throw, Thrust, Tread, Wax, Wear, Weave, Weep, Win, Wind, Work, Wring, Write, Imperfect.
Page 112 - All feet used in poetry consist either of two, or of three syllables, and are reducible to eight kinds — four of two syllables, and four of three — as follows : DISSYLLABLE.
Page 81 - Lay Loaded Lost Made Met Mowed Paid Put Read Rent Rid Rode Rung, Rang Rose Rived Ran Sawed Said Saw Sought Sold Sent Set Shook Shaped Shaved Sheared Shed Shone, R. Showed Shod Shot Shrunk, Shrank Shut Sung, Sang Sunk, Sank Sat Perfect Part. Led Left Lent Let Lain Laden, R.
Page 71 - The Pluperfect Tense represents a thing* not only as past, but also as prior to some other point of time specified in the sentence ; as, " I had finished my letter before he arrived.
Page 104 - By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece.
Page 54 - Each relates to two or more persons or things, and signifies either of the two, or every one of any number, taken separately. Every relates to several persons or things, and signifies each one of them all, taken separately. This pronoun was formerly used apart from its noun, but it is now constantly annexed to it, except in legal proceedings; as in the phrase, " all and every of them," Either relates to two persons or things, taken separately, and signifies the one or the other.