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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... marked in the English alphabet , as con- sonants , are either superfluous , or represent , not simple , but complex sounds . C , for instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by 8. G ...
... marked in the English alphabet , as con- sonants , are either superfluous , or represent , not simple , but complex sounds . C , for instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by 8. G ...
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... marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its let- ters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strict- ness ...
... marked by the term improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its let- ters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strict- ness ...
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... marked by the e final in monosyllables ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Be- forer it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ; as in ma- chine , bombazine , magazine . The ...
... marked by the e final in monosyllables ; as thin , thine ; except give , live . Be- forer it is often sounded like a short u ; as flirt , first . In some words it has the sound of e long ; as in ma- chine , bombazine , magazine . The ...
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... marked above , ) may be expressed intelligibly , at least , if not accurate- ly , by certain adverbs , or words of like import : as , " Socrates was much wiser than Alcibiades ; " " Snow is a great deal whiter than this paper ...
... marked above , ) may be expressed intelligibly , at least , if not accurate- ly , by certain adverbs , or words of like import : as , " Socrates was much wiser than Alcibiades ; " " Snow is a great deal whiter than this paper ...
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... marked by a distinction of gender in the pronouns : but the third person or thing spoken of , being absent , and in many res- pects unknown , it is necessary that it should be marked by a distinction of gender ; at least when some ...
... marked by a distinction of gender in the pronouns : but the third person or thing spoken of , being absent , and in many res- pects unknown , it is necessary that it should be marked by a distinction of gender ; at least when some ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples expressed following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed Grammar grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king learner LINDLEY MURRAY Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity Pluperfect Tense plural number Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety regular verb relative pronoun render Repeat respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable syntax tence tenfes termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel writing
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Page 315 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Page 312 - Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours : and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine ; and we shall be saved. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Page 313 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 297 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 317 - 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 307 - 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 245 - I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Page 246 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves; As from the god she flew with furious pace, Or as the god, more furious...
Page 232 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away...
Page 129 - 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.