An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volume 1Collins and Company, 1823 - English language |
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... publications on the subject of grammar that had recently appeared ; The additions occupy more than Ninely pages of the first volume ; and are interspersed throughout the back . and he has , in consequence , been the better.
... publications on the subject of grammar that had recently appeared ; The additions occupy more than Ninely pages of the first volume ; and are interspersed throughout the back . and he has , in consequence , been the better.
Page iv
... better enabled to extend and improve his work . These improvements consist chiefly of a number of observations , calculated to illustrate and confirm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical dis ...
... better enabled to extend and improve his work . These improvements consist chiefly of a number of observations , calculated to illustrate and confirm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical dis ...
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... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " " That which is nearly connected with us , or with which , from its vicinity , we have been long acquainted , becomes emi- nent or distinguishable in our eyes , even though , in itself ...
... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " " That which is nearly connected with us , or with which , from its vicinity , we have been long acquainted , becomes emi- nent or distinguishable in our eyes , even though , in itself ...
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... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
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... better , to supply the defects and abridge superfluitics , to correct errors , and suggest im- provements , by occasional notes and observations , than by dis- organizing , or altering a system which has been so long esta- blished , and ...
... better , to supply the defects and abridge superfluitics , to correct errors , and suggest im- provements , by occasional notes and observations , than by dis- organizing , or altering a system which has been so long esta- blished , and ...
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accent adjective admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appear attention auxiliary beauty better cęsura Chap comma conduct conjunction connexion considered consonant construction denote diphthong effect ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour human ideas imperative mood imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king labours language learner live manner means mind nature neuter never nominative nouns object observations occasions participle passions pause peace perceive perfect perspicuity pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles pronoun proper properly propriety reason regard religion render respect Rule of Syntax SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable temper tence thing third person thou tion Trochee truth verb verse vice virtue vowel wise writing youth
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Page 341 - 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 242 - 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 332 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 255 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 113 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 256 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 350 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 113 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 264 - 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 343 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.