An enlarged edition of Murray's abridged English grammar, by dr. [J.A.] Giles1839 - 212 pages |
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... Honour the King . Have charity towards all men . " Besides the points which mark the . pauses in discourse , there are others that denote a different modulation of voice , in correspondence to the sense . 88 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Honour the King . Have charity towards all men . " Besides the points which mark the . pauses in discourse , there are others that denote a different modulation of voice , in correspondence to the sense . 88 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... honour , a uncle , an useful horse , an ewe , many an one , a unskilful workman , an humourous story , a historical account , an horn , an bed , a adder , a honour , an horse , an house , an pen , a ox , a eel , a ant , a eye , a ...
... honour , a uncle , an useful horse , an ewe , many an one , a unskilful workman , an humourous story , a historical account , an horn , an bed , a adder , a honour , an horse , an house , an pen , a ox , a eel , a ant , a eye , a ...
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... honour , abase , amuse , slight , en- lighten , displease , envelope , bereave . 22. Conjugate the following verbs in the indi- cative mood , pluperfect and first future tenses : Fly , contrive , know , devise , choose , come , see , go ...
... honour , abase , amuse , slight , en- lighten , displease , envelope , bereave . 22. Conjugate the following verbs in the indi- cative mood , pluperfect and first future tenses : Fly , contrive , know , devise , choose , come , see , go ...
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... read your lesson ; thou hast obeyed my voice ; honour thy father ; we may have been ; thou mayst have been ; they can have been ; I might have been ; you M should have been ; we would have been ; ( EXERCISES IN ETYMOLOGY . 121.
... read your lesson ; thou hast obeyed my voice ; honour thy father ; we may have been ; thou mayst have been ; they can have been ; I might have been ; you M should have been ; we would have been ; ( EXERCISES IN ETYMOLOGY . 121.
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... honour An hostler The garden The fields SECT . III . Article and Substantive . The rainbow The clouds The scholars ' duty The horizon Virtue The vices Temperance A variety George The Rhine A prince A rivulet The Humber Gregory The pope ...
... honour An hostler The garden The fields SECT . III . Article and Substantive . The rainbow The clouds The scholars ' duty The horizon Virtue The vices Temperance A variety George The Rhine A prince A rivulet The Humber Gregory The pope ...
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accented active verb adjective pronouns adverbs Aristomenes auxiliary verb brother called comma common substantive Conjugate the following conjunction consonant couldst DEFECTIVE VERBS degrees of comparison denote derived diphthong English esteemed Exercises express favours following adjectives following nouns following verbs folly governed Grammar happy hath heart honour horse Imperative Mood imperfect tense indicative mood infinitive mood Interjection irregular verbs letter live Lord mayst or canst mind Name neuter gender nominative nouns objective Parsing passions peace Perf perfect participle personal pronouns PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT TENSE proper relative pronouns reward Rules of Syntax says SECOND FUTURE TENSE SECT sentence shouldst signifies singular number sometimes speak Subjunctive Mood substantives derived syllables temper thee thing third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tive triphthong verb active verse vice virtue virtuous vowel wise word Write the following youth
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Page 210 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Page 198 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 199 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 209 - I'll fill another pipe, said my uncle Toby, and not interrupt thee till thou hast done ; so sit down at thy ease, Trim, in the window-seat, and begin thy story again.
Page 203 - And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride: And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf.
Page 83 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 6 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Page 199 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 89 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 154 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.