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 Perspicity and Accuracy |
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... applied , will be the certainty and ease , with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that without a competent know- ledge of this kind , we shall frequently be in hazard of misunderstanding others , and ...
... applied , will be the certainty and ease , with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that without a competent know- ledge of this kind , we shall frequently be in hazard of misunderstanding others , and ...
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... . Observations and reasonings on the name , are often applied to explain the nature , of a consonant : and by this means , the student is led into error and perplexity , respecting these elements of lan- guage Orthography . 19.
... . Observations and reasonings on the name , are often applied to explain the nature , of a consonant : and by this means , the student is led into error and perplexity , respecting these elements of lan- guage Orthography . 19.
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... applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely : as , " The more I examine it , the better I like it . I like this the least ...
... applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely : as , " The more I examine it , the better I like it . I like this the least ...
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... applying this principle to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a noun governed by an active verb , or a prepo- sition , is very differently circumstanced , from ...
... applying this principle to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a noun governed by an active verb , or a prepo- sition , is very differently circumstanced , from ...
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... applied in an active sense . We may also observe , that the present participle is some- times associated with the past and future tenses of the verb ; and the past participle connected with the present and future tenses . The most ...
... applied in an active sense . We may also observe , that the present participle is some- times associated with the past and future tenses of the verb ; and the past participle connected with the present and future tenses . The most ...
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accent according to RULE action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender governed grammar grammarians happy idea imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner meaning mind nature nominative noun object observations participle passion passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding precise preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun respect sense sentiments short signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech stantive subjunctive mood tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochaic Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel words wouldst writing
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Page 285 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8.
Page 213 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 222 - 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 282 - 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 152 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 277 - 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 285 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 290 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 243 - 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 290 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.