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... spoken language , is represented by characters which constitute written language . An explanation of the elements of language , and of the rules , which custom in speech has established , is called GRAMMAR ; which explanation or grammar ...
... spoken language , is represented by characters which constitute written language . An explanation of the elements of language , and of the rules , which custom in speech has established , is called GRAMMAR ; which explanation or grammar ...
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... spoken of , are said to be of the Third Person , as , " John is gone to school ; " here some first person speaks to a second person of the third person John ; the noun John is therefore of the Third Person . Nouns which represent ...
... spoken of , are said to be of the Third Person , as , " John is gone to school ; " here some first person speaks to a second person of the third person John ; the noun John is therefore of the Third Person . Nouns which represent ...
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... spoken to ; the same form of the noun , as before stated , is retained in each person . The Nouns in capitals in the ... spoken to , is of the Third Person because spoken of , and that every noun that does represent a person spoken to ...
... spoken to ; the same form of the noun , as before stated , is retained in each person . The Nouns in capitals in the ... spoken to , is of the Third Person because spoken of , and that every noun that does represent a person spoken to ...
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... spoken . • When the present tense of a verb ends in a single consonant , preceded by a single vowel bearing the accent , the final consonant of the Present Tense should be doubled in making the Imperfect and Perfect Participles in the ...
... spoken . • When the present tense of a verb ends in a single consonant , preceded by a single vowel bearing the accent , the final consonant of the Present Tense should be doubled in making the Imperfect and Perfect Participles in the ...
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... spoken of ; and the plural forms of these words are we , ye or you , and they . That it may be perfectly understood ... spoken of ; neverthe- less , when it represents a thing , we say it is of the Third Person , because the thing is ...
... spoken of ; and the plural forms of these words are we , ye or you , and they . That it may be perfectly understood ... spoken of ; neverthe- less , when it represents a thing , we say it is of the Third Person , because the thing is ...
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Active Transitive Verb Adjectives Adverbs agree apple Article assertion Auxiliary Verbs called CHAPTER Comma conjugation conjunction consonant Correct the following Defective Verbs denote diphthong earth English language Etymology expressed following errors following examples following exercise govern the objective grammar happy hath Imperative Mood Imperfect Future Tense improve Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood Irregular Verbs James John language letter Lord mayst or canst Mention or write moods and tenses neuter gender pause Perfect Participle Perfect Past Tense person singular person spoken phrase Pluperfect Past Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood praise preceding preposition PRESENT TENSE Relative Pronoun rewarded second person sentence singular and plural singular number small capitals sometimes sound speak speech Subjunctive Mood Superlative degree sweet syllable Syntax Take thee third person thou art thou hast tree variations varied verb to walk vowel words in italics wouldst yesterday
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Page 42 - Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Page 41 - Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Page 142 - Should fate command me to the farthest verge Of the green earth, to distant barbarous climes, Rivers unknown to song, where first the sun Gilds Indian mountains, or his setting beam Flames on the Atlantic isles, 'tis nought to me ; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste, as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Page 41 - And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them : he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Page 36 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple ; who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
Page 95 - Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Page 141 - As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in Heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre. Great source of day ! best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On nature write with every beam His praise.
Page 40 - For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever : but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Page 142 - Great source of day ! best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On nature write with every beam His praise. The thunder rolls : be hush'd the prostrate world, While cloud to cloud returns the solemn hymn.
Page 43 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.