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... plurals of nouns , the persons of verbs , verbal nouns , past participles , comparatives , and superlatives , by changing y into i : as , spy , spies ; I carry , thou carriest ; he carrieth , or carries ; carrier , carried ; happy ...
... plurals of nouns , the persons of verbs , verbal nouns , past participles , comparatives , and superlatives , by changing y into i : as , spy , spies ; I carry , thou carriest ; he carrieth , or carries ; carrier , carried ; happy ...
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... plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the lat- ter chiefly with the word great before it ... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular ETYMOLOGY . 45.
... plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the lat- ter chiefly with the word great before it ... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular ETYMOLOGY . 45.
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... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular article a as , a few men ; a great many men . The reason of it is manifest , from the effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken ...
... plural substantives , yet admit of the singular article a as , a few men ; a great many men . The reason of it is manifest , from the effect which the article has in these phrases ; it means a small or great number collectively taken ...
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... plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they exprefs , are used only in ...
... plural . The singular number expresses but one object ; as , a chair , a table . The plural number signifies more objects than one ; as , chairs , tables . Some nouns , from the nature of the things which they exprefs , are used only in ...
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... plural is formed by addings , as , monarch , monarchs ; diftich , diftichs . Nouns which end in o , have sometimes es , added to the plural ; as , cargo , echo , hero , negro , manifesto , potato , volcano , wo and sometimes only s ; as ...
... plural is formed by addings , as , monarch , monarchs ; diftich , diftichs . Nouns which end in o , have sometimes es , added to the plural ; as , cargo , echo , hero , negro , manifesto , potato , volcano , wo and sometimes only s ; as ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably antecedent appears applied 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 ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly improve indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner LINDLEY MURRAY Lord loved manner means mind mute nature nominative noun object observations participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety regular verb relative pronoun render respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple sounds singular number sometimes sound of long speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence termination thing thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel words writing
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Page 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 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 323 - 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 245 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 254 - 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 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 324 - Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full.
Page 325 - 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 279 - 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 46 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 315 - 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.