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 Perspicuity and Accuracy ... |
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... better or worse shaped for this reverberation , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . 9 If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
... better or worse shaped for this reverberation , the voice is said to be more or less agreeable . 9 If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
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... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIves . SECT . I. Of Substantives in general . A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun is the name thing that exists , or of which we have any as , London , man , virtue . of any ...
... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIves . SECT . I. Of Substantives in general . A SUBSTANTIVE or Noun is the name thing that exists , or of which we have any as , London , man , virtue . of any ...
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... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , my friend's sister in law . " Some grammarians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's , " " A ...
... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , my friend's sister in law . " Some grammarians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's , " " A ...
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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 or latter ; latest or last ...
... 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 or latter ; latest or last ...
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... better understand the peculiar nature and form of each of these modes of expression : " The chancellor being attached to the king , his crown was secured . " This constitutes what is properly called , the Case Absolute . SECT . 4 ...
... better understand the peculiar nature and form of each of these modes of expression : " The chancellor being attached to the king , his crown was secured . " This constitutes what is properly called , the Case Absolute . SECT . 4 ...
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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.