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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... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improve- ment in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual progress of learners ...
... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improve- ment in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual progress of learners ...
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... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist chiefly of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the ...
... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist chiefly of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the ...
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... considered as diph- thongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , contains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . Ifa in far , is the same specific ...
... considered as diph- thongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , contains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . Ifa in far , is the same specific ...
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... considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two sounds , are merely ocular , and are , therefore , by some grammarians classed with the diph- thongs . SECT . 2 . . General observations on the sounds of the letters ...
... considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two sounds , are merely ocular , and are , therefore , by some grammarians classed with the diph- thongs . SECT . 2 . . General observations on the sounds of the letters ...
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... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess in common with the brute creation , and by which we express the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess in common with the brute creation , and by which we express the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
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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.