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... tion of the judicious and candid reader . THE method which he has adopted , of exhibiting the per- formance in characters of different sizes , will , he trusts , be cou- ducive to that gradual and regular procedure , which is so favoura ...
... tion of the judicious and candid reader . THE method which he has adopted , of exhibiting the per- formance in characters of different sizes , will , he trusts , be cou- ducive to that gradual and regular procedure , which is so favoura ...
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... tion of faulty composition is more instructive to the young grammarian , than any rules and examples of propriety that can be given , the Compiler has been induced to pay peculiar attention to this part of the subject ; and though the ...
... tion of faulty composition is more instructive to the young grammarian , than any rules and examples of propriety that can be given , the Compiler has been induced to pay peculiar attention to this part of the subject ; and though the ...
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... tion will not allow of many observations on the subject , a few leading sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others ...
... tion will not allow of many observations on the subject , a few leading sentiments are all that can be admitted here with propriety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others ...
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... tion and sion , are sounded exactly like the word shun ; except when the t is preceded by s or x ; as in uestion , digestion , combustion , mixtion , & c . The triphthong icu is sometimes pronounced distinctly in two syllables ; as in ...
... tion and sion , are sounded exactly like the word shun ; except when the t is preceded by s or x ; as in uestion , digestion , combustion , mixtion , & c . The triphthong icu is sometimes pronounced distinctly in two syllables ; as in ...
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... tion they bear to other words in the sentence . We are therefore warranted , by analogy , in applying this prin- ciple to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a ...
... tion they bear to other words in the sentence . We are therefore warranted , by analogy , in applying this prin- ciple to our own language , as far as utility , and the idiom of it , will admit . Now it is obvious , that in English , a ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians hath idea imperative mood imperfect tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb kind king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun Repeat respect sense sentiments short signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Page 292 - 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 302 - 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 223 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 299 - ... 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 gage 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 231 - 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 231 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves; As from the god she flew with furious pace, Or as the god, more furious...
Page 278 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Page 288 - 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 223 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Page 219 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.