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... words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others . and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are intended to represent , more or less accurately , according as ...
... words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others . and communicate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which they are intended to represent , more or less accurately , according as ...
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... words , that Grammar treats , first , of the form and sound of the letters , the combination of letters into syllables , and syllables into words ; secondly , of the different sorts of words , their various modifications , and their ...
... words , that Grammar treats , first , of the form and sound of the letters , the combination of letters into syllables , and syllables into words ; secondly , of the different sorts of words , their various modifications , and their ...
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... words , which accompanies , through life , many persons who have not , in this respect , been properly instructed at an early period . Letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants . A Vowel is an articulate sound , that can be ...
... words , which accompanies , through life , many persons who have not , in this respect , been properly instructed at an early period . Letters are divided into Vowels and Consonants . A Vowel is an articulate sound , that can be ...
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... words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write enigma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a , as in pail , tail , & c ...
... words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c .; but others have laid it aside , and write enigma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a , as in pail , tail , & c ...
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... words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the syl lable , as in climb , comb , tomb . C has two different sounds ...
... words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the syl lable , as in climb , comb , tomb . C has two different sounds ...
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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.