The Principles of English Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most Approved English Grammars Extant : with Copious Exercises in Parsing and Syntax : for the Use of Academies and Common Schools : a New Edition, Revised and Corrected : with an Appendix of Various and Useful Matter |
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... agree and wherein they differ , would of itself furnish a profitable exercise in com- parative grammar . But when a Latin grammar is put into the hands of a boy , differing widely in its arrangement or phraseology from the English ...
... agree and wherein they differ , would of itself furnish a profitable exercise in com- parative grammar . But when a Latin grammar is put into the hands of a boy , differing widely in its arrangement or phraseology from the English ...
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... agree , and wherein they differ . The whole is now submitted to the examination and favorable consideration of a discerning public . ALBANY ACADEMY , Sept. 23 , 1842 . CONTENTS OF APPENDIX . I. Grammar , II . Classification of words ...
... agree , and wherein they differ . The whole is now submitted to the examination and favorable consideration of a discerning public . ALBANY ACADEMY , Sept. 23 , 1842 . CONTENTS OF APPENDIX . I. Grammar , II . Classification of words ...
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... agree with the nouns , & c . The relative agrees with its antecedent , . Special rules and observations under Rule XI . Substantives signifying the same thing , & c . 102 A verb may have the same case after it as before , 103 The ...
... agree with the nouns , & c . The relative agrees with its antecedent , . Special rules and observations under Rule XI . Substantives signifying the same thing , & c . 102 A verb may have the same case after it as before , 103 The ...
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... agree with a substantive following them ; as , " I know not by what fatality the adversaries of the measure are impelled ; ” — " Which things are an allegory . " In this sense , which applies either to persons or things , and in meaning ...
... agree with a substantive following them ; as , " I know not by what fatality the adversaries of the measure are impelled ; ” — " Which things are an allegory . " In this sense , which applies either to persons or things , and in meaning ...
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... agree with a noun expressed or understood : Neither can they be properly called adjectives , since they never express the quality of a noun . They are here classed with pronouns , in accordance with the usages of other languages , which ...
... agree with a noun expressed or understood : Neither can they be properly called adjectives , since they never express the quality of a noun . They are here classed with pronouns , in accordance with the usages of other languages , which ...
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action active voice adjective pronoun adjectives adverbs antecedent applied auxiliary Cæsar called comma compared composition conjunction consists defective verbs denote discourse distinct emphatic English Grammar feminine figure of speech gender give governed grammarians happy hast IMPERATIVE MOOD imperfect tense impersonal verbs implied improvement indefinite indicative infinitive mood intransitive king language letter loved masculine meaning moods and tenses neuter never nominative noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS parsing passive voice past perfect participle person or thing personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect plural poetry POTENTIAL MOOD preposition present participle Present Tense PROMISCUOUS EXERCISES proper prose relative pronoun RULE sense sentence shalt or wilt shew signification simple singular sometimes sound speak subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax term thee third person thou tion tive transitive verbs Trochees verse virtue vowel words write yesterday
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Page 79 - God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Page 171 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 133 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page 83 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 171 - As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still: Thus...
Page 171 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 173 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Page 85 - Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew ; And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade. The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more.
Page 142 - Gideon, every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
Page 139 - The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.