An abridgment of Murray's English grammar, accompanied by an appendix of exercises, by J. Ellis

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Page 114 - Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice ; and thrice my peace was slain ; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had fill'd her horn.
Page 62 - When a nominative comes between the relative and the verb, the relative is governed by some word in its own member of the sentence : as, " He who preserves me, to whom I owe my being, whose I am, and whom I serve, is eternal.
Page 119 - And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. And he came unto his father, and said, My father.
Page 49 - They might have been loved. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. If I be loved, 1. If we be loved, 2. If thou be loved, 2. If you be loved, 3. If he be loved; 3. If they be loved.
Page 46 - Tense. . Singular. Plural. 1. I have been loved 1. We have been loved 2. Thou hast been loved 2. You have been loved 3. He has been loved 3. They have been loved Pluperfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I had been loved 1.
Page 135 - Several alterations and additions have been made to the work. The first proposal was essentially different, and inferior to the second. He is more bold and active, but not so wise and studious as his companion.
Page 42 - TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I have loved 1. We have loved 2. Thou hast loved 2.
Page 17 - The plural number of nouns is generally formed by adding s to the singular : as, dove, doves ; face, faces ; thought, thoughts. But when the substantive singular ends in...
Page 77 - PUNCTUATION. PUNCTUATION is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, for the purpose of marking the different pauses, which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require.
Page 27 - A Verb Passive expresses a passion or a suffering, or the receiving of an action ; and necessarily implies an object acted upon, and an agent by which it is acted upon : as, to be loved ;

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