A Short Introduction to English Grammar: With Critical Notes |
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... Pope . Where mankind and man may change places , with- out making any alteration in the fenfe . A man means fome one or other of that kind , indefi- nitely ; the man means , definitely , that parti- cular man , who is fpoken of : the ...
... Pope . Where mankind and man may change places , with- out making any alteration in the fenfe . A man means fome one or other of that kind , indefi- nitely ; the man means , definitely , that parti- cular man , who is fpoken of : the ...
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... Pope . It ought to be , the wheel ; used as an inftrument for the particu- lar purpose of torturing Criminals : as Shakespear ; " Let them pull all about mine ears ; prefent me Death on the wheel , or at wild horses heels . " " God ...
... Pope . It ought to be , the wheel ; used as an inftrument for the particu- lar purpose of torturing Criminals : as Shakespear ; " Let them pull all about mine ears ; prefent me Death on the wheel , or at wild horses heels . " " God ...
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... Pope's Odyssey . " My Paper is the Ulyffes bis bow , in which every man of wit or -learning may try his ftrength . " Addifon , Guardian , No. 98. See also Spect . No. 207. This is no flip of Mr. Addison's pen : he gives us his opinion ...
... Pope's Odyssey . " My Paper is the Ulyffes bis bow , in which every man of wit or -learning may try his ftrength . " Addifon , Guardian , No. 98. See also Spect . No. 207. This is no flip of Mr. Addison's pen : he gives us his opinion ...
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... Pope . This seems not so allowable in Profe : as , " Mofes ' minifter . " Jofh . i . I. " Phinehas ' wife . " 1 Sam . iv . 19 . " Feftus came into Felix ' room . " Acts , xxiv . 27 . [ 4 ] " It is very probable , that this Convocation ...
... Pope . This seems not so allowable in Profe : as , " Mofes ' minifter . " Jofh . i . I. " Phinehas ' wife . " 1 Sam . iv . 19 . " Feftus came into Felix ' room . " Acts , xxiv . 27 . [ 4 ] " It is very probable , that this Convocation ...
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... Pope , Univ . Prayer . And the Adjectives , former , and latter , may be considered as Pro- nominal , and representing the Nouns , to which they refer ; if the phrafe in the following fentence be allowed to be just : " It was happy for ...
... Pope , Univ . Prayer . And the Adjectives , former , and latter , may be considered as Pro- nominal , and representing the Nouns , to which they refer ; if the phrafe in the following fentence be allowed to be just : " It was happy for ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley caſe confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fuch fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language laſt Letter likewife Milton miſtake moft moſt muſt Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phalaris phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reaſon reft reſpect Saxon ſay ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear ſhall ſome Spect ſtill ſtyle Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whoſe words