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... taken to reduce the illustrations and examples to a moderate compass , by the omission of those unnecessary details which occupy so large a space in other grammars . Thus , in the chapter of Prosody , a few examples only of the rules of ...
... taken to reduce the illustrations and examples to a moderate compass , by the omission of those unnecessary details which occupy so large a space in other grammars . Thus , in the chapter of Prosody , a few examples only of the rules of ...
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... taken down in writing by the pupil . He should also be frequently required to repeat the orthographical rules , so as to impress them upon his mind . EXERCISE I. — CAPITALS . 1. In poetry , I have read Pope's essay on man , Milton's ...
... taken down in writing by the pupil . He should also be frequently required to repeat the orthographical rules , so as to impress them upon his mind . EXERCISE I. — CAPITALS . 1. In poetry , I have read Pope's essay on man , Milton's ...
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... taken in its widest sense : as , Woman is endowed with gentleness . EXAMPLE . " An horse , a owl , and an ewe , lived together . " An horse is incorrect , because a is used whenever the following word begins with a consonant sound : a ...
... taken in its widest sense : as , Woman is endowed with gentleness . EXAMPLE . " An horse , a owl , and an ewe , lived together . " An horse is incorrect , because a is used whenever the following word begins with a consonant sound : a ...
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... taken collectively , generally admit the plural form ; as , meeting , meetings : but when taken distribu- tively , they have a plural signification , without the form ; as , " The jury were divided . " GENDERS . Gender is the ...
... taken collectively , generally admit the plural form ; as , meeting , meetings : but when taken distribu- tively , they have a plural signification , without the form ; as , " The jury were divided . " GENDERS . Gender is the ...
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... taken separately and singly ; they are each , every , either , and sometimes neither . II . The demonstrative precisely point out the things to which they relate they are this , these ; that , those ; former , latter . III . The ...
... taken separately and singly ; they are each , every , either , and sometimes neither . II . The demonstrative precisely point out the things to which they relate they are this , these ; that , those ; former , latter . III . The ...
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according to Rule action active verb active-transitive verb adjective adverbs agree animal antecedent applied apposition clause comma common noun compared compound conjunction connected consonant definite article degree denotes the person derived ellipsis English EXAMPLE PARSED FALSE SYNTAX First-future Tense following verbs give grammar idea IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improper diphthong indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verb LESSON letters neuter gender neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun OBSERVATIONS ON RULE passive verb perfect participle person and number person or thing personal pronoun pleonasm Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense preterit principal pronominal adjective proper names reading relation Rule 3d second person semivowels sentence shew signification simple Sing singular number denotes sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken Thou mightst triphthong vowel word which affirms word which expresses Write
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Page 209 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Page 208 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 210 - 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 105 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 212 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Page 120 - If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too.
Page 37 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 148 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 78 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 196 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.