An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volumes 1-2Collins & Company : Collins & Hannay : Samuel Wood & Sons : G. & C. & H. Carvill : White, Gallaher & White, 1829 - English language |
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... sense of itself : as , a book , the sun , an apple ; temperance , industry , chastity . 3. An Adjective is a word added to a substantive , to express its quality : as , " An industrious man , a virtuous woman . ' 99 An Adjective may be ...
... sense of itself : as , a book , the sun , an apple ; temperance , industry , chastity . 3. An Adjective is a word added to a substantive , to express its quality : as , " An industrious man , a virtuous woman . ' 99 An Adjective may be ...
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... sense with any of the personal pronouns , or the word to before it : as , I walk , he plays , they write ; or , to walk , to play , to write . 6. An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another ...
... sense with any of the personal pronouns , or the word to before it : as , I walk , he plays , they write ; or , to walk , to play , to write . 6. An Adverb is a part of speech joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another ...
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... sense to point out one single thing of the kind , in other respects indeterminate : as , " Give me a book ; " " Bring me an apple . " The is called the definite article ; because it ascer- tains what particular thing or things are meant ...
... sense to point out one single thing of the kind , in other respects indeterminate : as , " Give me a book ; " " Bring me an apple . " The is called the definite article ; because it ascer- tains what particular thing or things are meant ...
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... sense : as , “ A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . THE peculiar use and importance of the articles will be seen in the following examples ; " The son of a king - the son of the king — a son of the king ...
... sense : as , “ A candid temper is proper for man ; " that is , for all mankind . THE peculiar use and importance of the articles will be seen in the following examples ; " The son of a king - the son of the king — a son of the king ...
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... sense is clear ; as every body knows that the person here spoken of by the name of the conqueror is William duke of Normandy , who subdued En- gland about seven hundred and fifty years ago . But if we say , that " the ancestors of the ...
... sense is clear ; as every body knows that the person here spoken of by the name of the conqueror is William duke of Normandy , who subdued En- gland about seven hundred and fifty years ago . But if we say , that " the ancestors of the ...
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accent according to RULE active verb admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appears auxiliary beauty better cæsura Chap comma common substantive conjunction connexion consonant construction definite article denote diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently gender give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improved indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king language learner Lord manner means mind nature never nominative noun object observations occasions participle passions pause perceive perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety reason regard relative relative pronoun respect Rule of Syntax SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence thing thou tion Trochee truth verb active verb neuter virtue vowel wise words writing
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Page 143 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 18 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 247 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 266 - 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 138 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 355 - 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 18 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 137 - We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small difficulty, after much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather.
Page 337 - 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.