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Page 25
... observed of Nebuchadnezzar's word , Dan . iii . 25 . " And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God : " it ought to be expreffed by the indefi- nite Article , like a Son of God ; pola is , as Theodotion very properly renders it ...
... observed of Nebuchadnezzar's word , Dan . iii . 25 . " And the form of the fourth is like the Son of God : " it ought to be expreffed by the indefi- nite Article , like a Son of God ; pola is , as Theodotion very properly renders it ...
Page 61
... observed , that in the Subjunctive Mode , the event being spoken of un- der a condition , or fuppofition , or in the form of a with , and therefore as doubtful and contingent , the Verb itself in the Prefent , and the Auxiliary both of ...
... observed , that in the Subjunctive Mode , the event being spoken of un- der a condition , or fuppofition , or in the form of a with , and therefore as doubtful and contingent , the Verb itself in the Prefent , and the Auxiliary both of ...
Page 63
... observed . Do and did mark the Action itself , or the Time of it [ 4 ] , with greater force [ 4 ] But I do love thee ! " " Perdition catch my foul and " This and diftinction . They are alfo of frequent and almost ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 63.
... observed . Do and did mark the Action itself , or the Time of it [ 4 ] , with greater force [ 4 ] But I do love thee ! " " Perdition catch my foul and " This and diftinction . They are alfo of frequent and almost ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 63.
Page 65
... observed , that the Verb bad , in the common phrafe , I had rather , is not pro- perly used , either as an Active or as an Auxiliary Verb ; that , being in the Past time , it cannot in this cafe be properly expreffive of time Prefent ...
... observed , that the Verb bad , in the common phrafe , I had rather , is not pro- perly used , either as an Active or as an Auxiliary Verb ; that , being in the Past time , it cannot in this cafe be properly expreffive of time Prefent ...
Page 122
... observed , that the last mentioned event is fubfequent to the first ; but how can the Paft Time be fubfequent to the Prefent ? It therefore ought to be , in the second line , are , or have been drown'd , in the Prefent Indefinite , or ...
... observed , that the last mentioned event is fubfequent to the first ; but how can the Paft Time be fubfequent to the Prefent ? It therefore ought to be , in the second line , are , or have been drown'd , in the Prefent Indefinite , or ...
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Abfolute Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anfwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley beſt Caſe confonant Conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong diſcourſe Dryden Effay English English Language example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftantive ftill fubject fuch fupplied fyllable governed Grammar hath himſelf Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular itſelf laft Language laſt lative Letter liary likewife manner Milton moft moſt muſt Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſes reafon refpect Saxon Sentence Serm Shakeſpear Spect ſpoken Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words
Popular passages
Page 121 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Page 177 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Page 176 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 176 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 157 - Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Page 121 - Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them ? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Page 133 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 35 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 146 - Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
Page 154 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.