A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and presented in its naked shape , disgusts every body and deceives none . It is only when mixed up with truths that it runs any risk of escaping detection . I would further observe ...
... kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and presented in its naked shape , disgusts every body and deceives none . It is only when mixed up with truths that it runs any risk of escaping detection . I would further observe ...
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... kind being classed together . When knowledge relating to any subject is to be communicated , it is found advantageous to begin with simple observations , and gradually to proceed to those that are not so obvious . Facts thus arranged ...
... kind being classed together . When knowledge relating to any subject is to be communicated , it is found advantageous to begin with simple observations , and gradually to proceed to those that are not so obvious . Facts thus arranged ...
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... kind , there are many exceptions ; and it may be safely affirmed , that spelling will never be taught by rules . Writing to dictation , or writing what has been committed to memory , and then comparing the exercise with the book , which ...
... kind , there are many exceptions ; and it may be safely affirmed , that spelling will never be taught by rules . Writing to dictation , or writing what has been committed to memory , and then comparing the exercise with the book , which ...
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... kind could be quoted . Sometimes , indeed , an adverb appears to modify a noun , but then the noun is used as a predicate . " Ships are but boards , sailors are but men . " Boards here is equivalent to thin pieces of wood , and men to ...
... kind could be quoted . Sometimes , indeed , an adverb appears to modify a noun , but then the noun is used as a predicate . " Ships are but boards , sailors are but men . " Boards here is equivalent to thin pieces of wood , and men to ...
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... kind , show that the first words of men , like their first ideas , had an immediate reference to sensible objects ; and that in after - days , when they began to discern with their intellect , they took those words which they found ...
... kind , show that the first words of men , like their first ideas , had an immediate reference to sensible objects ; and that in after - days , when they began to discern with their intellect , they took those words which they found ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison conjunction connected connexion considered copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection interjections irregular James reads John king Latham Latin marks masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate prefix preposition PRESENT TENSE principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense sentence Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thing Thou thought tion transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write
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Page 94 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in His presence, ever to observe His providence, and on Him sole depend...
Page 83 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 84 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 149 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 98 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 166 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms...
Page 165 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 167 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Page 168 - Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.
Page 165 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.