Abridgement of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation : Designed for the Younger Classes of Learners |
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... things , to learn and cultivate ; and if good models are set before them , instruction and diligence will soon make them under- stood , and habit will render them familiar and pleas- ing . Perhaps there is no method by which this ad ...
... things , to learn and cultivate ; and if good models are set before them , instruction and diligence will soon make them under- stood , and habit will render them familiar and pleas- ing . Perhaps there is no method by which this ad ...
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... thing that exists , or of which we have any notion ; as , Lon- don , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its making sense of itself ; as , a book , the sun , an ...
... thing that exists , or of which we have any notion ; as , Lon- don , man , virtue . A substantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its making sense of itself ; as , a book , the sun , an ...
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... thing , a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet ap- file , a pleasant prospect . 4. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as , The man is happy ; he is ...
... thing , a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as , a sweet ap- file , a pleasant prospect . 4. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun , to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as , The man is happy ; he is ...
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... thing of the kind , m 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 : as , " Give me the book ...
... thing of the kind , m 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 : as , " Give me the book ...
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... things which they express , are used only in the singular , others only in the plural , form ; as , wheat , pitch , gold , sloth , pride , & c . and bellows , scissors , lungs , riches , & c . Some words are the same in both numbers ...
... things which they express , are used only in the singular , others only in the plural , form ; as , wheat , pitch , gold , sloth , pride , & c . and bellows , scissors , lungs , riches , & c . Some words are the same in both numbers ...
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according to RULE active verb Adjective Pronouns Adverb agree antece Colon Comma common substantive Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction copulative couldst DEFECTIVE VERBS derived diphthong EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY Exercises in Parsing express following verbs gender governed happy heart honour IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense indicative mood INFINITIVE MOOD Interjections Irregular Verbs larger Grammar learner letter live loved marked mayst or canst mind MURRAY'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR neuter nominative objective omitted passions peace Perf.or Pass perfect participle personal pronoun Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Tense proper reward RULE XI Rules of Syntax says Second Future Tense SECT Semicolon sentence shalt or wilt shouldst singular number speech subjunctive mood syllable temper tence Tense represents thee thing third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive vice virtue virtuous voice vowel wise word Write the following
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Page 51 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 80 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 80 - If nothing more than purpose in thy power, Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed. Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
Page 79 - 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 82 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim : Th' unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Page 41 - A phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence. The principal parts of a simple sentence are, the subject, the attribute, and the object. The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of; the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it ; and the object is the thing affected by such action. The nominative denotes the subject, and usually goes before the verb or attribute ; and the word or phrase, denoting the object,...
Page 6 - AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman.
Page 80 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 4 - A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language ; as, man, good, content.
Page 6 - A or an is styled the indefinite article : it is used in a vague sense, to point out one single thing of the kind, in other respects indeterminate : as, " Give me a book;" .