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Page 27
... Person who fpeaks may speak of himfelf ; fecondly , he may fpeak of the Perfon to whom he addreffes him- felf ; thirdly , he may speak of fome other Person . These are called , refpe & ively , the First , Second , and Third , Persons ...
... Person who fpeaks may speak of himfelf ; fecondly , he may fpeak of the Perfon to whom he addreffes him- felf ; thirdly , he may speak of fome other Person . These are called , refpe & ively , the First , Second , and Third , Persons ...
Page 28
... third Perfon or thing spoken of being absent and in many respects un- known , it is necessary , that it should be marked by a diftinction of Gender ; at least when some particular person or thing is fpoken of , which ought to be more ...
... third Perfon or thing spoken of being absent and in many respects un- known , it is necessary , that it should be marked by a diftinction of Gender ; at least when some particular person or thing is fpoken of , which ought to be more ...
Page 47
... Person Plural of the Pronoun placed in agreement with the firft or Third Per- fon Singular of the Verb , is an enormous Solecism : and yet Authors of the first rank have inadvertently fallen into it . Knowing that you was my old ...
... Person Plural of the Pronoun placed in agreement with the firft or Third Per- fon Singular of the Verb , is an enormous Solecism : and yet Authors of the first rank have inadvertently fallen into it . Knowing that you was my old ...
Page 105
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. is eafier to bear , than a man without ... third , and the firft of both : He and You and I won it at the hazard of our ... person or perfons confidered merely as a Cause . Examples : I. ' Twas at the ...
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. is eafier to bear , than a man without ... third , and the firft of both : He and You and I won it at the hazard of our ... person or perfons confidered merely as a Cause . Examples : I. ' Twas at the ...
Page 142
... third Perfon is the Antecedent , and the Verb agrees with the Relative in the third Perfon : « I am the Lord , which ... Person : « I am the Lord , that make all things . " But when it follows , that Spreadeth abroad the earth by my ...
... third Perfon is the Antecedent , and the Verb agrees with the Relative in the third Perfon : « I am the Lord , which ... Person : « I am the Lord , that make all things . " But when it follows , that Spreadeth abroad the earth by my ...
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Abfolute Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anſwer Article Auxiliary Verb becauſe beft Bentley Caſe Compariſon confonant conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong diſcourſe Dryden Effay English example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fhall fignifies firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftantive ftill ftyle fuch fupplied fyllable Gender governed Grammar hath himſelf Ibid Iliad improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inftead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language Letter likewife manner Milton miſtake moft moſt muft Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Pref Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſe reafon refpect reft Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm Shakspeare ſhould ſome ſpoken Subftantive Subjunctive Subjunctive Mode ſuch Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words
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Page 26 - 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 174 - 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 120 - God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death, if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 174 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think 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 174 - 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 117 - 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 145 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.
Page 30 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 171 - Were all books reduced thus to their quintessence, many a bulky author would make his appearance in a penny paper: there would be scarce such a thing in nature as a folio : the works of an age would be contained on a few shelves ; not to mention millions of volumes that would be utterly annihilated.
Page 166 - How many ladies distinguish themselves by the education of their children, care of their families, and love of their husbands...