English Grammar, Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners: With an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyT. Wilson & Sons, High-Ousegate, 1805 - 328 Seiten |
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... refer to many gems and many flowers , feparately , not col- lectively confidered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and fuperlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
... refer to many gems and many flowers , feparately , not col- lectively confidered . The definite article the is frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and fuperlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
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... refer or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or lefs exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a divifion adapted to this circum- ftance appears to be fuitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
... refer or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or lefs exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a divifion adapted to this circum- ftance appears to be fuitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
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... refer to a fubject peculiarly appropriated to that perfon ; as , " It rains , it fnows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word imperfonal implies a total ab- fence of perfons , it is improperly applied to thofe verbs ...
... refer to a fubject peculiarly appropriated to that perfon ; as , " It rains , it fnows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word imperfonal implies a total ab- fence of perfons , it is improperly applied to thofe verbs ...
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... not fentences ; as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being abfurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the inftances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
... not fentences ; as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair ; " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being abfurd to say , that the king or the queen only is an amiable pair . So in the inftances , ETYMOLOGY . 127.
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... refers the verb to one or other of the preceding terms in a separate view . To preferve the distinctive uses of the ... refer , to be placed in the plural number . " 2. In many complex fentences , it is difficult for learners to ...
... refers the verb to one or other of the preceding terms in a separate view . To preferve the distinctive uses of the ... refer , to be placed in the plural number . " 2. In many complex fentences , it is difficult for learners to ...
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accent adjective adverb alfo alſo Amphibrach auxiliary becauſe beſt better circumſtances compariſon compofition confiderable confifts confonant conftruction conjunction denote diftinct diphthong diſtinguiſh emphafis English English language expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feparated ferve fhall fhort fhould fhow fignifies fimple fingle fingular number firſt following fentence fometimes fpeak fpeech fubftantive fubject fubjunctive mood fuch fufficient fyllable grammar grammarians imperative mood Imperfect Tenfe indicative mood infinitive mood inftances inſtead irregular verb itſelf laft language laſt learner lefs loved means meaſure moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neuter nominative cafe noun obfervations objective cafe occafions paffive participle paufe perfon fingular perfonal pronoun phrafes pleaſure plural number poffeffive pofition Potential Mood preceding Prefent Tenfe prepofition proper propriety reafon refpect RULE ſhall ſhort ſpeak ſtate thefe theſe thing third perfon thofe thoſe thou tion Trochee underſtanding underſtood uſed verb voice vowel whofe writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 318 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Seite 252 - 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...
Seite 323 - O 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...
Seite 311 - But God be thanked, his pride is greater than his ignorance, and what he wants in knowledge, he supplies by sufficiency. When he has looked about him as far as he can, he concludes there, is no more to be seen; when he is at the end of his line, he is at the bottom of the ocean; when he has shot his best, he is sure, none ever did nor ever can shoot better or beyond it. His own reason is the certain measure of truth, his own knowledge, of what is possible in nature...
Seite 321 - O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Seite 267 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Seite 315 - For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Seite 146 - ... all the virtues that have been ever in mankind are to be counted upon a few fingers, but his follies and vices are innumerable, and time adds hourly to the heap.
Seite 305 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Seite 59 - What, is a kind of compound relative, including both the antecedent and the relative, and is equivalent to that which; as "This is what I wanted ;" that is to say,