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 AccuracySamuel Raynor, 1852 - 264 Seiten |
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... governed by an active verb , or a preposition , is very differently circumstanced , from a noun in the nomina- tive ... governing word , then we have in our language as many cases almost , as there are prepositions : and above a man ...
... governed by an active verb , or a preposition , is very differently circumstanced , from a noun in the nomina- tive ... governing word , then we have in our language as many cases almost , as there are prepositions : and above a man ...
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... governs the objective case ; and as there are not , in each of these sentences , two apostrophes with the letters coming after them , we cannot with proprie- ty say , that there are two genitive cases . CHAPTER IV . Of Adjectives ...
... governs the objective case ; and as there are not , in each of these sentences , two apostrophes with the letters coming after them , we cannot with proprie- ty say , that there are two genitive cases . CHAPTER IV . Of Adjectives ...
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... govern the cases of nouns and pro- nouns , in the same manner as verbs do ; and therefore should be comprehended in ... govern the word chancellor's in the possessive case , in the one instance , as clearly as attachment governs it in ...
... govern the cases of nouns and pro- nouns , in the same manner as verbs do ; and therefore should be comprehended in ... govern the word chancellor's in the possessive case , in the one instance , as clearly as attachment governs it in ...
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... govern the genitive or possessive case . The following sentence is not precisely the same as the above , either in sense or construction , though , except the genitive case , the words are the same ; " The chancellor , be- ing attached ...
... govern the genitive or possessive case . The following sentence is not precisely the same as the above , either in sense or construction , though , except the genitive case , the words are the same ; " The chancellor , be- ing attached ...
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... governed by benefits more than by fear " " I shall hereafter employ my time more use ully . " In these examples , the words , promotes , governed , and shall em- ploy , are used indefinitely , both in regard to action and time ; for ...
... governed by benefits more than by fear " " I shall hereafter employ my time more use ully . " In these examples , the words , promotes , governed , and shall em- ploy , are used indefinitely , both in regard to action and time ; for ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improper indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations occasions Octavo Grammar participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence termination thing third person singular thou tion tive Trochee verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Seite 251 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Seite 243 - I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her." " Thou art my rock and my fortress." "Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
Seite 182 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Seite 247 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8.
Seite 204 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Seite 245 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Seite 124 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
Seite 193 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Seite 247 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Seite 192 - When through the clouds he drives the trembling doves...