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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... proper to be committed to memory , are printed with a larger type ; whilst rules and remarks that are of less consequence , that extend or di- versify the general idea , or that serve as explanations , are con- tained in the smaller ...
... proper to be committed to memory , are printed with a larger type ; whilst rules and remarks that are of less consequence , that extend or di- versify the general idea , or that serve as explanations , are con- tained in the smaller ...
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... proper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and form- ing them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as intelligible to young minds , as the nature of the subject ...
... proper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and form- ing them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as intelligible to young minds , as the nature of the subject ...
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... proper skill in the connexion and meaning of words , and by a tenacious misapplication of language . ONE of the best supports which the recommendation of this study can receive , in small compass , may be derived from the following ...
... proper skill in the connexion and meaning of words , and by a tenacious misapplication of language . ONE of the best supports which the recommendation of this study can receive , in small compass , may be derived from the following ...
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... proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . a Words containing the simple sounds . fate as heard in a as in fall a as in fat a as in far e as in me e as . in met ...
... proper and distinct sound . And here it will be proper to begin with the vowels . Letters denoting the simple sounds . a Words containing the simple sounds . fate as heard in a as in fall a as in fat a as in far e as in me e as . in met ...
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... proper diphthong is that in which both the vowels are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as , ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless ...
... proper diphthong is that in which both the vowels are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as , ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless ...
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accent according to RULE active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeably Amphibrach appear auxiliary better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improper improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb neuter kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun Repeat respect sense sentiments short signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable tence termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Seite 245 - 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 212 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Seite 192 - 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 245 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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 186 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
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 250 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals or collate manuscripts, but to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the...
Seite 248 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years; and now his honest front Flames in the light refulgent, not afraid Even with the vineyard's best produce to vie.
Seite 233 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.