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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... sometimes w and y . W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels . It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that w and y are consonants when they begin a syllable ...
... sometimes w and y . W and y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are vowels . It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that w and y are consonants when they begin a syllable ...
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... sometimes found in Latin words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c . ; but others have laid it aside , and write enigma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a as in ...
... sometimes found in Latin words . Some authors retain this form ; as , ænigma , æquator , & c . ; but others have laid it aside , and write enigma , Cesar , Eneas , & c . The diphthong ai has exactly the long slender sound of a as in ...
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... sometimes the sound of sh ; as in ocean , social . C is mute in czar , czarine , victuals , & c . C , says Dr. Johnson , according to English orthography , never ends a word ; and therefore we find in our best diction- aries , stick ...
... sometimes the sound of sh ; as in ocean , social . C is mute in czar , czarine , victuals , & c . C , says Dr. Johnson , according to English orthography , never ends a word ; and therefore we find in our best diction- aries , stick ...
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... sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , ser- jeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England , yes , pretty . E is always mute at the end of a word , except in mono- syllables that have no other vowel ; as , me , he , she ...
... sometimes the sound of middle a ; as in clerk , ser- jeant ; and sometimes that of short i ; as in England , yes , pretty . E is always mute at the end of a word , except in mono- syllables that have no other vowel ; as , me , he , she ...
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... sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound of f ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified by ...
... sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound of f ; as in laugh , cough , tough . Sometimes only the g is sounded ; as in burgh , burgher . H The sound signified by ...
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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 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.
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Seite 245 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
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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.