An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Zväzok 1T. Wilson, 1808 |
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Strana 64
... refer to many sons and many flowers , separately , not col- lectively considered . The definite article the ;s frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
... refer to many sons and many flowers , separately , not col- lectively considered . The definite article the ;s frequently applied to adverbs in the comparative and superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more ...
Strana 96
... refer , or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circumstance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
... refer , or are joined ; but as each class of them does this , more or less exactly , or in a manner peculiar to itself , a division adapted to this circumstance appears to be suitable to the nature of things , and the understanding of ...
Strana 127
... refer also to present and to future time . See pages 114 , 115 . The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third ...
... refer also to present and to future time . See pages 114 , 115 . The next remark is , that the auxiliary will , in the first person singular and plural of the second future tense ; and the auxiliary shall , in the second and third ...
Strana 159
... refer to a subject peculiarly appropriated to that person : as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal implies a total absence of persons , it is improperly applied to those verbs ...
... refer to a subject peculiarly appropriated to that person : as , " It rains , it snows , it hails , it lightens , it thunders . " But as the word impersonal implies a total absence of persons , it is improperly applied to those verbs ...
Strana 174
... together , yet , on some occasions , it merely con- nects words , not sentences : as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair , " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being absurd to say , that the 174 ETYMOLOGY .
... together , yet , on some occasions , it merely con- nects words , not sentences : as , " The king and queen are an amiable pair , " where the affirmation cannot refer to each ; it being absurd to say , that the 174 ETYMOLOGY .
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accent action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears applied auxiliary verbs better cæsura compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction denote derived distinct ellipsis English language examples following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians happy hath idea imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind modes of expression nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative relative pronoun render respect Saxon sense sentiments signify singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable Syntax tence termination thing third person thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue vowel words wouldst writers
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Strana 485 - 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.
Strana 487 - Oh 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!
Strana 478 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Strana 471 - 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.
Strana 444 - 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.
Strana 472 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
Strana 462 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Strana 481 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years...
Strana 298 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Strana 477 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...