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 26
... signified by the united letters th , sh , ng , are elementary , and have no single appropriate characters , in our alphabet ; and that the letters a and u represent the different sounds heard in hat , hale , hall ; and in but , bull ...
... signified by the united letters th , sh , ng , are elementary , and have no single appropriate characters , in our alphabet ; and that the letters a and u represent the different sounds heard in hat , hale , hall ; and in but , bull ...
Strana 36
... signified by this letter , is , as before observed , an articulate sound , and not merely an aspiration . It is heard in the words , hat , horse , Hull . It is seldom mute at the beginning of a word . It is always silent after r : as ...
... signified by this letter , is , as before observed , an articulate sound , and not merely an aspiration . It is heard in the words , hat , horse , Hull . It is seldom mute at the beginning of a word . It is always silent after r : as ...
Strana 62
... signified by this letter , which very often occurs umongst readers and speakers . An horse , an husband , an herald , an heathen , and many similar associations , are frequently to be found in works of taste and merit . To remedy this ...
... signified by this letter , which very often occurs umongst readers and speakers . An horse , an husband , an herald , an heathen , and many similar associations , are frequently to be found in works of taste and merit . To remedy this ...
Strana 75
... signified . " The king consented ; and , by this means , all hope of success was lost . " Here but one mediating ... signifying persons of genius . Indexes , when it signifies pointers , or Tables of contents : Indices , when referring ...
... signified . " The king consented ; and , by this means , all hope of success was lost . " Here but one mediating ... signifying persons of genius . Indexes , when it signifies pointers , or Tables of contents : Indices , when referring ...
Strana 78
... signified by the addition of articles and prepositions to the noun , may properly be denominated cases , in English ; and that , on this principle , there are , in our language , as many cases as in the Latin tongue . But to this mode ...
... signified by the addition of articles and prepositions to the noun , may properly be denominated cases , in English ; and that , on this principle , there are , in our language , as many cases as in the Latin tongue . But to this mode ...
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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...