An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Band 1T. Wilson, 1808 |
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... better enabled to extend and improve his work . These improvements consist chiefly of a number of observations , calculated to illustrate and con- firm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical ...
... better enabled to extend and improve his work . These improvements consist chiefly of a number of observations , calculated to illustrate and con- firm particular rules and positions contained in the Grammar ; and of many critical ...
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... better or worse shaped for this reverberation , the voice is said to be more or less . agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
... better or worse shaped for this reverberation , the voice is said to be more or less . agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of ...
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... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " Though the definitions and uses of the articles , as we have explained them , are conformable to those exhibited by Harris , Lowth , Johnson , Beattie , Priestley , Blair , Coote ...
... better I like it . I like this the least of any . " Though the definitions and uses of the articles , as we have explained them , are conformable to those exhibited by Harris , Lowth , Johnson , Beattie , Priestley , Blair , Coote ...
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... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , " My friend's sister in law . " Some gram- marians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's ...
... better expressed by saying , " the sister of my friend's wife ; " or , " My friend's sister in law . " Some gram- marians say , that in each of the following phrases , viz . " A book of my brother's , " " A servant of the queen's ...
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... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
... better of analogy , ) that are irregular in this respect : as , " good , better , best ; bad , worse , worst ; little , less , least ; much or many , more , most ; near , nearer , nearest or next ; late , later , latest or last ; old ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 478 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 481 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...