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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... SYNTAX , Of the syntax of the article 195 234 Of the syntax of the noun . Of several nouns joined by copulatives Of nouns connected by disjunctives 205 209 Page . Of nouns of multitude ...... Of one noun 16 CONTENTS .
... SYNTAX , Of the syntax of the article 195 234 Of the syntax of the noun . Of several nouns joined by copulatives Of nouns connected by disjunctives 205 209 Page . Of nouns of multitude ...... Of one noun 16 CONTENTS .
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... joined with a vowel , forms a complete sound , by a particular motion or contact of the organs of speech . Some grammarians subdivide vowels into the simple and the compound . But there does not appear to be any foun- dation for the ...
... joined with a vowel , forms a complete sound , by a particular motion or contact of the organs of speech . Some grammarians subdivide vowels into the simple and the compound . But there does not appear to be any foun- dation for the ...
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... joined to o at the end of a syllable , without affecting the sound of that vowel ; as in crow , blow , grow , know , row , flow , & c . When wis a vowel , and is distinguished in the pronun- ciation , it has exactly the same sound as u ...
... joined to o at the end of a syllable , without affecting the sound of that vowel ; as in crow , blow , grow , know , row , flow , & c . When wis a vowel , and is distinguished in the pronun- ciation , it has exactly the same sound as u ...
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... joined to the latter syllable : as , de - light , bri - dal , re - source ; except the letter x : as , ex - ist , ex - amine ; and except like- wise words compounded : as , up - on , un - even , dis - ease . 2. Two consonants proper to ...
... joined to the latter syllable : as , de - light , bri - dal , re - source ; except the letter x : as , ex - ist , ex - amine ; and except like- wise words compounded : as , up - on , un - even , dis - ease . 2. Two consonants proper to ...
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... joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another . adverb , to express some quality or circumstance respecting it : as , " He reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very correctly . " An Adverb may be generally known , by ...
... joined to a verb , an adjective , and sometimes to another . adverb , to express some quality or circumstance respecting it : as , " He reads well ; a truly good man ; he writes very correctly . " An Adverb may be generally known , by ...
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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...