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... woman . 2. A Subftantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of which we have any no- tion ; as , London , man , virtue . A fubftantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its ...
... woman . 2. A Subftantive or noun is the name of any thing that exists , or of which we have any no- tion ; as , London , man , virtue . A fubftantive may , in general , be distinguished by its taking an article before it , or by its ...
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... how far their fignification extends ; as , a garden , an eagle , the woman . In English there are but two articles , a and the ; a becomes an before a vowel , and before a filent h ; as , an acorn , an hour 14 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... how far their fignification extends ; as , a garden , an eagle , the woman . In English there are but two articles , a and the ; a becomes an before a vowel , and before a filent h ; as , an acorn , an hour 14 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... woman , a duck , a hen . The neuter gender denotes objects which are neither males nor females ; as , a field , a house , a garden . Some fubftantives naturally neuter , are , by a figure of speech , converted into the masculine or ...
... woman , a duck , a hen . The neuter gender denotes objects which are neither males nor females ; as , a field , a house , a garden . Some fubftantives naturally neuter , are , by a figure of speech , converted into the masculine or ...
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... Woman . Bull . Cow . Master . Mistress . Steer . Bullock , or ? Heifer . Milter . Spawner . Cock . Hen . Nephew . Ram . Niece . Ewe . Dog . Bitch . Drake . Duck . Singer . Songstress Lor Singer . Earl . Countefs . Sloven . Slut . Father ...
... Woman . Bull . Cow . Master . Mistress . Steer . Bullock , or ? Heifer . Milter . Spawner . Cock . Hen . Nephew . Ram . Niece . Ewe . Dog . Bitch . Drake . Duck . Singer . Songstress Lor Singer . Earl . Countefs . Sloven . Slut . Father ...
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... woman ; " " A benevolent mind . " In English the adjective is not varied on ac- count of gender , number , or cafe . Thus we fay , " A carelefs boy ; carelefs girls . " The only variation which it admits , is that of the degrees of ...
... woman ; " " A benevolent mind . " In English the adjective is not varied on ac- count of gender , number , or cafe . Thus we fay , " A carelefs boy ; carelefs girls . " The only variation which it admits , is that of the degrees of ...
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Abridgment active verb Adjective Pronouns adverb alfo becauſe beſt coft common fubftantive Conjugate the following conjunction correfpondent DEFECTIVE VERBS defire English eſteemed EXERCISES exprefs fame fays fecond felf fenfe fentence ferve fhall fhort fhould have loved fhow fignifies fingular number firſt following verbs fome fometimes fubject fubjunctive mood fuch Future Tense fyllable gender happineſs happy honour Imperative Mood imperfect tenfe Imperfect Tense indicative mood induſtry Infinitive Mood Interjections Irregular Verbs larger Grammar lative moft moſt muſt neuter nominative cafe nouns objective cafe ORTHOGRAPHY ourſelves paffions paffive parfing PARSING Perf perfect participle perfonal pronoun pleaſure Pluperfect Tense plural number poffeffive cafe Potential Mood prepofition Present Tense refpect regular verb ſchool SECT ſeparate ſhall Singular ſtudy tenfe tenſes themſelves theſe thing third perfon fingular thofe thoſe Thou art Thou mayft Thou mightſt ufed uſed verb active virtue voice vowel wife wiſdom word wouldft Write the following
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Seite 13 - English, nine sorts of words, or, as they are commonly called, PARTS OF SPEECH ; namely, the ARTICLE, the SUBSTANTIVE or NOUN, the ADJECTIVE, the PRONOUN, the VERB, the ADVERB, the PREPOSITION, the CONJUNCTION, and the INTERJECTION.
Seite 95 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Seite 50 - Syntax principally consists of two parts, Concord and Government Concord is the agreement which one word has with another, in gender, number, case, or person. Government is that power which one part of speech has over another, in directing its mood, tense, or case.
Seite 45 - Shred, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Slide, Sling, Slink, Slit, Smite, .. Sow, Speak, Speed, Spend, Spill, Spin, Spit, Split, Spread, Spring, Stand, Steal, Stick, Sting, Stink, Stride, Strike, String, Strive, Imperfect, shred, shut, sung, sang, sunk, sank, sat, slew, slept, slid, slung, slunk, slit, R.
Seite 57 - ACCENT. Accent is the laying of a peculiar stress of the voice on a certain letter or syllable in a word, that it may be better heard than the rest, or distinguished from them : as, in the word presume, the stress of the voice must be on the letter u, and second syllable sume, which takes the accent.
Seite 97 - All nature is but art unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou can'st not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. Heav'n's choice is safer than our own . Of ages past inquire, What the most formidable fate;
Seite 97 - Who lives to nature, rarely can be poor ; Who lives to fancy, never can be rich.
Seite 98 - Whilft all the ftars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And fpread the truth from pole to pole, Vot. HI. O o What III. What tho' in folemn filence all Move round the dark terreftrial ball ? What tho' nor real voice nor found Amid their radiant orbs be found?
Seite 43 - R. come. coft. crowed. crept. cut. dared. dealt, R. dug, R. done. drawn. driven. drunk. dwelt, R. eaten. fallen. fed. felt. fought, found.
Seite 50 - RULE II. Two or more nouns, fyc. in the singular number, joined together by a copulative conjunction, expressed or understood, must have verbs, nouns, and pronouns, agreeing with them in the plural number: as " Socrates and Plato were wise; they were the most eminent philosophers of Greece;" " The sun that rolls over our heads, the food that we receive, the rest that we enjoy, daily admonish us of a superior and superintending Power.