English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 sider |
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Side 12
... construction of sentences . CHAP . 1 . Of the clearness of a sentence . 287 CHAP . 2 . Of the unity of a sentence . : 293 CHAP . 3 . Of the strength of a sentence . 297 CHAP . 4 . Of figures of speech . : : : 315 CONCLUSION ...
... construction of sentences . CHAP . 1 . Of the clearness of a sentence . 287 CHAP . 2 . Of the unity of a sentence . : 293 CHAP . 3 . Of the strength of a sentence . 297 CHAP . 4 . Of figures of speech . : : : 315 CONCLUSION ...
Side 13
... construction of sentences . PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY . CHAPTER 1. Of the LETTERS . SECT . 1. Of the nature of the letters , and of a perfect alphabet . An articulate sound , is the sound of the human voice , formed by the organs of speech ...
... construction of sentences . PART I. ORTHOGRAPHY . CHAPTER 1. Of the LETTERS . SECT . 1. Of the nature of the letters , and of a perfect alphabet . An articulate sound , is the sound of the human voice , formed by the organs of speech ...
Side 71
... construction only determining of which kind they are : as , to flatten , signifying to make even or level , is a verb active ; but when it signifies to grow dull or insipid , it is a verb neuter . A neuter verb , by the addition of a ...
... construction only determining of which kind they are : as , to flatten , signifying to make even or level , is a verb active ; but when it signifies to grow dull or insipid , it is a verb neuter . A neuter verb , by the addition of a ...
Side 77
... construction as , " The chan- cellor's attachment to the king secured his crown ; " and that the other examples will bear a similar construction . The words , being attached , govern the word chancellor's in the possessive case , in the ...
... construction as , " The chan- cellor's attachment to the king secured his crown ; " and that the other examples will bear a similar construction . The words , being attached , govern the word chancellor's in the possessive case , in the ...
Side 79
... construction of languages , which , in these points , do not suit the peculiar nature of our own , but differ considerably from it , we may very naturally ex- pect grammatical schemes that are neither perspicuous nor consistent , and ...
... construction of languages , which , in these points , do not suit the peculiar nature of our own , but differ considerably from it , we may very naturally ex- pect grammatical schemes that are neither perspicuous nor consistent , and ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary beauty better cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished duodecimo ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians guage happy hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative kind king learner Lord loved manner means mind names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety render Repeat respect SECT sense sentiment shalt short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tences termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee understood verb active verse virtue voice vowel wise writing
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Side 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Side 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Side 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Side 325 - 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!
Side 324 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Side 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Side 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Side 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Side 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.