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 139
... agreement and right disposition of words in a sentence , many rules are necessary . The following , with the annexed observations , comprise the chief of them . RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case , in number and person ...
... agreement and right disposition of words in a sentence , many rules are necessary . The following , with the annexed observations , comprise the chief of them . RULE I. A verb must agree with its nominative case , in number and person ...
Side 141
... agree with either of them ; but some regard must be had to that which is more naturally the subject of it , as also to that which stands next to the verb : as , " His meat was locusts and wild honey ; " " A great cause of the low state ...
... agree with either of them ; but some regard must be had to that which is more naturally the subject of it , as also to that which stands next to the verb : as , " His meat was locusts and wild honey ; " " A great cause of the low state ...
Side 142
... agrees with its nominative , in the plural number : as , " The arguments advanced were nearly such as follow ... agreement were as follows , " and not , as follow . A few late writers have inconsiderately adopted this last form , through ...
... agrees with its nominative , in the plural number : as , " The arguments advanced were nearly such as follow ... agreement were as follows , " and not , as follow . A few late writers have inconsiderately adopted this last form , through ...
Side 143
... agreeing with them in the plural number : as , " Socrates and Plato were wise ; they were the most eminent philoso- phers of Greece ; " " The sun that rolls over our heads , the food that we receive , the rest that we enjoy , daily ...
... agreeing with them in the plural number : as , " Socrates and Plato were wise ; they were the most eminent philoso- phers of Greece ; " " The sun that rolls over our heads , the food that we receive , the rest that we enjoy , daily ...
Side 146
... agree with them in person , the second person takes place of the third , and the first of both " James , and thou , and I , are attached to our country . " . " Thou and he shared it between you . " as , RULE III . The conjunction ...
... agree with them in person , the second person takes place of the third , and the first of both " James , and thou , and I , are attached to our country . " . " Thou and he shared it between you . " as , RULE III . The conjunction ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst 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.