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 140
... hath pleased him of his goodness to give you safe deliverance , and hath preserved you in the great danger , " & c . The verb " hath preserved , " has here no nominative case , for it cannot be properly supplied by the preceding word ...
... hath pleased him of his goodness to give you safe deliverance , and hath preserved you in the great danger , " & c . The verb " hath preserved , " has here no nominative case , for it cannot be properly supplied by the preceding word ...
Side 141
... hath been offered up to him . " The pronoun it is here the nominative case to the verb " observed ; ” and which rule , is left by itself , a nominative case without any verb following it . This form of expression , though im- proper ...
... hath been offered up to him . " The pronoun it is here the nominative case to the verb " observed ; ” and which rule , is left by itself , a nominative case without any verb following it . This form of expression , though im- proper ...
Side 163
... hath , of all others , admitted fewer corruptions . " The word fewer is here construed précisely as if it were the superlative . It should be , " This noble nation hath admitted fewer corruptions than any other . " We commonly say ...
... hath , of all others , admitted fewer corruptions . " The word fewer is here construed précisely as if it were the superlative . It should be , " This noble nation hath admitted fewer corruptions than any other . " We commonly say ...
Side 167
... hath given reason to a man to be a light unto him : " it should rather be , " to man , " in general . " This day is salvation come to this house , forasmuch as he also is the son of Abraham : " it ought to be " a son of Abraham ...
... hath given reason to a man to be a light unto him : " it should rather be , " to man , " in general . " This day is salvation come to this house , forasmuch as he also is the son of Abraham : " it ought to be " a son of Abraham ...
Side 179
... hath given , and the Lord hath taken away ; " we should say , " The Lord gave , " & c . Instead of , " I re- member him these many years ; it should be , " I have remembered him , " & c . . It is not easy to give particular rules for ...
... hath given , and the Lord hath taken away ; " we should say , " The Lord gave , " & c . Instead of , " I re- member him these many years ; it should be , " I have remembered him , " & c . . It is not easy to give particular rules for ...
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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.