The Principles of Language Exemplified in a Practical English Grammar: With Copious Exercises Designed as an Introduction to the Study of Language Generally, for the Use of Schools, and Self-instructionWhittaker and Company, 1843 - 264 pages |
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... fact has imposed upon him a weary task which might have been spared . Having thus given the history of the work , a few observations may be allowed upon its matter . If uni- versality be held a proof of the wisdom of a practice , it ...
... fact has imposed upon him a weary task which might have been spared . Having thus given the history of the work , a few observations may be allowed upon its matter . If uni- versality be held a proof of the wisdom of a practice , it ...
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... facts themselves in his memory ; while the habit of expressing himself promptly and metho- dically upon any subject in his own language , will accelerate his progress in others , and more especially the living ones , from the readiness ...
... facts themselves in his memory ; while the habit of expressing himself promptly and metho- dically upon any subject in his own language , will accelerate his progress in others , and more especially the living ones , from the readiness ...
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... and rational a basis , cannot now be determined . It is not , however , improbable , that the fact of using two distinct tongues , the Saxon and the Norman , in one of which the neuter gender was found , while it was 14 OF GENDER .
... and rational a basis , cannot now be determined . It is not , however , improbable , that the fact of using two distinct tongues , the Saxon and the Norman , in one of which the neuter gender was found , while it was 14 OF GENDER .
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... fact to be merely assumed , and not asserted . Ex .: I would travel , were I rich . Should the master consent , we will go . The office of that modification of the verb , which is called mood , is to indicate these different intentions ...
... fact to be merely assumed , and not asserted . Ex .: I would travel , were I rich . Should the master consent , we will go . The office of that modification of the verb , which is called mood , is to indicate these different intentions ...
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... is employed ; for we should not say , " all trees are known by theirs fruits , " which is the form of the genitive in the plural . The nature of our possessive adjectives is not altered by the fact that they must ADDITION . 39.
... is employed ; for we should not say , " all trees are known by theirs fruits , " which is the form of the genitive in the plural . The nature of our possessive adjectives is not altered by the fact that they must ADDITION . 39.
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accessory attributive sentence accessory sentence action adjective verb ADVERBIAL SENTENCES adverbs of degree antecedent assertion auxiliary verbs called child class of words clause combined complex sentences commonly compound conjugated conjunctions connected convey defined definitive determined distinct ellipsis employed English equivalent examples EXERCISE feminine following sentences forming the complement frequently Future Perfect Future Perfect Tense Future Tense genitive governed grammar grammarians hyphen idea IMPERATIVE MOOD indicative mood infinitive mood inflection instances interrogative language Latin latter LESSON masculine master negative nominative sentence noun object participial substantive passive voice peculiar Perfect Tense Indefinite person singular personal pronouns phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number POTENTIAL MOOD preceding preposition Present Tense principal sentence pupil regarded relation relative pronoun second person SECTION sense serving simple sentences singular number sometimes speak speaker spoken stantive subjunctive mood syllable tence third person tion tive transitive verb twelve complex sentences twenty sentences verbal substantive whence write
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Page 258 - Thus the first years are usually employed and diverted in looking abroad. Men's business in them is to acquaint themselves with what is to be found without; and so, growing up in a constant attention to outward sensations, seldom make any considerable reflection on what passes within them till they come to be of riper years; and some scarce ever at all.
Page 238 - ... read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run...
Page 222 - Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
Page 238 - Know, knew, known, Lade, laded, laden. Lay, laid, laid. Lead, led, led. Leave, left, left. Lend, lent, lent. Let, let, let Lie, to lie down, lay, lain. Load, loaded, laden, x. Lose, lost, lost. Make, made, made. Meet, met, met. Mow, mowed, mown, R.
Page 104 - Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Page 236 - Bear, to carry, bore, Beat, beat, Begin, began, Bend, bent, Bereave, bereft, R. Beseech, besought, Bid, bid, bade, Bind, bound, Bite, bit, Bleed, bled, Blow, blew, Break, broke, Breed, . bred, Bring, brought, Build, built, Burst, burst, Buy, bought, Cast, cast, Catch, caught, R.
Page 132 - And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 237 - ... Froze Got Gilt, R. Girt, R. Gave Went Graved Ground Grew Had Hung, R. Heard Hewed Hid Hit Held Hurt Kept Knit, R.
Page 237 - ... fall fell feed fed feel felt fight fought find found flee fled fling flung fly flew forbear forbore...
Page 104 - ... prudence : the youth commits himself to magnanimity and chance. The young man who intends no ill, believes that none is intended, and therefore acts with openness and...