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 Accuracy. ; [Three Lines from Blair]H. and E. Phinney, at their bookstore, printing-office and bindery., 1816 - 287 |
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... Adjectives . Sec . 1. Of the nature of adjectives , and the degrees of comparison . 2. Remarks on the subject of comparison . Chap . 5. Of Pronouns . Sec . 1. Of the personal pronouns . 2. Of relative pronouns , 3. Of the adjective ...
... Adjectives . Sec . 1. Of the nature of adjectives , and the degrees of comparison . 2. Remarks on the subject of comparison . Chap . 5. Of Pronouns . Sec . 1. Of the personal pronouns . 2. Of relative pronouns , 3. Of the adjective ...
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... Adjective Of the Syntax of the Verb . Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case . Of verbs active requiring the objective case · Of one verb governing another in the infinitive moo Of verbs related in point of time . Of the ...
... Adjective Of the Syntax of the Verb . Of the verb's agreement with the nominative case . Of verbs active requiring the objective case · Of one verb governing another in the infinitive moo Of verbs related in point of time . Of the ...
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... ADJECTIVE , the PRONOUN , the VERB , the AD- ERB , the PREPOSITION , the CONJUNCTION , and he INTERJECTION . 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives , o point them out , and to show how far their sig- ification extends ; as , a ...
... ADJECTIVE , the PRONOUN , the VERB , the AD- ERB , the PREPOSITION , the CONJUNCTION , and he INTERJECTION . 1. An Article is a word prefixed to substantives , o point them out , and to show how far their sig- ification extends ; as , a ...
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... Adjective is a word added to tive , to express its quality : as , " an i man ; a virtuous woman . " An adjective may be known by its making sense tion of the word thing ; as , a good thing ; a bad thi particular substantive ; as , a ...
... Adjective is a word added to tive , to express its quality : as , " an i man ; a virtuous woman . " An adjective may be known by its making sense tion of the word thing ; as , a good thing ; a bad thi particular substantive ; as , a ...
Strona 35
... adjectives ; him , his , we , it , are pronouns ; is , was , be- towed , do , pervert , are verbs ; most , how ... adjective under the noun ; some four , and others only two , ( the noun and the verb , ) sup- posing the rest to be ...
... adjectives ; him , his , we , it , are pronouns ; is , was , be- towed , do , pervert , are verbs ; most , how ... adjective under the noun ; some four , and others only two , ( the noun and the verb , ) sup- posing the rest to be ...
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accent according to Rule active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary better cæsura circumstances comma compound conjugation conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative denote derived dipthong distinct ellipsis English language examples express figure following sentence frequently Future Tense genitive give governed Grammar grammarians happy hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood irregular verb kind king learner Lord loved manner means metaphor mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun Perspicuity phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative pronoun render respect sense sentiments short signified simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable Syntax tence termination thing third person tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words writing
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Strona 259 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Strona 256 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
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Strona 284 - And but more relish'd as the more distress'd ; The broadest mirth unfeeling Folly wears Less pleasing far than Virtue's very tears: Good, from each object, from each place acquir'd...
Strona 283 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) " Virtue alone is happiness below.
Strona 202 - The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.