An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language. Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the ExercisesT. Wilson & sons, 1824 |
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... definite article ; because it as- certains what particular thing or things are meant : as , " Give me the book ; " " Bring me the apples ; " meaning some book , or apples , referred to . A substantive without any article to limit it ...
... definite article ; because it as- certains what particular thing or things are meant : as , " Give me the book ; " " Bring me the apples ; " meaning some book , or apples , referred to . A substantive without any article to limit it ...
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... definite article may be joined also to plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the latter chiefly with the word great before it , ) which , though joined with ...
... definite article may be joined also to plurals . But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule , in the use of the adjectives few and many , ( the latter chiefly with the word great before it , ) which , though joined with ...
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... definite article is used ; because the thing spoken of , being in the neighbourhood , is well known , and a matter of some consequence to the people who are acquainted with it . That we may perceive , still more clearly , the nature and ...
... definite article is used ; because the thing spoken of , being in the neighbourhood , is well known , and a matter of some consequence to the people who are acquainted with it . That we may perceive , still more clearly , the nature and ...
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... definite as they may be ; ( the personal pronouns for instance ; ) nor with such words as , being undefinable , cannot properly be made otherwise ; ( as the interrogative pronouns ; ) but only with those words , which , though ...
... definite as they may be ; ( the personal pronouns for instance ; ) nor with such words as , being undefinable , cannot properly be made otherwise ; ( as the interrogative pronouns ; ) but only with those words , which , though ...
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... definite , are the subsequent expla- nations ; which certainly do not alter or affect the gram- matical nature of the article . The mode of arguing adopted by this writer proves too much , and therefore nothing . Let us try its ...
... definite , are the subsequent expla- nations ; which certainly do not alter or affect the gram- matical nature of the article . The mode of arguing adopted by this writer proves too much , and therefore nothing . Let us try its ...
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accent action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears applied auxiliary verbs better cæsura compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion considered consonant construction denotes derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English language examples following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians Greek happy ideas idiom imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE implies improperly improvements indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind modes of expression nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle particular passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety relative render respect Rule of Syntax Saxon sense sentiments short signify singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable tence thing third person thou tion tive tongue Trochee understood verb active virtue voice vowel words writing
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Page 476 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 536 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 502 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 370 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 490 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 465 - 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.
Page 207 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 496 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Page 369 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 462 - 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.