A general critical grammar of the Inglish language, on a system novel and extensive |
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Pàgina 27
... definite , the inde- finite , the euphonick - indefinite . * The definite article is the : it is used to ascertain precisely a particular thing , as , the man , the woman , the horse . The indefinite article is a : it is used to point ...
... definite , the inde- finite , the euphonick - indefinite . * The definite article is the : it is used to ascertain precisely a particular thing , as , the man , the woman , the horse . The indefinite article is a : it is used to point ...
Pàgina 28
... definite article the is employed before all words , whe- ther commencing with a vowel or a consonant , and whether in the singular or the plural number . [ See the article the un- der the sounds of E. ] - The indefinite article a is ...
... definite article the is employed before all words , whe- ther commencing with a vowel or a consonant , and whether in the singular or the plural number . [ See the article the un- der the sounds of E. ] - The indefinite article a is ...
Pàgina 29
... definite article is uselessly , and improperly applied to adverbs in the superlative degree : thus we should " I like this the most of all , " but , " I like this most not say ; of all.6 : Lowth , Murray , and other grammarians apply ...
... definite article is uselessly , and improperly applied to adverbs in the superlative degree : thus we should " I like this the most of all , " but , " I like this most not say ; of all.6 : Lowth , Murray , and other grammarians apply ...
Pàgina 30
... definite article which has little definite use ; but the indefinite article they wholely lack , supplying its place by the numeral adjective one ; whence it is evident that they are incapable of contradis- tinguishing a man from one man ...
... definite article which has little definite use ; but the indefinite article they wholely lack , supplying its place by the numeral adjective one ; whence it is evident that they are incapable of contradis- tinguishing a man from one man ...
Pàgina 33
... definite article to proper names in - general , especially when such names are of note : they say commonly , Il Dante , il Tasso , l'Ariosto , l'Alfieri . Both the Italians and the French absurdly place a definite article in the plural ...
... definite article to proper names in - general , especially when such names are of note : they say commonly , Il Dante , il Tasso , l'Ariosto , l'Alfieri . Both the Italians and the French absurdly place a definite article in the plural ...
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accordantly adjectival adjectives admit adverbs Amphibrach analogy Anapest Anapestick ancient antepenultimate accent auxiliary sign cesura Classical Classick comma commonly compounds conjugation conjunction consonant dative declension definite article derived dialects diphthong dissyllables distinctive express feminine French gender genitive gentile German Gothick grammar grammarians Greek heard heroick hyphen Iambick Iambus idiom implies improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Ingland Inglish language Inglish tongue Inglish verb interjections Italian jargon Johnson Latin letters long quantity markt modern mute neuter noun Observe orthoepy orthography past participle past tense pause penultimate accent plural poetical poetry polysyllables Poss.-gen possessive preceded preposition Present Tense pronunciation proper names properly Pyrrhick rhyme rule Saxon secondary accent Sect semipede sense sentence sequent short quantity signification singular sometimes sound Spanish speech Spondee substantival pronoun substantive superlative syllable termination Thou tion tive Todd triphthong Trisyllables Trochaick Trochee unaccented usage verse vowel Walker words write written
Passatges populars
Pàgina 248 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Pàgina 257 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Pàgina 251 - Windsor! and thy green retreats, At once the monarch's and the muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Granville commands: your aid, O Muses, bring! What muse for Granville can refuse to sing ? The groves of Eden...
Pàgina 252 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Pàgina 252 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pàgina 236 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Pàgina 261 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Pàgina 232 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike; And like the sun. they shine on all alike.
Pàgina 233 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Pàgina 196 - We cannot indeed have a single image in the fancy that did not make its first entrance through the sight; but we have the power of retaining, altering, and compounding those images which we have once received, into all the varieties of picture and vision...