A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... exists are brought into close contact , the error becomes so obvious that it requires no exercise of thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error of any kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and ...
... exists are brought into close contact , the error becomes so obvious that it requires no exercise of thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error of any kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and ...
Pàgina 14
... exists ; away ; chief ; reason ; belonging to us ; the twelfth part of the day ; the ocean ; to observe . PART II . ETYMOLOGY . 20. The word ETYMOLOGY , from Erupov ( etumon ) , the root of a word , and λoyos ( logos ) , a discourse ...
... exists ; away ; chief ; reason ; belonging to us ; the twelfth part of the day ; the ocean ; to observe . PART II . ETYMOLOGY . 20. The word ETYMOLOGY , from Erupov ( etumon ) , the root of a word , and λoyos ( logos ) , a discourse ...
Pàgina 25
... exists between a transitive and an intransitive verb . The distinction between transitive and intransitive is not absolute , and in some cases it is very difficult to decide whether a verb belongs to the one class or the other . " Is ...
... exists between a transitive and an intransitive verb . The distinction between transitive and intransitive is not absolute , and in some cases it is very difficult to decide whether a verb belongs to the one class or the other . " Is ...
Pàgina 46
... exists in the things , not in the words . It 94. Without , then , upholding the correctness of the classi- fication , we may state , that the gender of a noun is said to be indicated in three ways : -1st , By a different termina- tion ...
... exists in the things , not in the words . It 94. Without , then , upholding the correctness of the classi- fication , we may state , that the gender of a noun is said to be indicated in three ways : -1st , By a different termina- tion ...
Pàgina 59
... exists . But in the Persian we have precisely the same comparative , behter , with exactly the same signification , regularly formed from its positive , beh , good . " 127. Sometimes the same idea is conveyed by prefixing an adverb to ...
... exists . But in the Persian we have precisely the same comparative , behter , with exactly the same signification , regularly formed from its positive , beh , good . " 127. Sometimes the same idea is conveyed by prefixing an adverb to ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison conjunction connected connexion considered copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection interjections irregular James reads John king Latham Latin marks masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate prefix preposition PRESENT TENSE principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense sentence Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thing Thou thought tion transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 94 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in His presence, ever to observe His providence, and on Him sole depend...
Pàgina 83 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Pàgina 84 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pàgina 149 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Pàgina 98 - 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, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Pàgina 166 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms...
Pàgina 165 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Pàgina 167 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Pàgina 168 - Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.
Pàgina 165 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.