A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... represent them . The Eng- lish alphabet is said to be defective in these respects . To represent fifteen different sounds , as in the words fate , far , fall , fat ; me , met ; pine , pin ; no , move , nor , not ; tube , tub , bull ; it ...
... represent them . The Eng- lish alphabet is said to be defective in these respects . To represent fifteen different sounds , as in the words fate , far , fall , fat ; me , met ; pine , pin ; no , move , nor , not ; tube , tub , bull ; it ...
Pàgina 12
... represent particular sounds . Still a few observations may be of use . Observation 1. - Spelling is , to a considerable extent , regu- lated by pronunciation ; but sometimes a letter has remained in the written form of the word after ...
... represent particular sounds . Still a few observations may be of use . Observation 1. - Spelling is , to a considerable extent , regu- lated by pronunciation ; but sometimes a letter has remained in the written form of the word after ...
Pàgina 14
... signs of ideas , and they are classified and named , not from their form , but from the nature of the idea they represent or stand for . 14 ETYMOLOGY . -ETYMOLOGY Page Affixes, 123 CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS, Meaning of Words,
... signs of ideas , and they are classified and named , not from their form , but from the nature of the idea they represent or stand for . 14 ETYMOLOGY . -ETYMOLOGY Page Affixes, 123 CLASSIFICATION OF WORDS, Meaning of Words,
Pàgina 15
Charles Walker Connon. nature of the idea they represent or stand for . The class of any particular word is only to be ascertained by observing the office which it performs . What it does , alone indicates what it is . It would be quite ...
Charles Walker Connon. nature of the idea they represent or stand for . The class of any particular word is only to be ascertained by observing the office which it performs . What it does , alone indicates what it is . It would be quite ...
Pàgina 39
... represent ideas in some measure by themselves , they have been called notional words , whereas Prepositions and Conjunctions have got the name of relational words , as they merely serve to indicate connexions of various kinds between ...
... represent ideas in some measure by themselves , they have been called notional words , whereas Prepositions and Conjunctions have got the name of relational words , as they merely serve to indicate connexions of various kinds between ...
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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.