An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, כרך 1T. Wilson, 1808 |
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עמוד 8
... instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which ...
... instances of false grammar , under the rules of Syntax , are numerous , it is hoped they will not be found too many , when their variety and usefulness are considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which ...
עמוד 28
... instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by s . G , in the soft pronunciation , is not a simple , but a complex sound ; as age is pronounced aidge . Jis unnecessary , because its sound ...
... instance , is superfluous in both its sounds ; the one being expressed by k , and the other by s . G , in the soft pronunciation , is not a simple , but a complex sound ; as age is pronounced aidge . Jis unnecessary , because its sound ...
עמוד 52
... instances as the above , is not changed : as , boy , boys ; I cloy , he cloys , cloyed , & c .; except in lay , pay , and say ; from which are formed , laid , paid , and said ; and their compounds , unlaid , unpaid , unsaid , & c . Rule ...
... instances as the above , is not changed : as , boy , boys ; I cloy , he cloys , cloyed , & c .; except in lay , pay , and say ; from which are formed , laid , paid , and said ; and their compounds , unlaid , unpaid , unsaid , & c . Rule ...
עמוד 65
... instances , it is used in a determinate sense , to denote , in the most precise manner , a particular book , a particular man , and a particular garden . This conclusion of our critics we conceive to be totally unfounded . They suppose ...
... instances , it is used in a determinate sense , to denote , in the most precise manner , a particular book , a particular man , and a particular garden . This conclusion of our critics we conceive to be totally unfounded . They suppose ...
עמוד 66
... instance , as in the following phrases : " The boar out of the wood : Every beast of the forest ; Fish of the sea ; Beasts of the earth . " The field , the wood , the forest , & c . are used by way of con- tradistinction ; and , by this ...
... instance , as in the following phrases : " The boar out of the wood : Every beast of the forest ; Fish of the sea ; Beasts of the earth . " The field , the wood , the forest , & c . are used by way of con- tradistinction ; and , by this ...
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accent action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears applied auxiliary verbs better cæsura compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction denote derived distinct ellipsis English language examples following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive give governed grammar grammarians happy hath idea imperative mood IMPERFECT TENSE improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king latter learner Lord loved manner means mind modes of expression nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle passive pause perfect person singular personal pronoun perspicuous phrases PLUPERFECT PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal proper properly propriety relative relative pronoun render respect Saxon sense sentiments signify singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood substantive syllable Syntax tence termination thing third person thou tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue vowel words wouldst writers
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 485 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
עמוד 487 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
עמוד 478 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
עמוד 471 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
עמוד 444 - 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.
עמוד 472 - Before the gates there sat On either side a formidable Shape. The one seem'd woman to the waist, and fair, * But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent arm'd With mortal sting.
עמוד 462 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
עמוד 481 - Nor wanting is the brown October, drawn, Mature and perfect, from his dark retreat Of thirty years...
עמוד 298 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
עמוד 477 - When the whole is put for a part, or a part for the whole; a genus for a species, or a species for a genus; the singular...