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 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 50
עמוד 57
... phrase , " He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them : as , " He went from London to York ...
... phrase , " He reads correctly , " the answer to the question , How does he read ? is , correctly . 7. Prepositions serve to connect words with one another , and to show the relation between them : as , " He went from London to York ...
עמוד 80
... phrase implying , " one of the books of my brother , " the next , " one of the servants of the queen ; " and the last , " one of the soldiers of the king . " But as the preposition governs the objective case ; and as there are not , in ...
... phrase implying , " one of the books of my brother , " the next , " one of the servants of the queen ; " and the last , " one of the soldiers of the king . " But as the preposition governs the objective case ; and as there are not , in ...
עמוד 89
... phrase , " An acquaintance of yours , " supposes the same word to admit of two different signs of the case , seems to be of no validity . Instances of a double genitive , as it is called , are not uncommon in our language , and they are ...
... phrase , " An acquaintance of yours , " supposes the same word to admit of two different signs of the case , seems to be of no validity . Instances of a double genitive , as it is called , are not uncommon in our language , and they are ...
עמוד 90
... phrase , which is not antecedent , but subsequent , to the relative . See note under the VI . Rule of Syntax . ......... " Pure the joy without allay , Whose very 90 ETYMOLOGY . Directions respecting the ellipsis General rule of syntax.
... phrase , which is not antecedent , but subsequent , to the relative . See note under the VI . Rule of Syntax . ......... " Pure the joy without allay , Whose very 90 ETYMOLOGY . Directions respecting the ellipsis General rule of syntax.
עמוד 94
... phrase " all and every of them . " Either relates to two persons or things taken separately , and signifies , the one or the other . To say , " either of the three , " is therefore improper . It should be , " It should be , " any of the ...
... phrase " all and every of them . " Either relates to two persons or things taken separately , and signifies , the one or the other . To say , " either of the three , " is therefore improper . It should be , " It should be , " any of the ...
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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...