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Стр. ix
... comparative merits of the two languages have nothing to do with determining the propriety of assimilating one to the other in declensions and conjugations . At the same time , it should not be forgotten , that the great attention which ...
... comparative merits of the two languages have nothing to do with determining the propriety of assimilating one to the other in declensions and conjugations . At the same time , it should not be forgotten , that the great attention which ...
Стр. 42
... Comparative degree ; as , " I have a stronger table than yours ; " " The table is weaker than it was ; " " We must not hope for wiser men than Solomon ; " " He will grow wiser as he grows older . " An adjective denoting that the ...
... Comparative degree ; as , " I have a stronger table than yours ; " " The table is weaker than it was ; " " We must not hope for wiser men than Solomon ; " " He will grow wiser as he grows older . " An adjective denoting that the ...
Стр. 43
... comparative form or degree of the adjective Wise , or to call Most polite the superlative of Polite . The words more and most are themselves , respectively , the comparative and superlative of much , and should be parsed separately from ...
... comparative form or degree of the adjective Wise , or to call Most polite the superlative of Polite . The words more and most are themselves , respectively , the comparative and superlative of much , and should be parsed separately from ...
Стр. 44
... comparative and superlative , as the positive expresses the quality simply and absolutely . As a verbal distinction , however , we may as properly recognise the positive degree as the neuter gender . Besides , there is implied , in the ...
... comparative and superlative , as the positive expresses the quality simply and absolutely . As a verbal distinction , however , we may as properly recognise the positive degree as the neuter gender . Besides , there is implied , in the ...
Стр. 45
... comparative ; thus , Low , Lower , Lowest or Lowermost . Hind , Hinder , Hindmost or Hindermost . Up , Upper , Upmost or Uppermost . In , Inner , Inmost or Innermost . Out , Outer or Utter , Outmost , Utmost , & c . Fore , Former ...
... comparative ; thus , Low , Lower , Lowest or Lowermost . Hind , Hinder , Hindmost or Hindermost . Up , Upper , Upmost or Uppermost . In , Inner , Inmost or Innermost . Out , Outer or Utter , Outmost , Utmost , & c . Fore , Former ...
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3rd pers adjective adverb antecedent apposition assertion auxiliary auxiliary verb Battersea Ben Jonson Brightland brother Cæsar called CHAP clause comma common noun compound verb conjunction copula declension definite denoting diphthong discourse distinction distinguished DITTO elementary ellipsis employed English Grammar English language etymological example EXERCISES expression gender Gleig governed Gram grammarians honour Hume IMPERATIVE MODE imperfect infinitive mode inflexion instances J. S. Mill John language Latin letter Lond meaning modified nature neut neuter nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun object parsing passive passive voice past tense perfect participle personal verb phrase plur plural possessive preceding predicate preposition Present Princ pron reference relation relative Rule Shakspeare signifies simple sentences sing singular sometimes sound speak speech Subjunctive substantive verb superlative syllable syntactical Syntax term termination thing thou tive Tongue transitive verb treatise vowel words
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Стр. 69 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Стр. 143 - Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus ; for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Стр. 140 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Стр. 157 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Стр. 130 - In lowly dale, fast by a river's side, With woody hill o'er hill encompassed round, A most enchanting Wizard did abide, Than whom a fiend more fell is nowhere found.
Стр. 169 - Harley had drawn a shilling from his pocket ; but Virtue bade him consider on whom he was going to bestow it.— Virtue held back his arm ; but a milder form, a younger sister of Virtue's, not so severe as Virtue, nor so serious as Pity, smiled upon him : his fingers lost their compression...
Стр. 162 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Стр. 131 - Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the sun ; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid: Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.
Стр. 154 - Shakespeare, whether life or nature be his subject, shows plainly that he has seen with his own eyes ; he gives the image which he receives, not weakened or distorted by the intervention of any other mind; the ignorant feel his representations to be just, and the learned see that they are complete.
Стр. 137 - Pity and compassion are words appropriated to signify our fellow-feeling with the sorrow of others. Sympathy, though its meaning was, perhaps, originally the same, may now, however, without much impropriety, be made use of to denote our fellow-feeling with any passion whatever.