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... definite and orderly expression . - — When we speak of Grammar as controlling or regulating words , we do not mean to ascribe to it an original and independent authority . The maxim of Horace , respecting the dictatorship of Custom in ...
... definite and orderly expression . - — When we speak of Grammar as controlling or regulating words , we do not mean to ascribe to it an original and independent authority . The maxim of Horace , respecting the dictatorship of Custom in ...
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... Definite article ; because it has a definite reference to one or more of a class . The book is an expression by which one of a class of objects is singled out , and thereby distinguished from the others of its class . The books is an ...
... Definite article ; because it has a definite reference to one or more of a class . The book is an expression by which one of a class of objects is singled out , and thereby distinguished from the others of its class . The books is an ...
Стр. 42
... definite by the addition of other words ; as , " Much weaker , " " A little weaker , " " Two inches taller , " By far the weakest . " 66 4. An adjective in its simple state is said to be of the Positive degree ; as in the examples " A ...
... definite by the addition of other words ; as , " Much weaker , " " A little weaker , " " Two inches taller , " By far the weakest . " 66 4. An adjective in its simple state is said to be of the Positive degree ; as in the examples " A ...
Стр. 92
... definite nominative addressed ; as , " Let the line AC be bisected ; " " Let me die the death of the righteous ; " " Let come what will . " In parsing , however , supply ye as an indefinite nominative . 3. The nominative may follow its ...
... definite nominative addressed ; as , " Let the line AC be bisected ; " " Let me die the death of the righteous ; " " Let come what will . " In parsing , however , supply ye as an indefinite nominative . 3. The nominative may follow its ...
Стр. 95
... definite logical subject can be apprehended ; as in the expressions " It rains , " " It freezes , " " How far is it to York ? " " Is it come to this ? " The pro- noun in such instances seems to refer to the state of things described by ...
... definite logical subject can be apprehended ; as in the expressions " It rains , " " It freezes , " " How far is it to York ? " " Is it come to this ? " The pro- noun in such instances seems to refer to the state of things described by ...
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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.