English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - Всего страниц: 336 |
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... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improvement in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual pro- gress of learners ...
... considered , little can be expected from a new compilation , besides a careful selection of the most useful matter , and some degree of improvement in the mode of adapting it to the understanding , and the gradual pro- gress of learners ...
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... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the use which ...
... considered . In a work which professes itself to be a compilation , and which , from the nature and design of it , must consist of materials selected from the writings of others , it is scarcely necessary to apologize for the use which ...
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... considered as diphthongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , con- tains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . If a in far , is the same specific ...
... considered as diphthongs , or diphthongal vowels , our language , strictly speaking , con- tains but twelve simple vowel sounds ; to represent which , we have only five distinct characters or letters . If a in far , is the same specific ...
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... can , in strictness , be entitled to that appellation ; and the single letters i and u , when pronounced long , must , in this view , be considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... can , in strictness , be entitled to that appellation ; and the single letters i and u , when pronounced long , must , in this view , be considered as diphthongs . The triphthongs , having at most but two 20 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess -in common with the brute creation , and by which we ex- press the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
... considered as a part of artificial language or speech , being rather a branch of that natural language , which we possess -in common with the brute creation , and by which we ex- press the sudden emotions and passions that actuate our ...
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accent action active verb adjective adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians guage happy hath idea imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety relative render respect rule SECT sense short signifies simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing thou tion tive Trochee understood variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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Стр. 323 - Tremble thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
Стр. 325 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Стр. 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Стр. 240 - Israel is slain upon thy high places : how are the mighty fallen ! Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Стр. 320 - 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.
Стр. 308 - Homer was the greater genius; Virgil, the better artist; in the one, we most admire the man; in. the other, the work. Homer hurries us with a commanding impetuosity; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty. Homer scatters with a generous profusion; Virgil bestows with a careful magnificence. Homer, like the Nile, pours out his riches with a sudden overflow; Virgil, like a river in its banks, with a constant stream.
Стр. 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Стр. 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Стр. 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Стр. 321 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.