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... Noun or Substantive , the Adjective , the Pronoun , the Verb , the Participle , the Adverb , the Preposition , the Conjunction , and the Interjection . The Article is prefixed to nouns , to limit or determine their meaning ; as , " a ...
... Noun or Substantive , the Adjective , the Pronoun , the Verb , the Participle , the Adverb , the Preposition , the Conjunction , and the Interjection . The Article is prefixed to nouns , to limit or determine their meaning ; as , " a ...
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... noun , a pronoun , or an adjec- tive , prefixed to the noun ; as , a male child , a female child ; a man servant , a maid ser- vant ; a he - bear , a she - bear . & c . " The masculine term has a general meaning , expressing both male ...
... noun , a pronoun , or an adjec- tive , prefixed to the noun ; as , a male child , a female child ; a man servant , a maid ser- vant ; a he - bear , a she - bear . & c . " The masculine term has a general meaning , expressing both male ...
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... noun is there- fore used as singular . " News is far more generally used as a singular noun ; but the rule just now re- commended might , perhaps , be useful here also namely , to consider the word as sin- gular when only one article of ...
... noun is there- fore used as singular . " News is far more generally used as a singular noun ; but the rule just now re- commended might , perhaps , be useful here also namely , to consider the word as sin- gular when only one article of ...
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... Nouns have three cases : the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . Case is that circumstance in which a noun or a pronoun is placed with relation to some verb , preposition , pronoun , or other noun , in the same sentence ...
... Nouns have three cases : the nominative , the possessive , and the objective . Case is that circumstance in which a noun or a pronoun is placed with relation to some verb , preposition , pronoun , or other noun , in the same sentence ...
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... noun : thus , " But Benjamin's mess was five times as much as any of theirs , " that is , of their messes . A reciprocal pronoun is formed by pre- fixing a pronominal adjective , or a pronoun in the objective case , to the noun self or ...
... noun : thus , " But Benjamin's mess was five times as much as any of theirs , " that is , of their messes . A reciprocal pronoun is formed by pre- fixing a pronominal adjective , or a pronoun in the objective case , to the noun self or ...
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Page 4 - God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 19 - 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.
Page 16 - Now among us, many clergymen act so directly contrary to this method, that from a habit of saving time and paper, which they acquired at the University, they write in so diminutive a manner...
Page 19 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 40 - Viselli : 105 est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 11 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 17 - Retrospective Review," consisting of Criticisms upon Analyses of, and Extracts from, curious, useful, and valuable books in all languages, which have been published from the Revival of Literature to the commencement of the present century.
Page 19 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Page 13 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.