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... that may be discovered in one writer , or the affectation that may be seen in another ( to say nothing of the great change that Orthography undergoes , as it were Entroductory Observations . by common consent , in the lapse.
... that may be discovered in one writer , or the affectation that may be seen in another ( to say nothing of the great change that Orthography undergoes , as it were Entroductory Observations . by common consent , in the lapse.
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... common acceptation of the term , it will perhaps be expected that , in the Introductory Observations , there should at least be some reference to English Orthoepy . I have endeavoured to give this subject all the attention its ...
... common acceptation of the term , it will perhaps be expected that , in the Introductory Observations , there should at least be some reference to English Orthoepy . I have endeavoured to give this subject all the attention its ...
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... common . Proper nouns are the names of persons and places ; as , John , Howard , England . Common nouns are all other names ; as , animal , vegetable , mineral , woman , tree , diamond , life , love , justice , mercy ; and may be ...
... common . Proper nouns are the names of persons and places ; as , John , Howard , England . Common nouns are all other names ; as , animal , vegetable , mineral , woman , tree , diamond , life , love , justice , mercy ; and may be ...
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... common error : " Young men educating for the Christian ministry . " In this sentence , either the present partici- ple of the passive voice ( being educated ) , or an intransitive participle ( preparing or studying , for instance ) ...
... common error : " Young men educating for the Christian ministry . " In this sentence , either the present partici- ple of the passive voice ( being educated ) , or an intransitive participle ( preparing or studying , for instance ) ...
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... common mode of expression , and less consonant with the genius of our lan- guage : for , ask what was an incident full of tragic horror , and , according to this phraseology , the answer must be , Lady Macbeth ; whereas the meaning is ...
... common mode of expression , and less consonant with the genius of our lan- guage : for , ask what was an incident full of tragic horror , and , according to this phraseology , the answer must be , Lady Macbeth ; whereas the meaning is ...
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acid adorn animal ascer belonging bird body botany called capable censure chyle cloth coarse colour consisting constellation corrupt costive craniology deceive disease divination doctrine dress earth Enlarged English Dictionary false fasten female fire fish flower fossil fowl fruit genus growing heraldry herb honour horse insect instrument interj iron kind land light liquor manner marriage mean measure medicine metal mind mineral nature noise noun ornament pain person pertaining piece plant Plur preterite producing pron quadruped relating resembling round rude salt ship shrub skin soft sorrow sort sound species stamens stone substance thin thing tion transitive verbs tree v. a. to cover v. a. to deprive v. a. to form v. a. to give v. a. to put v. a. to take verb vessel violent wild wind woman wood words zeolite
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Page 21 - 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 18 - It is folly to pretend to arm ourselves against the accidents of life, by heaping up treasures, which nothing can protect us against, but the good providence of our Creator.
Page 16 - Watts, is obliged to learn and know every thing ; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible : yet all persons are under some obligation to improve their own understanding, otherwise it will be a barren desert, or a forest overgrown with weeds and brambles. Universal ignorance, or infinite error, will overspread the mind which is utterly neglected and lies without any cultivation.
Page 18 - It is folly to pretend, by heaping up treasures, to arm ourselves against the accidents of life, against which nothing can protect us, but the good providence of our heavenly Father.
Page 18 - 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 18 - We should not be hurried by sudden transitions from person to person, nor from subject to subject. There is commonly, in every Sentence, some person or thing, which is the governing word. This should be continued so, if possible, from the beginning to the end of it.
Page 18 - In this uneasy state, both of his public and private life, Cicero was oppressed by a new and deep affliction, the death of his beloved daughter Tullia; which happened soon after her divorce from Dolabella; whose manners and humours were entirely disagreeable to her.