Rudiments of English Grammar: Containing, I. The Different Kinds, Relations, and Changes of Words, II. Syntax, Or the Right Construction of Sentences : with an Appendix, Comprehending a Table of Verbs Irregularly Inflected ... |
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... usually attend- ed with this inconvenience , that the young scholar commits the answers to memory , without being at . the trouble of understanding the questions , whereby the sense is left imperfect . I would rather recom- mend this ...
... usually attend- ed with this inconvenience , that the young scholar commits the answers to memory , without being at . the trouble of understanding the questions , whereby the sense is left imperfect . I would rather recom- mend this ...
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... usually follows transitive verbs , participles , and prepositions ; as , George loves play ; I am seeking him , he pleads for George . 33. The possessive is formed by adding s , with an apostrophe before it , to the nominative ; as ...
... usually follows transitive verbs , participles , and prepositions ; as , George loves play ; I am seeking him , he pleads for George . 33. The possessive is formed by adding s , with an apostrophe before it , to the nominative ; as ...
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... usually subjoined to the last of them ; as the Congress of the United States army . OF GENDER . 35. Nouns have properly two GENDERS ; the MASCULINE to denote the male kind ; and the FEMININE to denote the female . 36. When there is no ...
... usually subjoined to the last of them ; as the Congress of the United States army . OF GENDER . 35. Nouns have properly two GENDERS ; the MASCULINE to denote the male kind ; and the FEMININE to denote the female . 36. When there is no ...
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... usually expresses the manner , and the latter the time . The first only admits of variation ; as I might have loved , thou mightest have loved . The scholar may very properly be exercised in going through ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 33.
... usually expresses the manner , and the latter the time . The first only admits of variation ; as I might have loved , thou mightest have loved . The scholar may very properly be exercised in going through ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 33.
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... , no , truly , not , & c . and of quality , which are very numerous , and usually end in ly ; as mercifully , justly , wisely , hấp- pily , & c . OF CONJUNCTIONS . 96. CONJUNCTIONS join sentences together , and ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 35.
... , no , truly , not , & c . and of quality , which are very numerous , and usually end in ly ; as mercifully , justly , wisely , hấp- pily , & c . OF CONJUNCTIONS . 96. CONJUNCTIONS join sentences together , and ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 35.
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adverbs affirmations auxiliaries Bachelor of Arts blessed brother chance never produced chidden Clitus colon comma conjunction connected consonant Declined like river definite article 17 denotes DIPHTHONG ellipsis English example exercised expressed or understood Future Tense gender give the rule Grammar honour horse IMPERATIVE MODE indicative mode infinitive mode Inflection Interjection intransitive joined language letters Lord loved lovest Masculine mode 74 nature neuter nominative noun common noun or pronoun objective pause perfect Perfect Tense play Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Pope Pope's Poss possessive preposition 100 present tense 72 Pret Preterite Tense pronominal adjective refers regular verbs relative repeat 23 scornful second person semicolon semivowels sentence shew signifies Sing singular number sinners sitteth sometimes speak standeth SUBJUNCTIVE MODE substantive superlative syllable tell tence thee thine thing third person Thou art tion transitive verb ungodly unto virtue vowel walk walketh wise words write
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Page 103 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Page 103 - Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 103 - Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Page 101 - Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum : We have such an High Priest, Who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens : a Minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Page 100 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Page 100 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 106 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In ev'ry work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T...
Page 105 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of HIM who is the great Author of good, and the Father of mercies.
Page 103 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 104 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.