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 AccuracyE. Peck, 1821 - 310 halaman |
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... improper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and forming them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as intelli- gible to young minds , as the nature of the ...
... improper more particularly to observe , that in selecting and forming them , it has been the author's aim to render them as exact and comprehensive , and , at the same time , as intelli- gible to young minds , as the nature of the ...
Halaman 6
... improper ef- fect on the minds of youth ; but also to introduce , on many occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well ...
... improper ef- fect on the minds of youth ; but also to introduce , on many occasions , such as have a moral and religious tendency . His attention to objects of so much importance will , he trusts , meet the approbation of every well ...
Halaman 17
... improper to say , an walnut , an yard , & c .; and from their following a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of utterance ; as , frosty winter , rosy youth . That they are vowels in other situations , appears , from their regularly ...
... improper to say , an walnut , an yard , & c .; and from their following a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of utterance ; as , frosty winter , rosy youth . That they are vowels in other situations , appears , from their regularly ...
Halaman 19
... which both the vow- els are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless , originally ORTHOGRAPHY . 19.
... which both the vow- els are sounded ; as , oi in voice , ou in ounce . An improper diphthong has but one of the vowels sounded ; as ea in eagle , oa in boat . Each of the diphthongal letters was , doubtless , originally ORTHOGRAPHY . 19.
Halaman 20
... improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its letters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strictness , be entitled to that ...
... improper . As the diphthong derives its name and nature from its sound , and not from its letters , and properly denotes a double vowel sound , no union of two vowels , where one is silent , can , in strictness , be entitled to that ...
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accent according to RULE action active verb admit adverb agreeably appear auxiliary verb better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant construction copulative denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive governed grammarians hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means nature nominative noun objective observations Octavo Grammar participle passive pause peculiar perfect personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal verb proper properly propriety respect Second Future sense sentiments short signify simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable termination thing third person singular tion tive tongue Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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Halaman 296 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Halaman 246 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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Halaman 295 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Halaman 298 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Halaman 276 - There is not, in my opinion, a more pleasing and triumphant consideration in religion than this of the perpetual progress which the soul makes towards the perfection of its nature, without ever arriving at a period in it.
Halaman 221 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Halaman 217 - The beauty of 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.