A Short Introduction to English Grammar: With Critical NotesJ. Dodsley; and T. Cadell, 1791 - 156 Seiten |
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... Schools ; if children were first taught the com mon principles of Grammar , by some short and clear Syftem of English Grammar , which happily by its fimplicity A 5 fimplicity and facility is perhaps fitter than that of any PREFACE . ix.
... Schools ; if children were first taught the com mon principles of Grammar , by some short and clear Syftem of English Grammar , which happily by its fimplicity A 5 fimplicity and facility is perhaps fitter than that of any PREFACE . ix.
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... some- times efcape obfervation when they are most obvious , must always ftand in need of improvement . It is indeed the neceffary condition of every work of hu- man art or fcience , fmall as well as great , to advance towards perfection ...
... some- times efcape obfervation when they are most obvious , must always ftand in need of improvement . It is indeed the neceffary condition of every work of hu- man art or fcience , fmall as well as great , to advance towards perfection ...
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... Some few Plurals end in en ; as , oxen , children , brethren , and men , women , by changing the a of the Singular into [ 7 ] . This form we have re- tained from ... Some Some Nouns , from the nature of the things which 30 INTRODUCTION TO.
... Some few Plurals end in en ; as , oxen , children , brethren , and men , women , by changing the a of the Singular into [ 7 ] . This form we have re- tained from ... Some Some Nouns , from the nature of the things which 30 INTRODUCTION TO.
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With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. Some Nouns , from the nature of the things which they exprefs , are used only in the Singu- lar , others only in the Plural , Form : as , wheat , pitch , gold ... Some Nouns, from the nature of the things ...
With Critical Notes Robert Lowth. Some Nouns , from the nature of the things which they exprefs , are used only in the Singu- lar , others only in the Plural , Form : as , wheat , pitch , gold ... Some Nouns, from the nature of the things ...
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... Some [ 5 ] " At his command the uprooted hills retired Each to his place ; they heard his voice , and went Obfequious : Some few Subftantives are diftinguished in their Gender by their 34 INTRODUCTION TO.
... Some [ 5 ] " At his command the uprooted hills retired Each to his place ; they heard his voice , and went Obfequious : Some few Subftantives are diftinguished in their Gender by their 34 INTRODUCTION TO.
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Abfolute Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo anfwer Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley beſt Caſe confonant Conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong diſcourſe Dryden Effay English English Language example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftantive ftill fubject fuch fupplied fyllable governed Grammar hath himſelf Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular itſelf laft Language laſt lative Letter liary likewife manner Milton moft moſt muſt Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun purpoſes reafon refpect Saxon Sentence Serm Shakeſpear Spect ſpoken Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words
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Seite 121 - 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.
Seite 177 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Seite 176 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Seite 176 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Seite 157 - Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Seite 121 - Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them ? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Seite 133 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Seite 35 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 146 - Reason's comparing balance rules the whole. Man, but for that, no action could attend, And, but for this, were active to no end: Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot: Or, meteor-like, flame lawless through the void, Destroying others, by himself destroy'd.
Seite 154 - ... tis his fancy to run, At night he declines on his Thetis's breast. So, when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come : No matter what beauties I saw in my way ; They were but my visits, but thou art my home ! Then finish, dear Chloe, this pastoral war, And let us like Horace and Lydia agree ; For thou art a girl as much brighter than her, As he was a poet sublimer than me.