A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pagini |
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Pagina 7
... Adjective , ....... 126 IX . - The Distributives , ..... 128 X. - The Adjective and Ad- General Exercise in Parsing or verb , ..130 Analysis , . 35 XI . - The Position of the Ad- verb , .133 XII . - Tautology , Pleonasm , Inflection of ...
... Adjective , ....... 126 IX . - The Distributives , ..... 128 X. - The Adjective and Ad- General Exercise in Parsing or verb , ..130 Analysis , . 35 XI . - The Position of the Ad- verb , .133 XII . - Tautology , Pleonasm , Inflection of ...
Pagina 15
... Adjective , Pro- noun , Verb , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Inter- jection . 22. A definition of each of these classes of words ought to point out the characteristic or specific idea by which it is distinguished from all the ...
... Adjective , Pro- noun , Verb , Adverb , Preposition , Conjunction , and Inter- jection . 22. A definition of each of these classes of words ought to point out the characteristic or specific idea by which it is distinguished from all the ...
Pagina 17
... adjectives , and they cannot be fully understood till that part of speech has been explained . As examples may be given , truth , wisdom , length , goodness , probity . Abstract nouns should be carefully distinguished from common names ...
... adjectives , and they cannot be fully understood till that part of speech has been explained . As examples may be given , truth , wisdom , length , goodness , probity . Abstract nouns should be carefully distinguished from common names ...
Pagina 18
... ADJECTIVE . 29. An ADJECTIVE is a word that qualifies a noun , that is , marks it out from other things that bear the same name . The characteristic of the adjective is , that it limits the application of the noun : thus , the term ...
... ADJECTIVE . 29. An ADJECTIVE is a word that qualifies a noun , that is , marks it out from other things that bear the same name . The characteristic of the adjective is , that it limits the application of the noun : thus , the term ...
Pagina 19
... adjective yellow , that is , put the mark yellow upon the mark rose , and you have the name yellow rose , which is a subdivision or species of the class Rose . " - Analysis , vol . i . p . 102 . 32. Adjectives are , for the most part ...
... adjective yellow , that is , put the mark yellow upon the mark rose , and you have the name yellow rose , which is a subdivision or species of the class Rose . " - Analysis , vol . i . p . 102 . 32. Adjectives are , for the most part ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison conjunction connected connexion considered copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection interjections irregular James reads John king Latham Latin marks masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate prefix preposition PRESENT TENSE principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense sentence Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thing Thou thought tion transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write
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Pagina 94 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in His presence, ever to observe His providence, and on Him sole depend...
Pagina 83 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Pagina 84 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pagina 149 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Pagina 98 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Pagina 166 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms...
Pagina 165 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Pagina 167 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Pagina 168 - Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.
Pagina 165 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.