A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... expressed in writing . " - English Language , p . 145 . EXERCISE I. 1. Define Grammar . In what two senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ? Mention some of the ...
... expressed in writing . " - English Language , p . 145 . EXERCISE I. 1. Define Grammar . In what two senses has the word language been used ? What is the subject - matter of grammar ? With what object is it studied ? Mention some of the ...
Pagina 24
... expression " John reads , " both noun and verb are wanted ; but we conceive the assertion to be more closely connected with reads than with John . 47. On attending carefully to the nature of the idea pre- sented by verbs , we find that ...
... expression " John reads , " both noun and verb are wanted ; but we conceive the assertion to be more closely connected with reads than with John . 47. On attending carefully to the nature of the idea pre- sented by verbs , we find that ...
Pagina 25
... expressed without the assistance of some verb . We never speak but in order to express our opinion that something either is or is not . But the word denoting this event , or this matter of fact , which is the subject of our affirmation ...
... expressed without the assistance of some verb . We never speak but in order to express our opinion that something either is or is not . But the word denoting this event , or this matter of fact , which is the subject of our affirmation ...
Pagina 27
... expression , and the idea could in all cases be conveyed by the use of two or more words . They have a close affinity to adjectives , not only in English but in most other tongues . Ruddiman justly says , " That adverbs seem originally ...
... expression , and the idea could in all cases be conveyed by the use of two or more words . They have a close affinity to adjectives , not only in English but in most other tongues . Ruddiman justly says , " That adverbs seem originally ...
Pagina 31
... expressed to one of them and understood to the other . " To much the same purpose Mr Mill says , " The conjunc- tions are distinguished from the prepositions by connecting predications , while the prepositions connect only words . There ...
... expressed to one of them and understood to the other . " To much the same purpose Mr Mill says , " The conjunc- tions are distinguished from the prepositions by connecting predications , while the prepositions connect only words . There ...
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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.