The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and Critical; the Whole Methodically Arranged and Amply Illustrated ... and a Key to the Oral Exercises : to which are Added Four Appendixes, Pertaining Separately to the Four Parts of Grammar |
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... express it . When such principles alone are taken as the subject of inquiry , and are treated , as they sometimes have been , without regard to any of the idioms of particular languages , they constitute what is called General ...
... express it . When such principles alone are taken as the subject of inquiry , and are treated , as they sometimes have been , without regard to any of the idioms of particular languages , they constitute what is called General ...
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... express himself in the way least liable to censure . All are free indeed from positive constraint on their phraseology ; for we do not speak or write by statutes . But the ground of instruction assumed in grammar , is similar to that ...
... express himself in the way least liable to censure . All are free indeed from positive constraint on their phraseology ; for we do not speak or write by statutes . But the ground of instruction assumed in grammar , is similar to that ...
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... express the most ideas with the smallest number of words and syllables . It is a fortunate thing for language , that these natural principles generally prevail over arbitrary and artificial rules . " Webster's Philosophical Gram . , p ...
... express the most ideas with the smallest number of words and syllables . It is a fortunate thing for language , that these natural principles generally prevail over arbitrary and artificial rules . " Webster's Philosophical Gram . , p ...
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... express an action , and every honest man to be long since dead ! So it stands in all his edi- tions . Did his praisers think so too ? " It is correct to say , The man eats , he eats ; but we cannot say , The man dog eats , he dog eats ...
... express an action , and every honest man to be long since dead ! So it stands in all his edi- tions . Did his praisers think so too ? " It is correct to say , The man eats , he eats ; but we cannot say , The man dog eats , he dog eats ...
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... express our stronger feelings by these natural signs . But when we want to make known to others the particular conceptions of the mind , we must represent them by parts , we must divide and analyze them . We express each part by certain ...
... express our stronger feelings by these natural signs . But when we want to make known to others the particular conceptions of the mind , we must represent them by parts , we must divide and analyze them . We express each part by certain ...
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according to Rule adjective adverb antecedent auxiliary called common noun commonly compound conjunction consonant definitions degree denotes Dict distinction doctrine ellipsis English Grammar English language example express finite verb governed grammarians Greek idea imperative mood imperfect IMPERFECT TENSE improvement indicative mood inflections interjection Johnson Latin learned learner LESSON letters Lindley Murray London loved Lowth manner meaning mood Murray Murray's Gram nature neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS orthography parsing passive perfect participle perhaps personal pronoun phrase PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preposition present tense preterit principles proper reference regular relation relative relative pronoun respect Rhet says sense sentence signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech spelling spoken subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative suppose syllable syntax termination third person thou tion usage verb vowel Webster words write written
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Page 327 - What ! have ye not houses to eat and to drink in ? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not ? What shall I say to you ? shall I praise you in this ? I praise you not.
Page 62 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Page 57 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 430 - But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh...
Page 441 - And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Page 86 - 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...
Page 441 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 327 - Yet ye have not known him : but I know him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you : but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : and he saw it, and was glad.
Page 445 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King : neither shalt thou swear by thy head ; because thou canst not make one hair white or black : but let your communication be Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is more...
Page 166 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.