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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... practice . The student will therefore find , that I have given him something to do , as well as something to learn . But , by the formules and directions in this work , he is very carefully shown how to proceed ; and , if he be a ...
... practice . The student will therefore find , that I have given him something to do , as well as something to learn . But , by the formules and directions in this work , he is very carefully shown how to proceed ; and , if he be a ...
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... practice of writing ; and speech , which is first in the order of nature , is last with reference to grammar . The matter or common subject of grammar , is language in general ; which , being of two kinds , spoken and written , consists ...
... practice of writing ; and speech , which is first in the order of nature , is last with reference to grammar . The matter or common subject of grammar , is language in general ; which , being of two kinds , spoken and written , consists ...
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... practice . Nor are such things to be despised as trivial and low : ignorance of what is common and elementary , is but the more disgraceful for being ignorance of mere rudiments . " Wherefore , " says Quintilian , " they are little to ...
... practice . Nor are such things to be despised as trivial and low : ignorance of what is common and elementary , is but the more disgraceful for being ignorance of mere rudiments . " Wherefore , " says Quintilian , " they are little to ...
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... practice , grammar is so interwoven with all else that is known , believed , learned , or spoken of among men , that to determine its own peculiar principles with due distinctness , seems to be one of the most dif- ficult points of a ...
... practice , grammar is so interwoven with all else that is known , believed , learned , or spoken of among men , that to determine its own peculiar principles with due distinctness , seems to be one of the most dif- ficult points of a ...
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... practice . Good use is that which is neither ancient nor recent , neither local nor foreign , neither vulgar nor pedantic ; and it will be found that no few have in some way or other departed from it , even while they were pretending to ...
... practice . Good use is that which is neither ancient nor recent , neither local nor foreign , neither vulgar nor pedantic ; and it will be found that no few have in some way or other departed from it , even while they were pretending to ...
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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.