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... thought ; and so numerous and important are the ends to which it is subservient , that it is difficult to conceive in what manner the affairs of human society could be conducted without it . Its utility , therefore , will ever entitle ...
... thought ; and so numerous and important are the ends to which it is subservient , that it is difficult to conceive in what manner the affairs of human society could be conducted without it . Its utility , therefore , will ever entitle ...
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... thought it an object not unworthy of their talents , to prescribe and elucidate the principles of English Grammar . these , for an obvious reason , have executed their designs with various degrees of suc cess ; and even the most ...
... thought it an object not unworthy of their talents , to prescribe and elucidate the principles of English Grammar . these , for an obvious reason , have executed their designs with various degrees of suc cess ; and even the most ...
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... thought to keep the mind attentive to what the lips are utter- ing ; while it advances by such easy gradations and constant repetitions as leave the pupil utterly without excuse , if he does not know what to say . Being neither wholly ...
... thought to keep the mind attentive to what the lips are utter- ing ; while it advances by such easy gradations and constant repetitions as leave the pupil utterly without excuse , if he does not know what to say . Being neither wholly ...
Page vii
... thought , what is true or false in the de scription of any word in any intelligible sentence . All these the author omits ; and , on account of this omission , his whole method of etymological parsing is miserably de- ficient . 23 ...
... thought , what is true or false in the de scription of any word in any intelligible sentence . All these the author omits ; and , on account of this omission , his whole method of etymological parsing is miserably de- ficient . 23 ...
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... thought it needful , in a work of this kind , to encumber his pages with a useless parade of names and references , or to distinguish very minutely what is copied and what is original . All strict definitions of the same thing are ...
... thought it needful , in a work of this kind , to encumber his pages with a useless parade of names and references , or to distinguish very minutely what is copied and what is original . All strict definitions of the same thing are ...
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according to Rule adjective adjuncts adverb agree antecedent apposition auxiliary classes clause comma common noun compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant construction definitions degree derived diphthong ellipsis English Grammar examples EXERCISE express FALSE SYNTAX finite verb FORMULE.-Not proper governed Gram grammarians honour imperative mood Imperfect Tense improvement indicative mood infinitive interjection interrogative language learner learning LESSON letters loved meaning Murray neuter gender never nominative Note noun or pronoun objective OBSERVATIONS ON RULE Orthography parsing perfect participle person or thing personal pronouns phrase Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss potential mood Praxis preceded prefixed preposition Present Tense preterit reading reference relation relative pronoun require says semivowels sense sentence signifies simple singular number sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken third person thou tion triphthong uttered virtue vowel wise words writing
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Page 268 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
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Page 239 - Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?