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... ideas between different sentences.- Two rules given on this subject , and serving to secure the Unity of sentences . - The occasional use of a paren- thesis vindicated . - The transition from one sentence to another , to be natural and ...
... ideas between different sentences.- Two rules given on this subject , and serving to secure the Unity of sentences . - The occasional use of a paren- thesis vindicated . - The transition from one sentence to another , to be natural and ...
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... idea , which could not be otherwise intima- ted without considerable periphrasis ; and it is evidently construed like a substantive , and forms in this instance , the nominative to the verb " did . " In the phrase " This house is mine ...
... idea , which could not be otherwise intima- ted without considerable periphrasis ; and it is evidently construed like a substantive , and forms in this instance , the nominative to the verb " did . " In the phrase " This house is mine ...
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... idea of time , and as- sumes , in fact , the character of a substantive , as " To deceive is shameful , " used for " Deceit is shameful . " 99 The different kinds of verbs have been already alluded to in the remark , that " a verb ...
... idea of time , and as- sumes , in fact , the character of a substantive , as " To deceive is shameful , " used for " Deceit is shameful . " 99 The different kinds of verbs have been already alluded to in the remark , that " a verb ...
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... ideas which he wishes to communicate , unless his mind is formed , by the constant habit of discrimination , to accuracy and elegance of style . The Numbers and Persons of verbs correspond to those of substantives and pronouns . Thus in ...
... ideas which he wishes to communicate , unless his mind is formed , by the constant habit of discrimination , to accuracy and elegance of style . The Numbers and Persons of verbs correspond to those of substantives and pronouns . Thus in ...
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... idea . They differ very considerably in their particular reference and import ; and the only point of similarity between them appears to be , that each stands in the place of a lengthened phrase , or a distinct clause . Thus we say ...
... idea . They differ very considerably in their particular reference and import ; and the only point of similarity between them appears to be , that each stands in the place of a lengthened phrase , or a distinct clause . Thus we say ...
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Popular passages
Page 31 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb...
Page 62 - Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him ? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding...
Page 52 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 61 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law ; but thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 61 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 23 - The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Page 51 - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Page 50 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 50 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Page 54 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.