English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix, Containing Rules and Observations, for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 páginas |
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... grammarian and teacher . If the author has adopted that system which , on the whole , is best suited to the nature of the subject , and conformable to the sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reasonings and ...
... grammarian and teacher . If the author has adopted that system which , on the whole , is best suited to the nature of the subject , and conformable to the sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reasonings and ...
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... grammarians suppose to mark only an aspiration , or breathing but it appears to be a distinct sound , and formed in a particular manner , by the organs of speech . Encyclopædia Britannica . in in in in in in in in sonants , are either ...
... grammarians suppose to mark only an aspiration , or breathing but it appears to be a distinct sound , and formed in a particular manner , by the organs of speech . Encyclopædia Britannica . in in in in in in in in sonants , are either ...
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... o , u , and sometimes w and y . Wand y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are called vowels , It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that B 2 ORTHOGRAPHY . 17.
... o , u , and sometimes w and y . Wand y are consonants when they begin a word or syllable ; but in every other situation they are called vowels , It is generally acknowledged by the best grammarians , that B 2 ORTHOGRAPHY . 17.
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... grammarians , that w and y are consonants when they begin a syllable or word , and vowels when they end one . That they are consonants when used as initials , seems to be evident from their not admitting the article an before them , as ...
... grammarians , that w and y are consonants when they begin a syllable or word , and vowels when they end one . That they are consonants when used as initials , seems to be evident from their not admitting the article an before them , as ...
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... grammarians classed with the diphthongs . SECT . 2. General observations on the sounds of the letters . A A has four sounds ; the long or slander , the broad , the short or open , and the middle . The long ; as in name , basin ...
... grammarians classed with the diphthongs . SECT . 2. General observations on the sounds of the letters . A A has four sounds ; the long or slander , the broad , the short or open , and the middle . The long ; as in name , basin ...
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accent active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear articulate sound auxiliary beginning cæsura circumstances comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished duodecimo ellipsis emphasis English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians guage happy ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner letters Lord loved manner means mind mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principal pronunciation proper properly propriety relative render respect SECT sense sentiments short signifies simple singular number sometimes sound of long speak subjunctive mood syllable termination thing third person singular tion tive Trochee verb active verb neuter verse virtue voice vowel wise Words ending writing
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Página 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Página 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Página 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Página 325 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Página 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Página 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Página 245 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 240 - Askelon lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Página 315 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Página 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.