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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... beginning of words , and vowels at the end . Encyclopædia Britannica . WALKER's Critical pronouncing Dictionary , page 24 , PERRY's English Dictionary , Preface , page 7 . The mutes cannot be sounded at all without the aid 18 ENGLISH ...
... beginning of words , and vowels at the end . Encyclopædia Britannica . WALKER's Critical pronouncing Dictionary , page 24 , PERRY's English Dictionary , Preface , page 7 . The mutes cannot be sounded at all without the aid 18 ENGLISH ...
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... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the sylla- ble as in climb , comb , tomb ...
... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ; as in thumb , debtor , subtle , & c . In others , besides being silent , it lengthens the sylla- ble as in climb , comb , tomb ...
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... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in death , bandage , kindred ; unless it may be said to take the sound of t , in stuffed , tripped , & c . stuft , tript , & c . E E has three different sounds . A long sound ; as in scheme ...
... beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in death , bandage , kindred ; unless it may be said to take the sound of t , in stuffed , tripped , & c . stuft , tript , & c . E E has three different sounds . A long sound ; as in scheme ...
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... beginning , mid- dle , and end of words ; as fancy , muffin , mischief , & c .: except in of , in which it has the flat sound of ov ; but not in composition ; as , whereof , thereof , & c . We should not pronounce a wive's jointure , a ...
... beginning , mid- dle , and end of words ; as fancy , muffin , mischief , & c .: except in of , in which it has the flat sound of ov ; but not in composition ; as , whereof , thereof , & c . We should not pronounce a wive's jointure , a ...
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... beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as ghost , ghastly in the middle , and sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound off ; as in laugh , cough ...
... beginning of a word , has the sound of the hard g ; as ghost , ghastly in the middle , and sometimes at the end , it is quite silent ; as in right , high , plough , mighty . At the end it has often the sound off ; as in laugh , cough ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst 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 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
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 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 324 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Página 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Página 317 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Página 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
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.
Página 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.