Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix ...Hill and Moore, 1819 - 108 sider |
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... tion can properly be made to the phraseol ogy , from an idea that , in books of this kind the language should be brought down to the level of what is familiar to children . It is indeed indispensable , that our words and phrases should ...
... tion can properly be made to the phraseol ogy , from an idea that , in books of this kind the language should be brought down to the level of what is familiar to children . It is indeed indispensable , that our words and phrases should ...
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... tion of property or possession ; and has an apostrophe with the letters coming after it ; as , " The scholar's duty ; " " My fa- ther's house . " When the plural ends in s , the others is omitted , but the apostrophic is retained ; as ...
... tion of property or possession ; and has an apostrophe with the letters coming after it ; as , " The scholar's duty ; " " My fa- ther's house . " When the plural ends in s , the others is omitted , but the apostrophic is retained ; as ...
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... tion or event , either as past and finished , or as remaining unfinished at a certain time past ; as , " I loved her for her modesty and virtue ; " " They were travelling post when he met them . ' 93 The Perfect Tense not only refers to ...
... tion or event , either as past and finished , or as remaining unfinished at a certain time past ; as , " I loved her for her modesty and virtue ; " " They were travelling post when he met them . ' 93 The Perfect Tense not only refers to ...
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... tion of words in a sentence . A sentence is an assemblage of words , forming a complete sense . Sentences are of two kinds , SIMPLE and COMPOUND . A simple sentence has in it but one sih . ject , and one finite verb ; as , " Life is ...
... tion of words in a sentence . A sentence is an assemblage of words , forming a complete sense . Sentences are of two kinds , SIMPLE and COMPOUND . A simple sentence has in it but one sih . ject , and one finite verb ; as , " Life is ...
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... tion into sentences , or parts of sentences , by points or stops , for the purpose of mark- ing the different pauses , which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require . The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon , a ...
... tion into sentences , or parts of sentences , by points or stops , for the purpose of mark- ing the different pauses , which the sense and an accurate pronunciation require . The Comma represents the shortest pause ; the Semicolon , a ...
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Abridgment according to RULE active verb adverb agree comma common substantive Compound Perfect Conjugate the following conjunction derived dicative mood dipthong edition English Grammar EXERCISES IN ORTHOGRAPHY EXERCISES IN PARSING express following verbs gender governed happy heart honour IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improve INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD Interjection Irregular Verbs larger grammar letter live love 3 Let loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Plural loved Singular loved Ye mayst or canst ment might,could mind Murray's nouns objective omitted passions passive voice pause peace perfect participle personal pronoun plural number Posses possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Tense proper RELATIVE PRONOUNS Rules of Syntax says Second Future Tense SECT Semicolon sentence shalt or wilt singular number SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD syllable temper Tense represents thee thing Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive mood verb neuter vice virtue virtuous vowel wise word Write the following
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Side 99 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
Side 96 - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and Nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, Health, Peace, and Competence.
Side 98 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Side 61 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Side 98 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.
Side 14 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as, " The man is happy ; he is benevolent : he is useful.
Side 99 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.
Side 15 - AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends : as, a garden, an eagle, the woman. In English, there are but two articles, a and the : a becomes an before a vowel *, and before a silent h : as, an acorn, an hour.
Side 96 - ORDER is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Side 97 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.