Abridgment of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing Exercises in Orthography, in Parsing, in Syntax, and in Punctuation. Designed for the Younger Classes of LearnersLincoln & Edmands, 1828 - 122 sider |
Fra bogen
Resultater 1-5 af 13
Side 18
... desire to simplify the orthography , the termination i was laid aside for y in the singular number , while the old plural ies was retained ; a strange inconsistency , but by no means the only one which the progress of our language ...
... desire to simplify the orthography , the termination i was laid aside for y in the singular number , while the old plural ies was retained ; a strange inconsistency , but by no means the only one which the progress of our language ...
Side 32
... desire , that he should , or would come now , or to - morrow ; ' as well as , " It was my desire , that he should or would come yesterday . " So that , in this mood , the precise time of the verb is very much de- termined by the nature ...
... desire , that he should , or would come now , or to - morrow ; ' as well as , " It was my desire , that he should or would come yesterday . " So that , in this mood , the precise time of the verb is very much de- termined by the nature ...
Side 56
... desire , your intention , their resignation . ' " Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark , unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . " * 1 ...
... desire , your intention , their resignation . ' " Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark , unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . " * 1 ...
Side 62
... desire to improve ; " " Endeav- ouring to persuade . ” App . 2. The infinitive sometimes follows the word as : thus , " An object so high as to be invisible ; " " A question so obscure as to perplex the understanding . " App . 3. The ...
... desire to improve ; " " Endeav- ouring to persuade . ” App . 2. The infinitive sometimes follows the word as : thus , " An object so high as to be invisible ; " " A question so obscure as to perplex the understanding . " App . 3. The ...
Side 63
... desire , intention , or com- mand , must invariably be followed by the present , and not the perfect of the infinitive . " The last week I intended to have writ- ten ; " it ought to be , " The last week I intended to write . " Obs . 1 ...
... desire , intention , or com- mand , must invariably be followed by the present , and not the perfect of the infinitive . " The last week I intended to have writ- ten ; " it ought to be , " The last week I intended to write . " Obs . 1 ...
Andre udgaver - Se alle
Almindelige termer og sætninger
66 Note active verb Adjective Pronouns adverb antecedent auxiliary better comma conjunction connected Copulative DEFECTIVE VERBS denote Diphthong ellipsis English Exercises following verbs frequently genitive govern verbs Grammar happy hast hath honour Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense improperly indicative mood infinitive mood Interjections Irregular Verbs king live manner mayst or canst nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns number and person objective omitted Orthography Parsing passions passive verb pause perfect participle personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition Present Tense relative pronoun respect reward RULE VIII Rule XII Second Future Tense second person SECT semicolon sense shalt or wilt shouldst signifies singular number sometimes sound subjunctive mood syllable thing Thou art Thou hadst thou love Thou mayst Thou mightst thou shalt tion tive mood verb active verb neuter vice virtue voice vowel wise word wouldst Write the following
Populære passager
Side 79 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Side 115 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Side 116 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Side 114 - Order is Heaven's first law ; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, 50 More rich, more wise ; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Side 4 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Side 34 - FUTURE TENSE. SINGULAR. PLURAL. 1. I shall have been. 1. We shall have been. 2.
Side 75 - When words are placed in opposition to each other, or with some marked variety, they require to be distinguished by a comma: as, " Tho' deep, yet clear; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong, without rage ; without o'erflowing, full.
Side 115 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Side 117 - 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...
Side 30 - The Conjugation of a verb, is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers, persons, moods, and tenses. The Conjugation of an active verb is styled the ACTIVE VOICE ; and that of a passive verb, the PASSIVE VOICE.