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Pagina 19
... James , Robert , & c . , are applicable only to particular individuals of a class . OBSERVATIONS ON NOUNS . 105. When a proper noun is used to denote a whole class , it be- comes common , and generally has an article before it ; as ...
... James , Robert , & c . , are applicable only to particular individuals of a class . OBSERVATIONS ON NOUNS . 105. When a proper noun is used to denote a whole class , it be- comes common , and generally has an article before it ; as ...
Pagina 20
... James , Mary , Susan , mountain , stream , valley , wood , lake , roaa , time , soldier , army , regiment , Cæsar , Pom- pey , tide , people , honor , virtue , kindness , grammar , logic , & c . 2. In the following sentences point out ...
... James , Mary , Susan , mountain , stream , valley , wood , lake , roaa , time , soldier , army , regiment , Cæsar , Pom- pey , tide , people , honor , virtue , kindness , grammar , logic , & c . 2. In the following sentences point out ...
Pagina 29
... James , John ? OBSERVATIONS ON NUMBER . 155. Some nouns are used in the singular only . Such are the names of metals , virtues , vices , arts , sciences , abstract qualities , and things weighed or measured ; as , gold , meekness ...
... James , John ? OBSERVATIONS ON NUMBER . 155. Some nouns are used in the singular only . Such are the names of metals , virtues , vices , arts , sciences , abstract qualities , and things weighed or measured ; as , gold , meekness ...
Pagina 32
... James assists Thomas . " 2. To denote the object of a relation expressed by a preposition ; as , " They live in London . " 3. To denote time , value , weight , or measure , without a governing word ; as , " James is ten years old ...
... James assists Thomas . " 2. To denote the object of a relation expressed by a preposition ; as , " They live in London . " 3. To denote time , value , weight , or measure , without a governing word ; as , " James is ten years old ...
Pagina 43
... James is taller than John , " in what form or degree is the adjective taller ? What does the comparative degree express ( 211 ) ? How is the compara- tive degree formed ? When is the comparative formed by annexing er ? When by prefixing ...
... James is taller than John , " in what form or degree is the adjective taller ? What does the comparative degree express ( 211 ) ? How is the compara- tive degree formed ? When is the comparative formed by annexing er ? When by prefixing ...
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abridged active voice adjective adjective pronoun adjunct adverb affirms antecedent apposition auxiliary belong Cæsar called comma common compared conjunction connected connexion construction copula correct denote dependent clause ellipsis English examples EXERCISES expressed following sentences gender governed grammarians grammatical predicate grammatical subject honor horse IMPERATIVE MOOD implied indefinite indicative infinitive mood interrogative intransitive James John language letter logical predicate logical subject loved masculine meaning modified neuter never noun or pronoun object omitted parsed passive voice past participle past tense past-perfect person or thing person singular personal pronoun phrases plural poetry possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceding prefixed preposition present tense present-perfect proper properly qualify reference regarded relative pronoun respect RULE sense simple sometimes speech spoken subjunctive mood substantive superlative syllable Syntax thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb understood usage verse vowel words write
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Pagina 59 - Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Pagina 211 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Pagina 121 - God : and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
Pagina 113 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Pagina 42 - The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Pagina 113 - If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Pagina 212 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms...
Pagina 222 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
Pagina 208 - For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Pagina 59 - Length of days is in her right hand ; And in her left hand riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.