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... Indefinite of .... ... 57 Parsing of , and Exercises on ... Construction of .. ..58 ..142 VERBS , Definition of ... ... 59 Transitive and Intransitive .. ..60 Oral and other Exercises on .. .61 Division of ..... 61 Auxiliary , Use of ...
... Indefinite of .... ... 57 Parsing of , and Exercises on ... Construction of .. ..58 ..142 VERBS , Definition of ... ... 59 Transitive and Intransitive .. ..60 Oral and other Exercises on .. .61 Division of ..... 61 Auxiliary , Use of ...
Pagina 36
... indefinite article , because it shows that its noun denotes a person or thing indefinitely , or without distinction ; as , A man , i . e . , any man , or some man , without stating which one . 186. A is used before a consonant ; as , a ...
... indefinite article , because it shows that its noun denotes a person or thing indefinitely , or without distinction ; as , A man , i . e . , any man , or some man , without stating which one . 186. A is used before a consonant ; as , a ...
Pagina 37
... indefinite , and to what noun it belongs ; thus , " A book . " - A is the indefinite article , and belongs to book . EXERCISES . Is it proper to say — a man , or an man ? why ? a apple , or an apple ? why ? a house , or an house ? why ...
... indefinite , and to what noun it belongs ; thus , " A book . " - A is the indefinite article , and belongs to book . EXERCISES . Is it proper to say — a man , or an man ? why ? a apple , or an apple ? why ? a house , or an house ? why ...
Pagina 47
... indefinite subject of the verb to be , followed by a predicate in any person or number ; as , " It is I ; " " It is you ; " ; " " It is they , " & c . * " The pronoun you , though originally and properly plural , is now generally ...
... indefinite subject of the verb to be , followed by a predicate in any person or number ; as , " It is I ; " " It is you ; " ; " " It is they , " & c . * " The pronoun you , though originally and properly plural , is now generally ...
Pagina 48
... indefinitely before certain verbs , to denote some cause unknown , or general , or well known , whose action is express- ed by the verb ; as , " It rains ; " " It snows ; " " It thunders ; " " It is cold ; " " It is hot , " & c . Verbs ...
... indefinitely before certain verbs , to denote some cause unknown , or general , or well known , whose action is express- ed by the verb ; as , " It rains ; " " It snows ; " " It thunders ; " " It is cold ; " " It is hot , " & c . Verbs ...
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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.