An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, 1-2. kötetCollins & Company : Collins & Hannay : Samuel Wood & Sons : G. & C. & H. Carvill : White, Gallaher & White, 1829 |
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viii. oldal
... virtue , as well as of learning ; and , with this view , he has been studious , through the whole of the work , not only to avoid every exam- ple and illustration , which might have an improper effect on the minds of youth ; but also to ...
... virtue , as well as of learning ; and , with this view , he has been studious , through the whole of the work , not only to avoid every exam- ple and illustration , which might have an improper effect on the minds of youth ; but also to ...
49. oldal
... virtue is the most valuable , " conveys the same sentiment as the following ; " Virtue is more valuable than every other acquirement . " When we properly use the comparative degree , the objects compared are set in direct opposition ...
... virtue is the most valuable , " conveys the same sentiment as the following ; " Virtue is more valuable than every other acquirement . " When we properly use the comparative degree , the objects compared are set in direct opposition ...
62. oldal
... virtue is the most val- uable , " may pass for the comparative , because it conveys the same sentiment as , " Virtue is more valuable than every other acquirement . " We shall not pursue this subject any further , as we think the reader ...
... virtue is the most val- uable , " may pass for the comparative , because it conveys the same sentiment as , " Virtue is more valuable than every other acquirement . " We shall not pursue this subject any further , as we think the reader ...
73. oldal
... Virtue promotes happi- ness ; " " the old Romans governed by benefits more than by fear ; " " I shall hereafter employ my time more usefully . " In these examples , the words , promotes , governed , and shall em- ploy , are used ...
... Virtue promotes happi- ness ; " " the old Romans governed by benefits more than by fear ; " " I shall hereafter employ my time more usefully . " In these examples , the words , promotes , governed , and shall em- ploy , are used ...
128. oldal
... virtue ! how amia- ble thou art ! " The English interjections , as well as those of other lan- guages , are comprised within a small compass . They are of different sorts , according to the different passions which they serve to express ...
... virtue ! how amia- ble thou art ! " The English interjections , as well as those of other lan- guages , are comprised within a small compass . They are of different sorts , according to the different passions which they serve to express ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
accent according to RULE active verb admit adverb agreeable Amphibrach appears auxiliary beauty better cæsura Chap comma common substantive conjunction connexion consonant construction definite article denote diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently gender give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improved indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king language learner Lord manner means mind nature never nominative noun object observations occasions participle passions pause perceive perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive potential mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety reason regard relative relative pronoun respect Rule of Syntax SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence thing thou tion Trochee truth verb active verb neuter virtue vowel wise words writing
Népszerű szakaszok
143. oldal - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
18. oldal - 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.
247. oldal - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
266. oldal - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
138. oldal - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
355. oldal - 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!
18. oldal - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
137. oldal - We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small difficulty, after much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather.
337. oldal - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.