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Live and Learn ' contains many good practical observations on points of English
grammar and composition , which are in danger of being forgotten or overlooked
by those who have not studied our language and literature with the attention ...
Live and Learn ' contains many good practical observations on points of English
grammar and composition , which are in danger of being forgotten or overlooked
by those who have not studied our language and literature with the attention ...
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Words and phrases , introduced into English writings from foreign languages ,
are generally expressed in Italics . Example : - " An adjournment sine die is an
adjournment without fixing the time for resuming business . ” In the common
English ...
Words and phrases , introduced into English writings from foreign languages ,
are generally expressed in Italics . Example : - " An adjournment sine die is an
adjournment without fixing the time for resuming business . ” In the common
English ...
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... our language admit of two or more different modes of spelling ; as , connection
, connexion ; inquire , enquire ; negotiate , negociate ; riband , ribband , ribon ,
ribbon ; chemistry , chymistry . In such cases the prevailing usage is to be learnt
by ...
... our language admit of two or more different modes of spelling ; as , connection
, connexion ; inquire , enquire ; negotiate , negociate ; riband , ribband , ribon ,
ribbon ; chemistry , chymistry . In such cases the prevailing usage is to be learnt
by ...
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Murray justly observes , “ There is no such gender belonging to the language .
The business of ... The term is more useful , and less liable to objection , as
applied to the learned languages ; but with us it is plainly a solecism . Nouns of
the ...
Murray justly observes , “ There is no such gender belonging to the language .
The business of ... The term is more useful , and less liable to objection , as
applied to the learned languages ; but with us it is plainly a solecism . Nouns of
the ...
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In the English language the gender of nouns fol . lows the order of nature ; but in
the Greek , Latin , and German tongues , the grammatical genders are frequently
assigned without regard to sex ; while in the French , Italian , & c . , which have ...
In the English language the gender of nouns fol . lows the order of nature ; but in
the Greek , Latin , and German tongues , the grammatical genders are frequently
assigned without regard to sex ; while in the French , Italian , & c . , which have ...
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105. oldal - The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death Through the still lapse of ages.
106. oldal - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul ; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
106. oldal - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man!
121. oldal - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen ; But, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
120. oldal - The wicked flee when no man pursueth : but the righteous are bold as a lion.
120. oldal - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
115. oldal - ship-boy on the high and giddy mast," but also in the cabin, where every menial office fell to my lot : yet if I was restless and discontented, I can safely say, it was not so much on account of this, as of my being precluded from all possibility of reading; as my master did not possess, nor do I recollect seeing during the whole time of my abode with him, a single book of any description, except the...
121. oldal - O gentle Sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down. And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
96. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
120. oldal - But small the bliss that sense alone bestows, And sensual bliss is all the nation knows. In florid beauty groves and fields appear ; Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Contrasted faults through all his manners reign : Though poor, luxurious ; though submissive, vain ^ Though grave, yet trifling ; zealous, yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew.