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... future tenses . - The present tense represents an ac- tion or event , as passing at the time in which it is ... future tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect to the precise time ; as , " I shall live ...
... future tenses . - The present tense represents an ac- tion or event , as passing at the time in which it is ... future tense represents the action as yet to come , either with or without respect to the precise time ; as , " I shall live ...
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... future action or event ; as , " I shall have dined at one o'clock . " QUESTIONS . What belong to verbs ? -How many num- bers and persons have they ? -What is mode ? -How many modes have verbs , and what are they ? What is said of the ...
... future action or event ; as , " I shall have dined at one o'clock . " QUESTIONS . What belong to verbs ? -How many num- bers and persons have they ? -What is mode ? -How many modes have verbs , and what are they ? What is said of the ...
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... future action ; as , " When he arrives , he will hear the news . " Or " He will hear the news before he arrives , or as soon as he arrives , or soon after he arrives . " . We sometimes use this tense , in speaking of persons long since ...
... future action ; as , " When he arrives , he will hear the news . " Or " He will hear the news before he arrives , or as soon as he arrives , or soon after he arrives . " . We sometimes use this tense , in speaking of persons long since ...
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... future action ; as , " I will attend to his business when I have finished my letter , " or as soon as I have finished my letter . " 66 It ought to be observed , in addition to the remarks here made on the tenses , that some of the modes ...
... future action ; as , " I will attend to his business when I have finished my letter , " or as soon as I have finished my letter . " 66 It ought to be observed , in addition to the remarks here made on the tenses , that some of the modes ...
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... future meaning ? -In employing the different tenses , what is chiefly to be regarded ? LESSON XIII . THE Conjugation of a verb is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers , persons , modes , and tenses . The ...
... future meaning ? -In employing the different tenses , what is chiefly to be regarded ? LESSON XIII . THE Conjugation of a verb is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers , persons , modes , and tenses . The ...
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverbs Amphibrach antecedent auxiliary better clause comma common compound sentence connected consonant defective verbs denote derived diphthong distinguished ellipsis English English language Examples adapted Exercises on Rule expressed or understood following sentences frequently Future Tense gender genitive governed grammar happy hath imperfect tense improper improperly impropriety indefinite article indicative mode infinitive mode interrogative irregular verbs kind king language LESSON loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Singular manner means nature neuter verb never nominative objective omitted parse participle passive verb pause perfect personal pronouns phrase pleasure Pluperfect Tense possessive potential mode preceding preposition Present Tense proper propriety QUESTIONS relative pronoun Review Second Future sense signify simple sentence singular number sometimes subjunctive mode substantives superlative syllable tence termination thing thou art thou hast Thou mayst tion triphthong virtue vowel wilt wise words wouldst writing
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Page 171 - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.
Page 162 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Page 165 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 90 - 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.
Page 192 - Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house : and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 O shut not up my soul with the sinners : nor my life with the blood-thirsty; 10 In whose hands is wickedness : and their right hand is full of gifts.
Page 168 - to write" was then present to me, and must still be considered as present, when I bring back that time, and the thoughts of it. It ought, therefore, to be, " The last week I intended to write." The following sentences are also erroneous : " I cannot excuse the remissness of those whose business it should have been, as it certainly was their interest, to have interposed their good offices." "There were two circumstances which made it necessary for them to have lost no time." " History painters would...
Page 151 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 2 - 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...
Page 147 - To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 225 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.