An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volumes 1-2Collins and Company, 1819 - English language |
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... agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of the diameter of the glottis ; and reflect , that the same diameter must always produce ...
... agreeable . If we consider the many varieties of sound , which one and the same human voice is capable of uttering , together with the smallness of the diameter of the glottis ; and reflect , that the same diameter must always produce ...
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... agreeable woman , ' " the best friend . " On some occasions , however , the adjective precedes a or an : as , " such a shame , " " as great a man as Alexander , " " too careless an author . " The indefinite article can be joined to ...
... agreeable woman , ' " the best friend . " On some occasions , however , the adjective precedes a or an : as , " such a shame , " " as great a man as Alexander , " " too careless an author . " The indefinite article can be joined to ...
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... agreeable to analogy , and the practice of the generality of correct writers , to construe the following words as plural nouns : pains , riches , alms : and also , mathematics , metaphysics , politics , ethics , optics , pneumatics ...
... agreeable to analogy , and the practice of the generality of correct writers , to construe the following words as plural nouns : pains , riches , alms : and also , mathematics , metaphysics , politics , ethics , optics , pneumatics ...
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... agreeable to the ideas of some learned authors . But if we pay any regard to bis- tory , or believe that human exertions are proportioned to hu- man abilities , and that the Greeks and Romans were like other men , we cannot acquiese in ...
... agreeable to the ideas of some learned authors . But if we pay any regard to bis- tory , or believe that human exertions are proportioned to hu- man abilities , and that the Greeks and Romans were like other men , we cannot acquiese in ...
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... agreeable effect , both upon the memory , and upon the under- standing of the reader . First , upon his memory . Nothing tends more to impress the mind with a distinct idea of a complex object , than a strict and natural connexion of ...
... agreeable effect , both upon the memory , and upon the under- standing of the reader . First , upon his memory . Nothing tends more to impress the mind with a distinct idea of a complex object , than a strict and natural connexion of ...
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accent according to RULE action adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears auxiliary beauty better cęsura Chap common substantive conduct conjunction connexion considered consonant construction denote diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression favour following sentence frequently give governed grammar grammarians happy heart honour human ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improved indicative mood infinitive mood instances irregular verb kind king labours language learner live Lord manner means mind nature never nominative noun object observations occasions participle passions pause perfect perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety reason regard relative relative pronoun religion render respect SECTION sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable temper tence thing third person thou tion Trochee virtue vowel wise words writing youth