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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... sentiments of English grammarians , but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt ... sentiment generally admitted , that a proper selec- tion of faulty composition is more instructive to the young ...
... sentiments of English grammarians , but also to invite the ingenious student to inquiry and reflection , and prompt ... sentiment generally admitted , that a proper selec- tion of faulty composition is more instructive to the young ...
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... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with pro- priety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and to com- municate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which ...
... sentiments are all that can be admitted here with pro- priety . As words are the signs of our ideas , and the medium by which we perceive the sentiments of others , and to com- municate our own ; and as signs exhibit the things which ...
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... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on lan- guage and composition ; " All that regards the study of com- position , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our intel ...
... sentiments of an eminent and candid writer on lan- guage and composition ; " All that regards the study of com- position , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with the improvement of our intel ...
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... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reason- ings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the peculiarities of the English lan- guage ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
... sentiments of the most judicious grammarians ; if his reason- ings and illustrations , respecting particular points , are founded on just principles , and the peculiarities of the English lan- guage ; he has , perhaps , done all that ...
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... sentiments : and it is pretty certain , that , previously to instruc- tion , the young animals comprehend their meaning , as well as the old ones . Thirdly , these voices seem intended by nature to express , not distinct ideas , but ...
... sentiments : and it is pretty certain , that , previously to instruc- tion , the young animals comprehend their meaning , as well as the old ones . Thirdly , these voices seem intended by nature to express , not distinct ideas , but ...
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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