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... grammarian to as- sist the judgment in this : but still much re- mains to be done by the taste of the writer ; for the grammarian can only afford examples of good and bad style , and point out what he con- ceives to be the cause why it ...
... grammarian to as- sist the judgment in this : but still much re- mains to be done by the taste of the writer ; for the grammarian can only afford examples of good and bad style , and point out what he con- ceives to be the cause why it ...
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... grammarian must pause . The fine taste which suits the style to the subject- which always selects the most appropriate word , and is easy or forcible as the occasion requires , cannot be taught by rule - it must be gained by the thought ...
... grammarian must pause . The fine taste which suits the style to the subject- which always selects the most appropriate word , and is easy or forcible as the occasion requires , cannot be taught by rule - it must be gained by the thought ...
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... grammarians , are well known ; and with a few modifications are universally applicable . They are 1. That of the nominative and verb : namely the agreement of the verb , or action , in number and person with the agent . Thus , if the ...
... grammarians , are well known ; and with a few modifications are universally applicable . They are 1. That of the nominative and verb : namely the agreement of the verb , or action , in number and person with the agent . Thus , if the ...
Page 85
... verb's compa- nion , and a better definition of it could hardly be given . Adverbs are divided by grammarians into those of 1. Number : as once , & c . 2. Order : as first , & c . 3. Place as here , there , & c . ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 85.
... verb's compa- nion , and a better definition of it could hardly be given . Adverbs are divided by grammarians into those of 1. Number : as once , & c . 2. Order : as first , & c . 3. Place as here , there , & c . ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 85.
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... grammarians a nomi- native case absolute , as , " And finding disciples , we tarried there seven days . " * “ He descending will himself , In thunder , lightning , and loud trumpet's sound Ordain them laws- " † " But Herod the tetrarch ...
... grammarians a nomi- native case absolute , as , " And finding disciples , we tarried there seven days . " * “ He descending will himself , In thunder , lightning , and loud trumpet's sound Ordain them laws- " † " But Herod the tetrarch ...
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accusative action Addison adjective adverb agent alike Anglo-Saxon arrangement becomes called CAPTAIN compound tenses Concord conjunction dative declension defective auxiliaries derived distinction dual number English language farther feminine forcible gefeɲa gender genitive German govern grammarian Greek GREEK PHILOSOPHY guage gular hath horse idioms IMPERATIVE Mode implies INDICATIVE MODE INFINITIVE MODE inflection INTERJECTION interrogatively LADY NEUBRUNN Latin Lord Lord Byron love We Thou masculine modern languages nations neuter nominative noun Participle past Participle present PASSIVE VOICE peculiar person or thing phrase plural possessive pronoun preposition pression primitive pronoun PRINCIPLES OF GRAMMAR regular verb relative require rule Saxon sense sentence Shakespeare signifies simple future Sing singular sion Smith Southey speak speaker speech stand SUBJUNCTIVE MODE tence termed termination Teutonic thee THEKLA Thou hadst Ye thought tion tive translation universal grammar usual place verb transitive wholly indeclinable words writing
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Page 15 - He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Page 117 - And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest ; as with the servant, so with his master ; as with the maid, so with her mistress ; as with the buyer, so with the seller ; as with the lender, so with the borrower ; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Page 43 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 44 - The parts and signs of goodness are many. If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them: if he be compassionate towards the afflictions of others, it shows that his heart is like the noble tree that is wounded itself when it gives the balm...
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Page 106 - I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father ; Royal Dane, O, answer me ! Let me not burst in ignorance ; but tell Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements...
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