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... implying not only doing and suffering , but causing to do or suffer , & c . as in the He- brew ; or as sometimes in the Middle Voice of the Greek , and in the reflected verb of the French , signifying an action of the individual on ...
... implying not only doing and suffering , but causing to do or suffer , & c . as in the He- brew ; or as sometimes in the Middle Voice of the Greek , and in the reflected verb of the French , signifying an action of the individual on ...
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... imply a different relation between myself and the animal from that implied in , my horse has thrown me : -in the Latin , in the first example , the word horse would be in the accusative case with a distinct termination : -in the English ...
... imply a different relation between myself and the animal from that implied in , my horse has thrown me : -in the Latin , in the first example , the word horse would be in the accusative case with a distinct termination : -in the English ...
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... implies that all the men are strong , and therefore the adjective is in fact plural : the good father's kindness implies that the kindness is a quality be- longing to 38 UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR .
... implies that all the men are strong , and therefore the adjective is in fact plural : the good father's kindness implies that the kindness is a quality be- longing to 38 UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR .
Page 39
General principles. implies that the kindness is a quality be- longing to a father in so far as he is good ; therefore good is here in the same case as father . 3. That of the relative with the antecedent ; namely , the agreement of the ...
General principles. implies that the kindness is a quality be- longing to a father in so far as he is good ; therefore good is here in the same case as father . 3. That of the relative with the antecedent ; namely , the agreement of the ...
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... implies any particular relation of things necessarily governs the case which im- plies that relation , thus , verbs of giving govern the dative case , for that implies an act of gift , and though in many modern languages , the de ...
... implies any particular relation of things necessarily governs the case which im- plies that relation , thus , verbs of giving govern the dative case , for that implies an act of gift , and though in many modern languages , the de ...
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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...
Page 9 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Page 15 - And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
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Page 9 - But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part ? Sinful...
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...
Page 17 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...