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... thee , and the cedars of Lebanon ; saying , Since thou art laid down , no feller is come up against us . Hell from beneath is moved for thee , to meet thee at thy coming . It stirreth up the dead for thee , even all the chief ones of ...
... thee , and the cedars of Lebanon ; saying , Since thou art laid down , no feller is come up against us . Hell from beneath is moved for thee , to meet thee at thy coming . It stirreth up the dead for thee , even all the chief ones of ...
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... thee conversing , I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all please alike . Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With chant of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His ...
... thee conversing , I forget all time , All seasons , and their change ; all please alike . Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With chant of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His ...
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... thee , him , her , us , which in Saxon are the dative cases of their re- spective pronouns , be considered as still continuing such in the English , and including in their very form the force of the prepositions to and for ? There are ...
... thee , him , her , us , which in Saxon are the dative cases of their re- spective pronouns , be considered as still continuing such in the English , and including in their very form the force of the prepositions to and for ? There are ...
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... . Plu . The Anglo - Saxon is N. Thou Ye * or Du thee Le ge . you . A mistake in the use of ye is become common ; and should be corrected . Ye is the nominative case Sing . Plu . G. Thy Your The Anglo - ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 53.
... . Plu . The Anglo - Saxon is N. Thou Ye * or Du thee Le ge . you . A mistake in the use of ye is become common ; and should be corrected . Ye is the nominative case Sing . Plu . G. Thy Your The Anglo - ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 53.
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... Thee You þe the Єap eow . A. Thee You eow . pe pec the or Eop thec . The possessive is Thine Yours . The primitive pronoun of the third person is M. F. N. M. F. and N. Nom . He She It . They . Gen. His Hers Its . Their . Dat . Him Her ...
... Thee You þe the Єap eow . A. Thee You eow . pe pec the or Eop thec . The possessive is Thine Yours . The primitive pronoun of the third person is M. F. N. M. F. and N. Nom . He She It . They . Gen. His Hers Its . Their . Dat . Him Her ...
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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.
Page 19 - SHUT, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages ! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, 5 They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
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...