An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises, and a Key to the Exercises, Volume 1Collins and Company, 1819 - English language |
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... pleasure , partaking of the nature of vowels , from which they derive their name . The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure . The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all prolonged : they are k , p , t . The impure , are ...
... pleasure , partaking of the nature of vowels , from which they derive their name . The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure . The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all prolonged : they are k , p , t . The impure , are ...
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... beginning of words . This letter has also the sound of zh ; as in pleasure , mea- sure , treasure , crosier . At the end of words it takes the soft sound : as , bis , was , trees , eyes ; except in the words this , ORTHOGRAPHY . 15.
... beginning of words . This letter has also the sound of zh ; as in pleasure , mea- sure , treasure , crosier . At the end of words it takes the soft sound : as , bis , was , trees , eyes ; except in the words this , ORTHOGRAPHY . 15.
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... pleasure , language would soon be disfigured and altered ; the old authors would ere long be laid aside as unin- telligible , and the new would be consigned to oblivion before their time . Yet several attempts were made in the sixteenth ...
... pleasure , language would soon be disfigured and altered ; the old authors would ere long be laid aside as unin- telligible , and the new would be consigned to oblivion before their time . Yet several attempts were made in the sixteenth ...
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... pleasures are past ; the pleasures of her and of you are to come ; " " They applauded his conduct , but condemned the conduct of her and of you . " That this is the right construction will more clearly appear , if we substitute nouns ...
... pleasures are past ; the pleasures of her and of you are to come ; " " They applauded his conduct , but condemned the conduct of her and of you . " That this is the right construction will more clearly appear , if we substitute nouns ...
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... pleasure should , how- ever , be confined to speculation . It should not lead us to in- vert the proper order of things , and to determine the proprie- ty of our present words and forms of expression , by the prac- tice of distant , and ...
... pleasure should , how- ever , be confined to speculation . It should not lead us to in- vert the proper order of things , and to determine the proprie- ty of our present words and forms of expression , by the prac- tice of distant , and ...
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accent according to RULE action active verb adjective pronoun admit adverb agreeable appears auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cęsura Chap comma common substantive conjugated conjunction connexion considered consonant construction denote derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language examples Exercises expression following sentence frequently future tense gender genitive give governed grammar grammarians happy ideas imperative mood imperfect tense improve indicative mood infinitive mood instances interrogative irregular verb king language learner Lord loved manner means mind nature nominative noun object observations occasions participle particular passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuity phrases pleasure PLUPERFECT TENSE plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition present tense principles proper properly propriety relative respect Rule of Syntax sense sentiments signifies singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mood syllable tence termination thing thou tion tongue Trochee verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel words writers
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