An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language, Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises: on the Basis of MurrayClaremont manufacturing Company, 1844 - 192 pages |
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accent according to Rule action or event adjective pronouns admit adverbs agree Amphibrach auxiliary auxiliary verb belongs called comma compound conjugated conjunction connected consonant DEFECTIVE VERBS denotes derived diphthong distinct ellipsis English English language express following sentences FUTURE TENSE gender Grammar grammarians hath idea Illus implies inactive indicative mode infinitive mode instances interrogative intransitive kind king language Latin learner letter Lord loved Plural loved Prior loved Singular manner masculine meaning modes and tenses nature nominative nouns or pronouns number and person object omitted parsing passive voice pause perfect participle PERFECT TENSE phrase plural number possessive Potential Mode PRACTICAL EXERCISE-No preceding predicate preposition Pres present tense proper relative pronoun respect Rule XI Saxon sense signify singular number sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive mode substantives syllable Syntax tence termination third person tion tive transitive verb verse virtue vowel words writing
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Page 102 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ! Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Page 127 - God by faith ; that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 153 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know), "Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 137 - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Page 148 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page 121 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 115 - And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Page 30 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 168 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind?
Page 118 - Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four-fold. 9 And Jesus said unto him. This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.