A New Guide to the English Tongue: In Five PartsPublished for E. Duyckinck, D.D. Smith, W.B. Gilley, and G. Long, 1820 - 144 pages |
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... signification ; very necessary to prevent the writing one word for another of the same sound III . A short but comprehensive Grammar of the English Tongue , delivered in the most familiar and instructive method of question and answer ...
... signification ; very necessary to prevent the writing one word for another of the same sound III . A short but comprehensive Grammar of the English Tongue , delivered in the most familiar and instructive method of question and answer ...
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... signification . 1. Ail , to be troubled , Bare , naked Ale , malt liquor Bear , a beast dir , one of the elements Bass , in music Base , vile Are , they are Heir , to an estate All , every one Awl , to bore holes Allow'd , granted Aloud ...
... signification . 1. Ail , to be troubled , Bare , naked Ale , malt liquor Bear , a beast dir , one of the elements Bass , in music Base , vile Are , they are Heir , to an estate All , every one Awl , to bore holes Allow'd , granted Aloud ...
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... signify that some- thing is wanting , defective , or immodest in that passage of the author . Q. What is an index ? A. It is a hand with the fore - finger pointing , thus ( 17 ) Q. What is its use ? A. It declares that passage to be ...
... signify that some- thing is wanting , defective , or immodest in that passage of the author . Q. What is an index ? A. It is a hand with the fore - finger pointing , thus ( 17 ) Q. What is its use ? A. It declares that passage to be ...
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... signification . Q. How many articles are there ? 4. Two : a , or an , and the . Q. When is a , or an used ? A. A or an is used in a general and unlimited sense ; as , a man ( that is any man ) shall be commended according to his wisdom ...
... signification . Q. How many articles are there ? 4. Two : a , or an , and the . Q. When is a , or an used ? A. A or an is used in a general and unlimited sense ; as , a man ( that is any man ) shall be commended according to his wisdom ...
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... signification . Q. What adjectives admit of comparison ? A. All those whose signification may increase , or be dimi- nished ; none else . Q How many degrees of comparison are there ? A Three : the positive , the comparitive and the ...
... signification . Q. What adjectives admit of comparison ? A. All those whose signification may increase , or be dimi- nished ; none else . Q How many degrees of comparison are there ? A Three : the positive , the comparitive and the ...
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accent adjectives adverb bridge bu"ry CHAP Christ church consonants declension denotes diphthong division of syllables doth drow easy lessons educate hereafter following words ford fore foregoing Tables gender Give an example Gresham College hath heart IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD land LESSON II letters ling Lord ment mind ness Note nouns Optative mood ous ly Plur plural potential mood praise preposition Present tense Preterimperfect tense Preterpluperfect tense pronoun PROPER NAMES ra ble rain ri ous Second future tense sentence shalt shew signifies Sing singular number sounded ster ston Subjunctive mood substantive thee thing tive trans ture unto verb vowel wich wicked wise words not exceeding
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Page 26 - I cried unto the LORD with my voice, a,nd he heard me out of his holy, hill.
Page 50 - He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Page 53 - ... 6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my GOD, hear the voice of my prayers, O LORD.
Page 20 - For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Page 50 - The rich and the poor meet together : The LORD is the maker of them all.
Page 143 - LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 50 - Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh : for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Page 52 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable : there is none that doeth good, no not one.
Page 51 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than honey, and the honey-comb. 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught : and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Page 51 - There is neither speech nor language ; but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands ; and their words into the ends of the world.