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Page vii
... gram- matical propriety of our language must contribute materially to our advantage ; and that , in particular , there exists in the forms and relations of words an excellent means of cultivating the general power of intellect . As the ...
... gram- matical propriety of our language must contribute materially to our advantage ; and that , in particular , there exists in the forms and relations of words an excellent means of cultivating the general power of intellect . As the ...
Page xi
... Gram- matical Essay , or a Treatise on Words , or on Language . " Diversions , Pt . I. Ch . 2 . Tooke's " Nor is any thing wanting to make the third book of Locke's Essay a nearly perfect treatise on the connotation of names , except to ...
... Gram- matical Essay , or a Treatise on Words , or on Language . " Diversions , Pt . I. Ch . 2 . Tooke's " Nor is any thing wanting to make the third book of Locke's Essay a nearly perfect treatise on the connotation of names , except to ...
Page xiii
... gram- marians blind to the utility of assigning syntactical Rules to the various grammatical relations that subsist in the structure of an English sentence . In the year of White's publication , came forth the excellent Rudi- ments of ...
... gram- marians blind to the utility of assigning syntactical Rules to the various grammatical relations that subsist in the structure of an English sentence . In the year of White's publication , came forth the excellent Rudi- ments of ...
Page xiv
... gram- matical literature . During twenty years from the publication of Lowth's ' Introduction , ' several works on English Grammar made their appear- ance ; but none of them possessing much merit , excepting The British Grammar ...
... gram- matical literature . During twenty years from the publication of Lowth's ' Introduction , ' several works on English Grammar made their appear- ance ; but none of them possessing much merit , excepting The British Grammar ...
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... Gram . § 214 . " As we cannot pass from a flat to a sharp , without altering the con- formation of the larynx , the facility of utterance makes it a rule for all languages , that if two of these consonants concur , they will be ...
... Gram . § 214 . " As we cannot pass from a flat to a sharp , without altering the con- formation of the larynx , the facility of utterance makes it a rule for all languages , that if two of these consonants concur , they will be ...
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3rd pers adjective adverb antecedent apposition assertion auxiliary auxiliary verb Battersea Ben Jonson Brightland brother Cæsar called CHAP clause comma common noun compound verb conjunction copula declension definite denoting diphthong discourse distinction distinguished DITTO elementary ellipsis employed English Grammar English language etymological example EXERCISES expression gender Gleig governed Gram grammarians honour Hume IMPERATIVE MODE imperfect infinitive mode inflexion instances J. S. Mill John language Latin letter Lond meaning modified nature neut neuter nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun object parsing passive passive voice past tense perfect participle personal verb phrase plur plural possessive preceding predicate preposition Present Princ pron reference relation relative Rule Shakspeare signifies simple sentences sing singular sometimes sound speak speech Subjunctive substantive verb superlative syllable syntactical Syntax term termination thing thou tive Tongue transitive verb treatise vowel words
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Page 69 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Page 143 - Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus ; for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.
Page 140 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 157 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 130 - In lowly dale, fast by a river's side, With woody hill o'er hill encompassed round, A most enchanting Wizard did abide, Than whom a fiend more fell is nowhere found.
Page 169 - Harley had drawn a shilling from his pocket ; but Virtue bade him consider on whom he was going to bestow it.— Virtue held back his arm ; but a milder form, a younger sister of Virtue's, not so severe as Virtue, nor so serious as Pity, smiled upon him : his fingers lost their compression...
Page 162 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 131 - Rise on the Earth, or Earth rise on the sun ; He from the east his flaming road begin, Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid: Leave them to God above; him serve and fear.
Page 154 - Shakespeare, whether life or nature be his subject, shows plainly that he has seen with his own eyes ; he gives the image which he receives, not weakened or distorted by the intervention of any other mind; the ignorant feel his representations to be just, and the learned see that they are complete.
Page 137 - Pity and compassion are words appropriated to signify our fellow-feeling with the sorrow of others. Sympathy, though its meaning was, perhaps, originally the same, may now, however, without much impropriety, be made use of to denote our fellow-feeling with any passion whatever.