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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Page 105
... mood is made by prefixing an adverb of wish- ing to the potential mood ; as , O that I can be educated ! or , 0 that I could be educated ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if I ...
... mood is made by prefixing an adverb of wish- ing to the potential mood ; as , O that I can be educated ! or , 0 that I could be educated ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if I ...
Page 106
... mood is made by prefixing an adverb of wish- ing to the potential mood ; as , O that it might rain ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if it might rain ! & e . The INFINITIVE MOOD ...
... mood is made by prefixing an adverb of wish- ing to the potential mood ; as , O that it might rain ! & c . The Subjunctive mood is made by prefixing a conjunction to the potential mood ; as , if it might rain ! & e . The INFINITIVE MOOD ...
Page 112
... mood , tense , and quality . Q. How is the genitive case singular formed , without the preposition of prefixed ? A. By putting's to the substantive of the possessor ; as , the master's eye , i . e . the eye of the master makes the horse ...
... mood , tense , and quality . Q. How is the genitive case singular formed , without the preposition of prefixed ? A. By putting's to the substantive of the possessor ; as , the master's eye , i . e . the eye of the master makes the horse ...
Page 114
... mood , tense and place , in a sentence . Q. Give an example ? A. Good boys are not beaten ; here the words are placed according to cyntax ; whereas should I say , Beaten not are boys good , it would be unintelligible ; because here is ...
... mood , tense and place , in a sentence . Q. Give an example ? A. Good boys are not beaten ; here the words are placed according to cyntax ; whereas should I say , Beaten not are boys good , it would be unintelligible ; because here is ...
Page 115
... mood stands for the nominative word ; as , to lie is shameful : and sometimes a whole clause foregoing ; as , to rise betimes in the morning , is the most wholesome thing in the world . Q. If two or more substantives singular come ...
... mood stands for the nominative word ; as , to lie is shameful : and sometimes a whole clause foregoing ; as , to rise betimes in the morning , is the most wholesome thing in the world . Q. If two or more substantives singular come ...
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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.