English Grammar: With an Improved Syntax. Part I. Comprehending at One View what is Necessary to be Committed to Memory. Part II. Containing a Recapitulation, with Various Illustrations and Critical Remarks. Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... tion of property or possession , and in general has an apostrophe with the letter s coming after it . 19. The objective case generally expresses the object of an action or relation . 20. Substantives are declined in the fol- lowing ...
... tion of property or possession , and in general has an apostrophe with the letter s coming after it . 19. The objective case generally expresses the object of an action or relation . 20. Substantives are declined in the fol- lowing ...
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... tion or event either as past and finished , or as remaining unfinished at a certain time past 62. The perfect tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an allusion to the present time . 63. The pluperfect tense represents ...
... tion or event either as past and finished , or as remaining unfinished at a certain time past 62. The perfect tense not only refers to what is past , but also conveys an allusion to the present time . 63. The pluperfect tense represents ...
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... tion of s . Those which end in ff , have the reg- ular plural ; as , ruff , ruffs ; except staff , staves .. Nouns which have y in the singular , with no other vowel in the same syllable , change it in- to ies in the plural ; as ...
... tion of s . Those which end in ff , have the reg- ular plural ; as , ruff , ruffs ; except staff , staves .. Nouns which have y in the singular , with no other vowel in the same syllable , change it in- to ies in the plural ; as ...
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... tion terminates , or concerning which some re- lation is expressed ; as , He writes a letter ; They live in London . Here , letter and London are in the objective case ; the former is the object of an action , expressed by the ...
... tion terminates , or concerning which some re- lation is expressed ; as , He writes a letter ; They live in London . Here , letter and London are in the objective case ; the former is the object of an action , expressed by the ...
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... tion ; except that whose is sometimes used as the possessive case of which ; as , " The fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death , " & c . " Pure was the joy without alloy , Whose very rapture is tranquillity ...
... tion ; except that whose is sometimes used as the possessive case of which ; as , " The fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death , " & c . " Pure was the joy without alloy , Whose very rapture is tranquillity ...
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action adding adjective adverb antecedent auxiliary auxiliary verb co'ld Compound perfect conjugated conjunction connect Defective verbs definite article denotes derived from substantives ellipsis examples feminine gender govern an objective grammar grammarians happy hath Imperative Mood Imperfect Tense imply indefinite indicative mood infinitive mood Interjections interrogation intransitive jective kind letter loved manner mayst or canst meaning moods and tenses neuter nominative noun or pronoun number and person participial noun passive verb Perfect or Past perfect participle personal pronouns persons or things phrase Pluperfect Tense plural number Poss possessive potential mood preposition Present Tense proper properties qualify reference Relative Pronouns Rule Second Future Tense second person sense shows the relation signifies singular number sometimes speak subjunctive mood supplies the place Syntax tence termination third person Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tion tive transitive verb wilt wise wo'ld writing
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Page 168 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there ! And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Page 168 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 168 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Page 168 - O scenes surpassing fable, and yet true, Scenes of accomplished bliss ! which who can see, Though but in distant prospect, and not feel His soul refreshed with foretaste of the joy ? Rivers of gladness water all the earth, And clothe all climes with beauty ; the reproach Of barrenness is past. The fruitful field Laughs with abundance ; and the land, once lean, Or fertile only in its own disgrace. Exults to see its thistly curse repealed, The various seasons woven into one, And that one season an...
Page 115 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 168 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 169 - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
Page ii - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Page 110 - ... comes basely; from slow, slowly ; from able., ably. There are so many other ways of deriving words from one another, that it would be extremely difficult, and nearly impossible, to enumerate them. The primitive words of any language are very few ; the derivatives form much the greater number. A few more instances only can be given here. Some...