A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pages |
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... thought - is sufficient to secure for it our most serious study , and cannot fail , in proportion as prejudice subsides , to make it more and more the great subject - matter of primary education for all Eng- lish youth . Truly has Locke ...
... thought - is sufficient to secure for it our most serious study , and cannot fail , in proportion as prejudice subsides , to make it more and more the great subject - matter of primary education for all Eng- lish youth . Truly has Locke ...
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... thought - in some measure determined its form , and induced me to make it neither too dogmatical on the one hand , nor too critical on the other . By dealing much in positive assertion , I should , in some respects , have simplified my ...
... thought - in some measure determined its form , and induced me to make it neither too dogmatical on the one hand , nor too critical on the other . By dealing much in positive assertion , I should , in some respects , have simplified my ...
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... thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error of any kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and presented in its naked shape , disgusts every body and deceives none . It is only when mixed up with truths ...
... thought or ingenuity on the part of the pupil to correct it . Error of any kind , stript of all adventitious circumstances , and presented in its naked shape , disgusts every body and deceives none . It is only when mixed up with truths ...
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... thoughts to others ; written , to record them for ourselves . The rules of grammar apply equally to both kinds . 5. Every science ... thought and a medium of communication . 6. It has been computed that there are between three INTRODUCTION,
... thoughts to others ; written , to record them for ourselves . The rules of grammar apply equally to both kinds . 5. Every science ... thought and a medium of communication . 6. It has been computed that there are between three INTRODUCTION,
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... thought ; thus , of the words , to , pen , just , alas ! he , terrify , and ship , the only ones that pre- sent a picture to the " mind's eye " are pen and ship . These , therefore , we call nouns ; but the others do not belong to this ...
... thought ; thus , of the words , to , pen , just , alas ! he , terrify , and ship , the only ones that pre- sent a picture to the " mind's eye " are pen and ship . These , therefore , we call nouns ; but the others do not belong to this ...
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison compound conjunction connected connexion considered consonant copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection James reads John king Latham Latin mark masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original orthography parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate preposition Present Tense principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thee thing Thou thought tion tive transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write