English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page 4
... derived from it , will , in the end , more than compensate the inconvenience . In regard to the notes and observations , he may add , that many of them are intended , not only to explain the subjects , and to illustrate them by ...
... derived from it , will , in the end , more than compensate the inconvenience . In regard to the notes and observations , he may add , that many of them are intended , not only to explain the subjects , and to illustrate them by ...
Page 5
... derive no advantage from it , equal to the inconvenience of crowding the pages with a repetition of names and references . It is , however , proper to acknowledge , in general terms , that the authors to whom the grammatical part of ...
... derive no advantage from it , equal to the inconvenience of crowding the pages with a repetition of names and references . It is , however , proper to acknowledge , in general terms , that the authors to whom the grammatical part of ...
Page 6
... derived from the following sentiments of an eminent and candid writer * on language and composition . " All that regards " the study of composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with ...
... derived from the following sentiments of an eminent and candid writer * on language and composition . " All that regards " the study of composition , merits the higher attention upon this account , that it is intimately connected with ...
Page 10
... derived from one another . A sketch of the steps , by which the English language has risen to its present state of refinement . PART III.- SYNTAX . : : 134 137 Of the syntax of the article . : : : : 166 Of the syntax of the noun . Of ...
... derived from one another . A sketch of the steps , by which the English language has risen to its present state of refinement . PART III.- SYNTAX . : : 134 137 Of the syntax of the article . : : : : 166 Of the syntax of the noun . Of ...
Page 19
... , such whose sounds can be continued at pleasure , partaking of the nature of vowels , from which they derive their name . The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure , The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all ORTHOGRAPHY . 19.
... , such whose sounds can be continued at pleasure , partaking of the nature of vowels , from which they derive their name . The mutes may be subdivided into pure and impure , The pure are those whose sounds cannot be at all ORTHOGRAPHY . 19.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
Popular passages
Page 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Page 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 325 - Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Page 324 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Page 317 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Page 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.