A Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Letters: Intended for the Use of Schools and of Young Persons in General; But More Especially for the Use of Soldiers, Sailors, Apprentices, and Plough-boysWilliam Cobbett, 1835 - 240 sayfa |
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action active verb actor adjectives adverb Allies antecedent Bishop Bishop of Winchester by-and-by called clearly COBBETT'S comma common confusion conjunction dear James Doctor Johnson Ellipsis English error Etymology express France French gender give grammar grammarians House impersonal verb infinitive mode instance irregular JAMES COBBETT John John Goldsmith king King's knowledge language Latin lative learned Letter VIII Lindley Murray Lord Castlereagh Lord Sidmouth Macroom manner mark Marquis matter means mind nation neuter never nominative nonsense noun noun or pronoun object observe paragraph passive participle past person or thing Peter phrase possessive preposition present Price principles reason regular verb relate relative rules sense sentence singular number smitten sort of words speaking Speech stand subjunctive mode Syntax teach tence third person singular Thou thought tion tyrants understood WILLIAM COBBETT wish write written
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Sayfa ix - it -is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order " of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies -" this is necessary for the safety of the prince, and " arises from the main principle of their constitution, -" which is that of governing by fear ; but in free " states the profession of a soldier, taken singly and " merely as a profession, is justly an object of "jealousy.
Sayfa 14 - Our ancient Saxon laws nominally punished theft with death, if above the value of twelve pence; but the criminal was permitted to redeem his life by a pecuniary ransom; as, among their ancestors the Germans, by a stated number of cattle.
Sayfa xxiv - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Sayfa xxxi - The chief advantage which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind those individuals upon which the attention ought most to be employed...
Sayfa xl - Although this war originated in the most unprovoked aggression on the part of the government of the United States, and was calculated to promote the designs of the common enemy of Europe against the rights and independence of all other nations, I never have ceased to entertain a sincere desire to bring it to a conclusion on just and honourable terms.
Sayfa xii - This is wild work indeed ! Who is to know what is intended by the use of these dashes ? Those who have thought proper, like Mr. Lindley Murray, to place the dash amongst the grammatical points, ought to give us some rule relative to its different longitudinal dimensions in different cases. The inch, the three-quarter-inch, the half-inch the quarterinch ; these would be something determinate ; but, " the dash," without measure, must be a most perilous thing for a young grammarian to handle.