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 BoysJohn Doyle, 1832 - 213 sayfa |
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action active participle active verb Adjectives adverb Allies auxiliary Bishop of Winchester called clearly comma common conjunction dear James Demosthenes Doctor Blair Doctor Johnson Ellipsis English error Etymology express fault France French gender give grammar Grammarians House indefinite article infinitive mode instance irregular irregular verbs John John Doyle king King's language Latin Latin language learned Letter VIII Lindley Murray Lord Lord Castlereagh Lord Sidmouth manner mark Marquis matter means mind nation neral neuter verb never nominative nonsense noun object observe paragraph passive participle past person or thing personal pronouns Peter phrase possessive preposition present Prince Regent principal verb principles purpose reason relate relative relative pronoun rules sense sentence sion sometimes sort of words Speaker speaking Speech stand subjunctive mode SYNTAX tence third person thou thought tion tive tyrants understood wish write
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Sayfa 86 - There are indeed but very few who know how to be idle and innocent, or have a relish of any pleasures that are not criminal; every diversion they take is at the expense of some one virtue or another, and their very first step out of business is into vice or folly.
Sayfa 134 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
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Sayfa 157 - But if the power of example is so great as to take possession of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almost without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken that, when the choice is unrestrained, the best examples only should be exhibited; and that which is likely to operate so strongly should not be mischievous or uncertain in its effects.
Sayfa 72 - In a land of liberty 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 156 - The meaning of the words is this: that " logic is the art of using reason well in our inquiries after truth, and is also the communication of it to others." To be sure, we do understand that it means that " logic is the art of using reason well in our inquiries after truth, and in the communication of it to others;" but, surely, in a case like this, no room for doubt or for hesitation ought to have been left.
Sayfa 146 - But the fear of not being approved as just copiers of human manners is not the most important concern that an author of this sort ought to have before him. These books are written chiefly to the young, the ignorant, and the idle, to whom they serve as lectures of conduct and introductions into life. They are the entertainment of minds unfurnished with ideas, and therefore easily susceptible of impressions ; not fixed by principles, and therefore easily...
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