A grammar of the English language, in a series of letters. With an additional chapter by J.P.Cobbett1866 |
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action active participle active Verb actor Adjectives Adverbs antecedent Article attention auxiliary by-and-by called clearly comma committed common confusion conjunction consonant dear James Demosthenes denote distinctions Doctor Blair Doctor Johnson Ellipsis employed English error Etymology expressed or understood fault French French language gender give Grammar Grammarians indefinite Article infinitive mode instance irregular IRREGULAR VERBS John John Goldsmith King language Latin Latin language learned Letter VIII Lindley Murray Lord Lord Castlereagh Lord Sidmouth manner mark matter means mind neuter Verb never nominative noun object observe paragraph passive participle past person or thing personal Pronouns Peter phrase plural number possessive preposition present principal Verb reason relate relative Pronoun sense sentence singular number sometimes sort of words sound speaking Speech stand subjunctive mode SUPERLATIVE Syntax tence third person singular thou tion tive tyrants wish write
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Sayfa 172 - and* added to the second and third person singular: as, to have, to write, to work, to run; I have, I write, I work, I run. But the Verb to be becomes, in the present time of its indicative, I am, thou art, he is, we are, you are, they are; which are great changes. Therefore, as the subjunctive, in
Sayfa 186 - The love of retirement has, in all ages, adhered closely " to those minds which have been most enlarged by " knowledge, or elevated by genius. Those who enjoyed " every thing generally supposed to confer happiness, " have been forced to seek it in the shades of privacy." —R. No. 7. To seek what ? The love of retirement, or
Sayfa 197 - But if the power of example is so great as to take " possession of the memory by a kind of violence, care " ought to be taken that, when the choice is unrestrained, " the best examples only should
Sayfa 228 - recently been made in some of the manufacturing districts to take " advantage of circumstances of local distress, to excite a spirit of ' disaffection to the institutions and Government of the Country. ' No object can be nearer my heart than to promote the welfare and ' prosperity of all classes of his Majesty's subjects ; but this cannot
Sayfa 185 - author of this sort ought to have before him."—R. No. 4. An author cannot be said to fear not to be approved as just copiers. The word author ought to have been in the plural, and him ought to have been them. " The wit, whose vivacity condemns slower tongues to " silence ; the scholar, whose knowledge allows no man
Sayfa 109 - For, " the custom of the manor has, in both cases, so " far superseded the will of the Lord, that, provided " the services be performed, or stipulated for by fealty, " he cannot, in the first instance, refuse to admit the
Sayfa 187 - No. 119. Those persons, who are entering the world, and not any particular persons of whom we have already been speaking. We cannot say them persons; and, therefore, this sentence is incorrect. " Of these pretenders it is fit to distinguish those who " endeavour to deceive from them who are deceived."—
Sayfa 188 - opposite of plain path, but open day-light is not the opposite of a thick wood. Open plain would have been better than open daylight ; for open day-light may exist along with a thick •wood. VERBS. " There are many things which we every day see others
Sayfa 185 - practised upon my judgment, or the allurements " tried upon my heart, which, if you have, in any " part of your life, been acquainted with rural politics, " you will easily conceive. Their arts have no great " variety, they think nothing worth their care but money.
Sayfa 225 - The Bill, Sir, which it is my duty to present to your Royal Highness, is entitled,' An Act for applying certain monies therein. ' mentioned for the Service of the year 1819, and for further