A Grammar of the English Tongue: To which are Added Exercises in Bad English, to be Corrected by the Rules of SyntaxJames Phillips, 1796 - 278 من الصفحات |
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accent accufative cafe adjective adverb alfo alſo aunt auxiliary compariſon confifts confonant Conftruction conjunction denotes diphthong ellipfis English father fentence fhall have loved fhew fhort fhould fifter fign fignifies filent fingular number firſt foft fome fomething fometimes fpeak fubject fuperlative fupply Future imperfect Future imperfect tenſe fyllable genitive cafe Grammar houſe iambick IMPERATIVE MOOD indicative mood infinitive mood interjection Irregular Verbs itſelf joined letter loved Plural loved thou loved ye fhall mafculine mafter meaſure moft mother muſt neuter gender nominative cafe noun fubftantive oblique cafe Paft participle paſt participle placed plural number poffeffive Prefent tenfe prepofition Preter Preterimperfect tenfe Preterperfect tenſe Preterpluperfect tenfe radical word relative pronoun Rule ſhe Singular ſpeaking SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD ſubſtantive taught thou teach The-A definite article thee thefe theſe third perfon thofe thoſe trochees ufed uncle uſed verb active verb neuter verfe vowel
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الصفحة 139 - Man was made for society, and ought to extend his good will to all men : but a man will naturally entertain a more particular kindness for the men, with whom he has the most frequent intercourse ; and enter into a still closer union with the man whose temper and disposition suit best with his own.
الصفحة 139 - It is of the nature of both the articles to determine or limit the thing fpoken of : a determines it to be one fingle thing of the kind, leaving it ftill uncertain which; the determines which it is, or, of many, which they are. The firft therefore...
الصفحة 56 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe...
الصفحة 147 - Man but for that, no aftion could attend, And but for this, were aftive to no end. Fix'd like a plant on his peculiar fpot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot ; Or meteor-like, flame lawlefs thro' the void, 65 Deftroying others, by himfelf deftroy'd.
الصفحة 224 - K5• points out a remarkable passage, or something that requires particular attention. A Brace > is used in poetry at the end of a triplet or three lines, which have the same rhyme. Braces are also used to connect a number of words with one common term, and are introduced to prevent a repetition in writing or printing. An...
الصفحة 70 - When an auxiliary is joined to the verb, the auxiliary goes through all the 'variations of perfon and number ; and the verb itfelf continues invariably the fame. When there are two or more auxiliaries joined to the verb, the firft of them only is varied according to the perfon and number.
الصفحة 204 - IN other men we faults can fpy, And blame the mote that dims their eye. Each little fpeck and blemifh find, To our own ftronger errors blind.
الصفحة 69 - Present Tense. Singular. Plural. 1 . I am. i . We are. 2. Thou art. 2. You are. 3. He is. 3. They are. Past Tense. Singular. Plural. 1 . I was. i . We were. 2. Thou wast. 2. You were. 3. He was. 3. They were. Future Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I shall be.
الصفحة 97 - ... loved They were loved. Emphatic Time, or Perfect. Singular. Plural. I have been loved We have been loved. Thou hast been loved You have been loved. He has been loved They have been loved.
الصفحة 84 - Let me be. Let us be. Be thou, or do thou be/ Be ye, or do ye be. Let him be. Let them be.