The Institutes of English Grammar ...: And a Key to the Oral Exercises, to which are Added Four Appendixes ...W. Wood, 1862 - 296 páginas |
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Página iv
... cause to regret their lack of an inducement to further labour . The mere grammarian can neither aspire to praise , nor stipulate for a reward ; and to those who were best qualified to write , the subject could offer no adequate motive ...
... cause to regret their lack of an inducement to further labour . The mere grammarian can neither aspire to praise , nor stipulate for a reward ; and to those who were best qualified to write , the subject could offer no adequate motive ...
Página v
... cause the principal defi- nitions and rules to be committed thoroughly to memory , that they may ever after- wards be readily applied . Oral instruction may smoothe the way , and facilitate the labour of the learner ; but the notion of ...
... cause the principal defi- nitions and rules to be committed thoroughly to memory , that they may ever after- wards be readily applied . Oral instruction may smoothe the way , and facilitate the labour of the learner ; but the notion of ...
Página vi
... cause grammatical exercises to be skilfully managed , where teachers themselves are so often lamentably deficient in them . Yet something may be effected by means of a better book , if a better can be introduced . And what with- stands ...
... cause grammatical exercises to be skilfully managed , where teachers themselves are so often lamentably deficient in them . Yet something may be effected by means of a better book , if a better can be introduced . And what with- stands ...
Página viii
... cause it is no credit to any author , to have written bad English . But the intelligent reader will recognize as quotations a large portion of the examples , and know from what works they are taken . To the schoolboy this knowledge is ...
... cause it is no credit to any author , to have written bad English . But the intelligent reader will recognize as quotations a large portion of the examples , and know from what works they are taken . To the schoolboy this knowledge is ...
Página xi
... cause than requital ; for there was no generosity in ascribing them to peevishness , though the passages in question were not worth copying . On perspicu- ity and accuracy , about sixty pages were extracted from Blair ; and it requires ...
... cause than requital ; for there was no generosity in ascribing them to peevishness , though the passages in question were not worth copying . On perspicu- ity and accuracy , about sixty pages were extracted from Blair ; and it requires ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according action adding adjective adverb agree antecedent appear called cause classes common compared compound conjunction connected consonant construction definite denotes depends derived diphthong distinguish employed English examples EXCEPTION EXERCISE express figure gender give governed grammar happiness honour imperfect improve indicative indicative mood infinitive kind language learning less LESSON letters loved manner meaning mind mood nature neuter never nominative Note noun objective OBSERVATIONS parsing participle perfect plural possessive preceded prefixed preposition present principal pronoun proper question reading reason reference relation relative require respect RULE seen sense sentence separate simple singular sometimes sound speak speech style syllable SYNTAX taken Tense term thee things third person thou thought tion usually verb virtue vowel wise words write
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Página 253 - To judge rightly of the present we must oppose it to the past ; for all judgment is comparative, and of the future nothing can be known. The truth is, that no mind is much employed upon the present : recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
Página 243 - But what think ye ? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to.day in my vineyard.
Página 234 - Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Página 249 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Página 199 - That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Página 142 - An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands.
Página 245 - 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!
Página 128 - This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Página 246 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Página 251 - Of earth and hell confederate take away : A liberty, which persecution, fraud, Oppression, prisons have no power to bind; Which whoso tastes can be enslaved no more. 'Tis liberty of heart derived from Heaven, Bought with His blood, who gave it to mankind...