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... thing or things ; as , The man , the apples . Obs . 1. — The English articles are not varied by numbers , genders ... merely as things spoken of ) , are nouns ; or , rather , are things read and construed as nouns ; as , " Us is a ...
... thing or things ; as , The man , the apples . Obs . 1. — The English articles are not varied by numbers , genders ... merely as things spoken of ) , are nouns ; or , rather , are things read and construed as nouns ; as , " Us is a ...
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... thing merely spoken of . It be- OBS . - The distinction of persons is founded on the different relations which the objects mentioned may bear to the discourse itself . longs to nouns , pronouns , and finite verbs : and to these it is ...
... thing merely spoken of . It be- OBS . - The distinction of persons is founded on the different relations which the objects mentioned may bear to the discourse itself . longs to nouns , pronouns , and finite verbs : and to these it is ...
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... things are spoken to , they are personified ; and their names are put in the second person , because by the figure the objects are supposed to be capable of hearing . NUMBERS . Numbers distinguish unity and plurality . Obs . — Number merely ...
... things are spoken to , they are personified ; and their names are put in the second person , because by the figure the objects are supposed to be capable of hearing . NUMBERS . Numbers distinguish unity and plurality . Obs . — Number merely ...
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... things without life , used literally , are always of the neuter gender . But inanimate objects are often represented figuratively , as having sex . Things remarkable for power , greatness , or sublimity , are spoken of as masculine ; as ...
... things without life , used literally , are always of the neuter gender . But inanimate objects are often represented figuratively , as having sex . Things remarkable for power , greatness , or sublimity , are spoken of as masculine ; as ...
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... word which is either the name of a person , animal , place , thing , or idea . 2. A proper noun is the name of some particular individual , place , or thing . 3. The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken ...
... word which is either the name of a person , animal , place , thing , or idea . 2. A proper noun is the name of some particular individual , place , or thing . 3. The third person is that which denotes the person or thing merely spoken ...
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according to Rule action active verb active-transitive verb adjective adverbs agree animal antecedent applied apposition clause comma common noun compared compound conjunction connected consonant definite article degree denotes the person derived ellipsis English EXAMPLE PARSED FALSE SYNTAX First-future Tense following verbs give grammar idea IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect Tense improper diphthong indicative mood infinitive mood interjection irregular verb LESSON letters neuter gender neuter verb nominative noun or pronoun OBSERVATIONS ON RULE passive verb perfect participle person and number person or thing personal pronoun pleonasm Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number Poss possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preceded prefixes the auxiliary preposition Present Tense preterit principal pronominal adjective proper names reading relation Rule 3d second person semivowels sentence shew signification simple Sing singular number denotes sometimes sound speech subjunctive mood syllable SYNTAX UNDER RULE thee thing merely spoken Thou mightst triphthong vowel word which affirms word which expresses Write
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Página 209 - 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 208 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Página 210 - 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 105 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 212 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes ! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain ; Bacchus...
Página 120 - If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too.
Página 37 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
Página 148 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 78 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 196 - And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.