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... phrafe and form of conftruction , whether it be right or not . The plain way of doing this is , to lay down rules , and to illuftrate them by examples . But , be- fide fhewing what is right , the matter may be further explained by ...
... phrafe and form of conftruction , whether it be right or not . The plain way of doing this is , to lay down rules , and to illuftrate them by examples . But , be- fide fhewing what is right , the matter may be further explained by ...
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... phrafe : " Many one there be , that fay of my foul ; There is no help for him in his God . " Pfal . iii . 2 . " How many a meffage would he fend ! " Swift , Verfes on his own Death . He would fend many a message , " is right : but the ...
... phrafe : " Many one there be , that fay of my foul ; There is no help for him in his God . " Pfal . iii . 2 . " How many a meffage would he fend ! " Swift , Verfes on his own Death . He would fend many a message , " is right : but the ...
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... the Nouns , to which they refer ; if the phrafe in the following fen- tence be allowed to be just : " It was happy for the The only variation , which it admits of , is 4 The 56 INTRODUCTION TO cept when an address is made to a Perfon: ...
... the Nouns , to which they refer ; if the phrafe in the following fen- tence be allowed to be just : " It was happy for the The only variation , which it admits of , is 4 The 56 INTRODUCTION TO cept when an address is made to a Perfon: ...
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... Phrafe pe- culiar to the old Vulgar Translation of the Pfalms ; where it acquires a fingular propriety from the Sub- ject to which it is applied , the Supreme Being , who is bigher than the bigbeft . Mono- Monofyllables , for the most ...
... Phrafe pe- culiar to the old Vulgar Translation of the Pfalms ; where it acquires a fingular propriety from the Sub- ject to which it is applied , the Supreme Being , who is bigher than the bigbeft . Mono- Monofyllables , for the most ...
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... It has been very rightly obferved , that the Verb bad , in the common phrafe , I had rather , is not properly ufed , either as an Active or as an Auxiliary ture : ture : let is employed in forming the Im perative ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 79.
... It has been very rightly obferved , that the Verb bad , in the common phrafe , I had rather , is not properly ufed , either as an Active or as an Auxiliary ture : ture : let is employed in forming the Im perative ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 79.
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Addifon Adjective Adverb agreeing alfo alſo anſwer Antecedent Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe Bentley Comma confonant conftruction Conjunction difcourfe diftinction diphthong Dryden Effay English English Language example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhort fhould fignifies fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes fpoken ftand ftill ftyle fubject fuch fyllable Gender governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inſtead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf laft Language lative Letter likewife Milton moſt muſt Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe occafion paffion Paffive Paft Participle paufe Phrafe phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Prefent preffed Prepofition profe Pronominal Pronoun purpoſe reafon refpect Saxon Sentence Serm Shakeſpear Spect Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whofe words