Murray's System of English Grammar: Improved and Adapted to the Present Mode of Instruction in this Branch of Science. Larger ArrangementDorr, Howland, and Company, 1839 |
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accent active verb adjective pronouns admit adverbs antecedent auxiliary better clause comma common compound sentence connected consonant couldst defective verbs degree of comparison denote derived diphthong distinguished ellipsis English English language Examples adapted Exercises on Rule expressed or understood following sentences frequently Future Tense gender genitive governed grammar happy hath imperfect tense improper improperly indefinite article indicative mode infinitive mode interrogative irregular verbs kind king language LESSON loved 2 Thou loved 2 Ye loved Singular manner means nature neuter verb never nominative objective omitted parse participle passive verb pause perfect personal pronouns phrase pleasure Pluperfect Tense possessive possessive adjective potential mode preceding preposition Present Tense proper propriety QUESTIONS relative pronoun Review Second Future sense signify simple sentence singular number sometimes subjunctive mode substantives superlative syllable tence termination thing thou hast Thou mayst tion triphthong virtue vowel wilt wise words write
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Page 2 - How land of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Murray's System of English Grammar.
Page 100 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 169 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue 'with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 11 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel; as wit, witty; thin, thinnish; to abet, an abettor; to begin, a beginner.
Page 149 - Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
Page 88 - I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Page 145 - To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 223 - WISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets : she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Page 88 - A phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence. The principal parts of a simple sentence are, the subject, the attribute, and the object. The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of : the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it ; and the object is the thing affected by such action. The nominative denotes the subject, and usually groes before the verb or attribute ; and the word or phrase, denoting the object,...
Page 163 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.