English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and Accuracy |
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... superlatives , by chang- ing y into i : as , spy , spies ; I carry , thou carriest ; he car- rieth , or carries ; carrier , carried ; happy , happier , hap- piest . The present participle in ing , retains the y , that i may not be ...
... superlatives , by chang- ing y into i : as , spy , spies ; I carry , thou carriest ; he car- rieth , or carries ; carrier , carried ; happy , happier , hap- piest . The present participle in ing , retains the y , that i may not be ...
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... superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely as The more l'examine it , the better I like is . I - like this the least of any . " CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIVES ...
... superlative degree ; and its effect is , to mark the degree the more strongly , and to define it the more precisely as The more l'examine it , the better I like is . I - like this the least of any . " CHAPTER III . Of SUBSTANTIVES ...
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... SUPERLATIVE . com- Grammarians have generally enumerated these three de- grees of comparison ; but the first of them has been thought by some writers , to be , improperly , termed a degree of parison ; as it seems to be nothing more ...
... SUPERLATIVE . com- Grammarians have generally enumerated these three de- grees of comparison ; but the first of them has been thought by some writers , to be , improperly , termed a degree of parison ; as it seems to be nothing more ...
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... Superlative Degree increases or lessens the positive to the highest or lowest degree : as , wisest , greatest , least wise . The simple word , or positive , becomes the com- parative , by adding ror er ; and the superlative , by adding ...
... Superlative Degree increases or lessens the positive to the highest or lowest degree : as , wisest , greatest , least wise . The simple word , or positive , becomes the com- parative , by adding ror er ; and the superlative , by adding ...
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... superlative is formed by adding the adverb most to the end of them , as , nethermost , uttermost , or utmost , undermost , uppermost , foremost . In English , as in most languages , there are some words of very common use , ( in which ...
... superlative is formed by adding the adverb most to the end of them , as , nethermost , uttermost , or utmost , undermost , uppermost , foremost . In English , as in most languages , there are some words of very common use , ( in which ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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Page 323 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob ; Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Page 304 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 245 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Page 325 - 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!
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Page 320 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Page 317 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Page 279 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 180 - God by faith: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Page 321 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.