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... compounded of c , or k , and s . Z feems not to be a double confonant in English , as it is commonly fuppofed : it has the fame relation to s , as v has to f being a thicker and coarfer expreffion of it . B 3 His - His only an ...
... compounded of c , or k , and s . Z feems not to be a double confonant in English , as it is commonly fuppofed : it has the fame relation to s , as v has to f being a thicker and coarfer expreffion of it . B 3 His - His only an ...
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... compounded , pronounced by a fingle impulse of the voice , and conftituting a word , or part of a word . Spelling is the art of reading by naming the letters fingly , and rightly dividing words into their fyllables . Or , in writing ...
... compounded , pronounced by a fingle impulse of the voice , and conftituting a word , or part of a word . Spelling is the art of reading by naming the letters fingly , and rightly dividing words into their fyllables . Or , in writing ...
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... compounded ; and they are for the most part the fame words which are Irregular Verbs in the Saxon . As all our Regular Verbs are fubject to fome kind of Contradiction , so the first Clafs of Irregulars is of thofe that become fo from ...
... compounded ; and they are for the most part the fame words which are Irregular Verbs in the Saxon . As all our Regular Verbs are fubject to fome kind of Contradiction , so the first Clafs of Irregulars is of thofe that become fo from ...
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... Compounded . A Simple Sentence hath in it but one Subject , and one Finite Verb ; that is , a Verb in the Indicative , Imperative , or Sub- junctive Mode . A Phrafe is two or more words rightly put together in order to make a part of a ...
... Compounded . A Simple Sentence hath in it but one Subject , and one Finite Verb ; that is , a Verb in the Indicative , Imperative , or Sub- junctive Mode . A Phrafe is two or more words rightly put together in order to make a part of a ...
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... compounded of a Verb and a Prepofition ; as , to uphold , to out- " Now Margaret's curfe is fall'n upon our heads , When she exclaim'd on Haftings , you , and I. ” It ought to be me . Shakefpear , Rich . III . [ 2 ] Pope , Preface to ...
... compounded of a Verb and a Prepofition ; as , to uphold , to out- " Now Margaret's curfe is fall'n upon our heads , When she exclaim'd on Haftings , you , and I. ” It ought to be me . Shakefpear , Rich . III . [ 2 ] Pope , Preface to ...
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Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo Article Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb becauſe beſt called Caſe confonants Conftruction Conjunction diftinction diftinguiſhed diphthong Dryden Effay Engliſh English Language example expreffed expreffion expreſſed faid fame fecond feems felf fenfe fhall fhew fhort fhould fignification fimple firft firſt fitten fome fometimes foonly ftand ftill fuch fuffering fupplied fyllable Gender Grammar hath Hift improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftead Irregular Irregular Verbs itſelf Language laſt leaſt Letter liary likewife Lord Milton moſt muſt Neuter Verb Nominative Cafe Noun obferved obfolete Objective Cafe paffion Paffive Paft Participle Phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe pofition Pope Pref Prefent Prepofition Pronoun proper purpoſes reafon refpect Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall Spect ſpoken Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tences thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe Thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel word
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Page 31 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 179 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 179 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 19 - Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire ? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 179 - Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 179 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire...
Page 126 - Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them ? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Page 157 - Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Page 137 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 122 - God, by whose providence Thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of Thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance ; make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching ; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.