 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...better worth tie while of young persons, than the acquisition of know ledge and virtue. KUJ.E xvr. Two negatives, in English, destroy one another, or are equivalent to an affirmative : as, " Nor dill they not per* ceive him;" that is, " they did perceive hint. " His Ian. gunge, though inelegant,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...Grjecisms, and sometimes Hebraisms, into the language of his poem ; as towards the beginning of it : Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel. Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd — Who shnll tempt with wandering... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...manner." " Somehow, worthy as these people are, they are under the influence of prejudice." RULE XVI. Two negatives, in English, destroy one another, or...to an affirmative : as, " Nor did they not perceive him ;" that is, " they did perceive him." " His language, though inelegant, is not nngrammati~ ca//"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 346 pages
...these people are, they are under the influence of prejudice." XVI. Two negatives, in Englifti, dellroy one another, or are equivalent to an affirmative : as, " Nor did they not perceive him •". that is, " they did perceive him." " His language, though inelegant, is not ungrammatical... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...Grecifms, and fometimes Hebraifms, into the language of his Poem ; as towards the beginning of it " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight " In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel." " e Yet to their general's voice they foon obey'd — * " Who fliall tempt... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 118 pages
...forcibly ; and was attentively heard by the whole aflembly." RULE XVI. Two negatives, in Englifh, deftroy one another, or are equivalent to an affirmative ; as, " Nor did they not perceive him ;" that is, " they did perceive him." " His language, though inelegant* is not un^rammatical s"... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...whole audience." Two Negatives in English destroy one another, or are ^equivalent to an Affirmative f : as, " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel.'' Milton, 'f. L. i. 335. PREPOSITIONS have a Government of Cases : and in... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable. As when the potent... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...elegant harangue ; he spake unaffectedly and forcibly; and was attentively heard by the whole audience." Two Negatives in English destroy one another, or are equivalent to an Affirmative f : as, " Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel.''... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable. As when the... | |
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They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce... 
