A Short Introduction to English Grammar: With Critical NotesJ. Dodsley, 1774 - 161 páginas |
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Página 88
... govern another , when it causeth the other to be in fome cafe , or mode . Sentences are either Simple , or compounded . A Simple Sentence hath in it but one Subject , and one Finite Verb ; that is , a Verb in the Indi- cative ...
... govern another , when it causeth the other to be in fome cafe , or mode . Sentences are either Simple , or compounded . A Simple Sentence hath in it but one Subject , and one Finite Verb ; that is , a Verb in the Indi- cative ...
Página 89
... governed by pretend . " If you were here , you would find three or four in the parlour after dinner , whom you would say paffed their time agreeably . " Locke , Letter to Moly- neux . " Scotland and Thee did each in other live ...
... governed by pretend . " If you were here , you would find three or four in the parlour after dinner , whom you would say paffed their time agreeably . " Locke , Letter to Moly- neux . " Scotland and Thee did each in other live ...
Página 90
... govern the Nominative Cafe : or , the latter Subftantive may be faid to agree in Cafe with the former . 3d Phrafe : The Adjective after a Verb Neuter or Paffive , in like manner : as , " Life is short , and Art is long . " " Exercise is ...
... govern the Nominative Cafe : or , the latter Subftantive may be faid to agree in Cafe with the former . 3d Phrafe : The Adjective after a Verb Neuter or Paffive , in like manner : as , " Life is short , and Art is long . " " Exercise is ...
Página 91
... govern the Objective Cafe . 5th Phrafe : A Verb following another Verb ; as , " boys love to play : " where the latter Verb is in the Infinitive Mode .. 6th Phrase : When one thing is faid to belong to another ; as , " Milton's poems ...
... govern the Objective Cafe . 5th Phrafe : A Verb following another Verb ; as , " boys love to play : " where the latter Verb is in the Infinitive Mode .. 6th Phrase : When one thing is faid to belong to another ; as , " Milton's poems ...
Página 98
... who , which is not governed by the Verb fay or think , but by the Verb am : or agrees in Cafe with the Pronoun L. If the Verb were in the Infinitive Mode , it would re- The The Adverbs , when , while , after , & 48 INTRODUCTION TO.
... who , which is not governed by the Verb fay or think , but by the Verb am : or agrees in Cafe with the Pronoun L. If the Verb were in the Infinitive Mode , it would re- The The Adverbs , when , while , after , & 48 INTRODUCTION TO.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Addifon Adjective Adverb alfo alſo antient Article Atterbury Auxiliary Auxiliary Verb bave becauſe beft Bentley Caſe Compariſon confonant conftruction Conjunction defign diftinction diphthong diſtinguiſhed Dryden Effay English example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe feveral fhall fhort fhould fignifies firft firſt fitten fome fometimes ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fyllable governed Grammar hath Ibid improperly Indicative Mode Infinitive Mode inftances inftead Irregular itſelf Language laſt Letter liary likewife manner Milton miſtake moft moſt Neuter Nominative Cafe Noun obferved Objective Cafe occafions paffion Paffive Paft Participle pauſes Phalaris Phrafe Phraſe Plural Number Poffeffive Cafe Pope Prefent Prepofition Pronominal Adjectives Pronoun reafon refpect reft Saxon ſeems Sentence Serm Shakeſpear ſhall Spect ſpoken Subft Subftantive Subjunctive Mode Swift tence thee thefe themſelves theſe thing third Perfon Singular thofe thoſe thou tive underſtood uſed Verb Active Verb Neuter vowel whoſe words
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Página 33 - 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.
Página 92 - 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.
Página 119 - 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 pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed Innumerable.
Página 120 - ... less apt to affect the sense of it, and to give it a new meaning ; and may still be considered as belonging to the verb, and as a part of it. As, to cast, is to throw; but to cast up, or to compute, an account, is quite a different thing : thus, to fall on, to bear out, to give over, &c.
Página 136 - 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.
Página 13 - Grammar in general, or Universal Grammar, explains the Principles which are common to all languages. The Grammar of any particular Language, as the English Grammar, applies those common principles to that particular language, according to the established usage and custom of it.
Página 149 - The principle may be defective or faulty, but the consequences it produces are so good, that for the benefit of mankind, it ought not to be extinguished.
Página 146 - The paffion for praife, which is fo very vehement in the fair fex, produces excellent effects in women of fenfe.
Página 131 - If there be but one body of legislators, it is no better than a tyranny ; if there are only two, there will want a casting voice...
Página 26 - too careless an author. The indefinite article can be joined to substantives in the singular number only ; the definite article may be joined also to plurals. But there appears to be a remarkable exception to this rule, in the use of the adjectives few and many, (the latter chiefly with the word great before it,) which, though joined with plural substantives, yet admit of the singular article a ; as, a few men ; a great many men. The reason of it is manifest, from the effect which the article has...