An Appeal from the Old Theory of English Grammar, to the True Constructive Genius of the English Language: Developed in Three Books : the Whole Entitled : an English Syntithology

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Grubb and Reazor, 1845 - 618 páginas

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Página 173 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Página 171 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
Página 509 - There are five moods of verbs, the INDICATIVE, the IMPERATIVE, the POTENTIAL, the SUBJUNCTIVE, and the INFINITIVE. The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing : as, " He loves, he is loved i" or it asks a question : as, " Does he love ?" " Is he loved ?" The Imperative Mood is used for commanding, exhorting, entreating, or permitting : as, " Depart thou ; mind ye ; let us stay ; go in peace.
Página 176 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Página 576 - A Conjunction is a part of speech that is chiefly used to connect sentences ; so as, out of two or more sentences, to make but one. It sometimes connects only words.
Página 577 - For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Página 576 - Prepositions serve to connect words with one another, and to show the relation between them ; as, " He went from London to York ;" " she is above disguise ;" " they are supported by industry.
Página 389 - There are three cases ; the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which denotes the subject of a verb : as, The boy runs ; I run.
Página 491 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Página 456 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful.

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