The Elements of English Grammar: Methodically Arranged for the Assistance of Young Persons who Study the English Language Grammatically ; to which is Added a Concise Treatise of Rhetoric Designed Particularly for the Use of Ladies' Boarding Schools ...G.H. Fay, 1803 - 96 páginas |
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... comparative , and the fuperlative . 3. The pofitive mentions the Adjective without any increase or diminution ; as , frong , wife . 4. The comparative fomewhat increafes or decreaf- es the pofitive ; and is formed by adding r or er to ...
... comparative , and the fuperlative . 3. The pofitive mentions the Adjective without any increase or diminution ; as , frong , wife . 4. The comparative fomewhat increafes or decreaf- es the pofitive ; and is formed by adding r or er to ...
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... Comparative . Wife , wifer or more wife , Superlative . wifeft or most wife . highest or most high . 6. Adjectives that end in y , change they into i when their termination alters ; as , High , higher or more high , Dry , drier or more ...
... Comparative . Wife , wifer or more wife , Superlative . wifeft or most wife . highest or most high . 6. Adjectives that end in y , change they into i when their termination alters ; as , High , higher or more high , Dry , drier or more ...
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... comparative degree contains two diftinct terms , which ought to be connected by the conjunc- tion than ; as , Socrates was wiser than his judges . San crates and his judges , between whom the comparison is made , were diftinct perfons ...
... comparative degree contains two diftinct terms , which ought to be connected by the conjunc- tion than ; as , Socrates was wiser than his judges . San crates and his judges , between whom the comparison is made , were diftinct perfons ...
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... comparative fewer is here conftrued with of instead of than . The fentence ought to be ; my book has loft fewer leaves than any book here . 20. In the Superlative degree the first term ought to be contained in the fecond , which must be ...
... comparative fewer is here conftrued with of instead of than . The fentence ought to be ; my book has loft fewer leaves than any book here . 20. In the Superlative degree the first term ought to be contained in the fecond , which must be ...
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... comparative or fuperlative degree , as the laft term contains the firft ; thus , he is the taller of the two or , he is the tallest of the two . 26. A double comparative or a double fuperlative , is very improper ; as , he is a more ...
... comparative or fuperlative degree , as the laft term contains the firft ; thus , he is the taller of the two or , he is the tallest of the two . 26. A double comparative or a double fuperlative , is very improper ; as , he is a more ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Active Verb Adjective Adverbs anfwer Antecedent Article Auxiliary AUXILIARY VERBS becauſe called chofen choofe choose chooſing comma comparifon conjugated Conjunction Defective Verbs defire denotes diftinguished example expreffed faid fame fecond feem feen fenfe feparated fhall fhew fhould fignification figure fingular number firft fleep following fentence fome fometimes fpeak ftate fuch fuperlative fuppofe gender grammar houfe houſe Imperative Mood Imperfect Tenfe Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood inftead inftruction interrogations Irregular Verbs joined likewife loft MILTON moft moſt muft muſt Neuter Verbs Nominative Cafe Noun obfcured obferved Objective Cafe OBSERVATIONS AND RULES paffed paft paſt perfon or thing Perfonal Pronouns phrafe Pluperfect plural number Poff Poffeffive Cafe POPE Potential Mood Pref Prefent Participle Prefent Tenfe Prepofition reafon Relative agreeing rife RULES OF SYNTAX ſeen Subftantives Subjunctive Mood tence Tenſe thee thefe theſe third perfon thofe Thou tive ufed uſed whofe wife words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 79 - Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darkened so, yet shone Above them all the archangel...
Página 95 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Página 94 - How rich the Peacock ! £ what bright glories run From plume to plume, and vary in the sun ! He proudly spreads them, to the golden ray Gives all his colours, and adorns the day ; With conscious state the spacious round displays, And slowly moves amid the waving blaze.
Página 85 - To know the poet from the man of rhymes: Tis he, who gives my breast a thousand pains, Can make me feel each passion that he feigns; Enrage, compose, with more than magic art, With pity, and with terror, tear my heart; And snatch me, o'er the earth, or through the air, To Thebes, to Athens, when he will, and where.
Página 91 - I had hope to spend Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers, That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names!
Página 93 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Página 81 - Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn...
Página 91 - O unexpecled ftroke, worfe than of Death! Muft I thus leave thee, Paradife? thus leave Thee, native foil, thefe happy walks and fhades, 270 Fit haunt of Gods?
Página 80 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Página 35 - Swim swam swum Swing swung swung Take took taken Teach taught taught Tear tore torn Tell told told Think thought thought Thrive throve thriven Throw threw thrown...