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... Infinitive . To be . instead of saying , " Many there be , that go in thereat , " we should now say , " Many there are . " We find them however used with the conjunctions if and though ; thus , " If this be my " notion of a great part ...
... Infinitive . To be . instead of saying , " Many there be , that go in thereat , " we should now say , " Many there are . " We find them however used with the conjunctions if and though ; thus , " If this be my " notion of a great part ...
Page 134
... Infinitive to this Verb ; and the existence of this Infinitive may appear , perhaps , a sufficient refu tation of that opinion . I shall , therefore , briefly repeat what I have said , and offer a few additional observations . I have ...
... Infinitive to this Verb ; and the existence of this Infinitive may appear , perhaps , a sufficient refu tation of that opinion . I shall , therefore , briefly repeat what I have said , and offer a few additional observations . I have ...
Page 135
... Infinitive , which affirms nothing , cannot , without impropriety , be deemed a Verb . It expresses merely an action , passion , or state abstractedly . Hence many gram- marians have justly considered it as no part of the Verb ; and in ...
... Infinitive , which affirms nothing , cannot , without impropriety , be deemed a Verb . It expresses merely an action , passion , or state abstractedly . Hence many gram- marians have justly considered it as no part of the Verb ; and in ...
Page 136
... Infinitive , which may , all cases , be supplied by a Noun , has itself the real character of a Noun . And , if the essence of a Verb consist in predication , and not , as some think , in implying time in conjunction with an attribute ...
... Infinitive , which may , all cases , be supplied by a Noun , has itself the real character of a Noun . And , if the essence of a Verb consist in predication , and not , as some think , in implying time in conjunction with an attribute ...
Page 137
... Infinitive has not even the distinction arising from termination , to entitle it to be ranked in the number of moods ; its form being the same with that of the present Tense , and probably , both in its termination and its prefix ...
... Infinitive has not even the distinction arising from termination , to entitle it to be ranked in the number of moods ; its form being the same with that of the present Tense , and probably , both in its termination and its prefix ...
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action active verb Adjective admit adverb affirmation ambiguity analogy antecedent appears article Grammar assertion attribute Auxiliary Verb called character clause conceive conjunction considered consonant construed deemed definite article denotes distinction ellipsis employed English English language equivalent error examples expression former frequently genitive grammar grammarians Greek guage Hence idea imperfect Impersonal Verbs implies improperly impropriety indefinite INDICATIVE MOOD inflexion joined king language Latin latter Lowth meaning mode Mood neuter nominative Note noun object observed obsolete opinion Participle passive passive voice perfect person perspicuity phraseology Plur plural preceding predicate preposition Present Tense Preterite Priestley pronoun properly reader reason refers regimen relative relative clause respect rule Saxon Saxon genitive sense sentence signifies singular solecism sound speaking species speech Subjunctive Mood substantive Swift synonimous term termination thing thou tion tive Transitive Verb truth usage voice vowel word write
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Page 160 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 315 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 365 - LORD, our heavenly ,Father, Almighty > and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; De(fend us in the same with thy mighty power ; and grant » that this day we fall into no ,sin, neither run into ,any kind of danger ; but » that all our doings may be ordered by ,thy governance, to do always » that > is ,righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus ,Christ > our Lord.
Page 357 - To where Fleet-ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Page 394 - We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility: We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are. We outrun our present income, as not doubting to disburse * ourselves out of the profits of some future place, project, or reversion that we have in view.
Page 322 - All expressions which, according to the established rules of language, either have no meaning, or involve a contradiction, or, according to the fair construction of the words, convey a meaning different from the intention of the speaker, should be dismissed.
Page 246 - They are not the men in the nation, the most difficult to be replaced.' The definite article is likewise used to distinguish between things, which are individually different, but have one generic name, and things, which are in truth, one and the same, but are characterized by several qualities. If we say, ' The ecclesiastical and secular powers concurred in this measure,' the expression is ambiguous, as far as language can render it such.
Page 336 - But what I have most at Heart is, that some Method should be thought on for ascertaining and fixing our Language for ever, after such Alterations are made in it as shall be thought requisite. For I am of Opinion...
Page 138 - In the first person simply shall foretells ; In will a. threat, or else a promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Page 207 - A Preposition is a part of speech, devoid itself of signification; but so formed as to unite two words that are significant, and that refuse to coalesce or unite of themselves.