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... signifying that only two are spoken of . In English there are a few words that strictly imply duality , as , brace , couple , pair , both . Collective nouns , representing many individuals con- gregated together , are singular or plural ...
... signifying that only two are spoken of . In English there are a few words that strictly imply duality , as , brace , couple , pair , both . Collective nouns , representing many individuals con- gregated together , are singular or plural ...
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... signifies the falling from a perpendicular line ; and from this deflection , consisting of several de- grees , has originated the declension of nouns . Thus the simple notion of the noun is expressed by an upright straight line , as I ...
... signifies the falling from a perpendicular line ; and from this deflection , consisting of several de- grees , has originated the declension of nouns . Thus the simple notion of the noun is expressed by an upright straight line , as I ...
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... signify possession ; it denotes consisting of , or in , concern- ing , & c . In some circumstances a double possessive is formed ; as , " the laws of gravitation were a discovery of New- ton's ; " " the circulation of the blood was a ...
... signify possession ; it denotes consisting of , or in , concern- ing , & c . In some circumstances a double possessive is formed ; as , " the laws of gravitation were a discovery of New- ton's ; " " the circulation of the blood was a ...
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... signifying a child , and now signifies more generally what is small of its kind . Cle , ule , ock , el , are also diminutive termina- tions ; as , icicle , globule , hillock , satchel , from sack . Similar diminutives are found in Latin ...
... signifying a child , and now signifies more generally what is small of its kind . Cle , ule , ock , el , are also diminutive termina- tions ; as , icicle , globule , hillock , satchel , from sack . Similar diminutives are found in Latin ...
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... signifies the whole number or quantity , the aggre- gate of a number . Many and few stand in contrariety . Several signifies a small number considered singly . Some denotes a small part ADJECTIVES OR QUALITIES . 25.
... signifies the whole number or quantity , the aggre- gate of a number . Many and few stand in contrariety . Several signifies a small number considered singly . Some denotes a small part ADJECTIVES OR QUALITIES . 25.
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ACCESSORY SENTENCES action adjective adverb affirmation affixed Anglo-Saxon antecedent assertion attribute auxiliary auxiliary verb cause clause Collective Nouns command compound conception conjunction connection Declarative Mode Declarative Mode-Present declension denote derived duty ellipsis employed English language equivalent express formed from nouns French future gender govern Grammar grammarians hence Imperative Mode implies infinitive interjection interrogative intransitive John Latin letter lofty loved manded manner means mind modify nature negative never nominative nouns by adding Nouns ending number and person object old English omitted origin parsing particle Past Completive Past Indefinite Past Participle past tense Peter sung phrase pleonasms Plural possessive Potential-Assertive precede predicate prefixed preposition Present Completive Priscian Proper names qualities relation relative relative pronoun RULE sense shine signifies singular number substantive substitute syllables Syntax tence termination thing Thou hast thou shalt tion tive transitive verb Universal Grammar warmed words write
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Стр. 6 - A, a; B, b; C, c ; D, d; E, e ; F, f; G, g; H, h; I, i; J, j; K, k ; L, 1; M, m ; N, n...
Стр. 107 - ... who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the economist, who tells of bargains and settlements ; to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances; to the usurer, who compares the different funds; and to the talker, who talks only because he loves to be talking.
Стр. 111 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave! For the deck it was their field of fame, And ocean was their grave...
Стр. 105 - And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Стр. 144 - Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies, Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes, And weaves a song of melancholy joy— " Sleep, image of thy father, sleep, my boy ; No lingering hour of sorrow shall be thine ; No sigh that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire the son shall be In form and soul; but ah ! more blest...
Стр. 100 - ... he were every day guilty of some himself; and, at the same time, as cautious of committing a fault, as if he never forgave one.
Стр. 144 - Man in society is like a flower Blown in its native bed : 'tis there alone His faculties, expanded in full bloom, Shine out ; there only reach their proper use.
Стр. 63 - I cannot tell, what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself.
Стр. 44 - TENSE. 1. I shall have been, 2. Thou wilt have been, 3. He will have been; 1.
Стр. 144 - But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.