A grammar of the English language, in a series of letters. To which are added, six lessons1863 |
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active participle active verb actor Adjectives Adverbs antecedent attention auxiliary bad grammar borough-tyrants by-and-by called clearly comma conjunction dear James definite article Demosthenes denote DOCTOR BLAIR Doctor Johnson Doctor Watts Ellipsis employed English error Etymology example expressed or understood fault French language gender give grammarians impersonal Verb infinitive mode instance irregular John John Goldsmith knowledge language Latin Latin language learned Letter VIII LINDLEY MURRAY little words manner mark matter means meant mind neuter verb never nomi nominative nouns or pronouns objective observe paragraph passive participle past person or thing Personal Pronouns Peter plural number possessive preposition present principal Verb reason regular Verb relate relative pronoun sense sentence singular number smitten sometimes sort of words speaking speech stand subjunctive mode SUPERLATIVE Syntax teach tence third person singular thou thought tion tyrants vary their endings wish write
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 135 - Our ancient Saxon laws nominally punished theft with death, if above the value of twelvepenee ; but the criminal was permitted to redeem his life by a pecuniary ransom; as among their German ancestors.
Σελίδα 165 - The chief advantage which these fictions have over real life is, that their authors are at liberty, though not to invent, yet to select objects, and to cull from the mass of mankind those individuals upon which the attention ought most to be employed...
Σελίδα 80 - In a land of liberty it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies this is necessary for the safety of the prince, and arises from the main principle of their constitution, which is that of governing by fear; but in free states the profession of a soldier, taken singly and merely as a profession, is justly an object of jealousy.
Σελίδα 175 - I heard such information with just contempt, and I desire you to discover to this great master of ridicule, that I was far from wanting any intelligence which he could have given me. I asked the question with no other intention than to set him free from the necessity of silence, and give him an opportunity of mingling on equal terms with a polite assembly, from which, however uneasy, he could not then escape, by a kind introduction of the only subject on which I believed him able to speak with propriety.
Σελίδα 174 - Logic is the art of using reason well, in our inquiries after truth, and in the communication of it to others ;" but, surely, in a case like this, no room for doubt or for hesitation ought to have been left.
Σελίδα 153 - And, moreover, all special customs must submit to the king's prerogative. Therefore, if the king purchases lands of the nature of gavelkind, where all the sons inherit equally; yet, upon the king's demise, his eldest son shall succeed to those lands alone.
Σελίδα 170 - I hope not much to tire those whom I shall not happen to please ; and if I am not commended for the beauty of my works, to be at least pardoned for their brevity. But whether my expectations are most fixed on pardon or praise...
Σελίδα 77 - You will be rich if you be industrious, in. a fev years." Then again: " You will be rich, if you be industrious in a few years." Here, though in both sentences the words and also the order of the words are precisely the same, the meaning of one of the sentences is very different from that of the other. The first sentence means that you will in a few years' time be rich, if you be industrious now.
Σελίδα 163 - But the fear of not being approved as just copiers of human manners is not the most important concern that an author of this sort ought to have before him. These books are written chiefly to the young, the ignorant, and the idle, to whom they serve as lectures of conduct and introductions into life.
Σελίδα 175 - But if the power of example is so great, as to take possession of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almost without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unrestrained, the best examples only should be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate so strongly, should not be mischievous or uncertain in its effects.