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... reference to the influence which they ex- ert over the nouns they qualify , may be divided into two classes . Some qualify the Noun to which they are attached , by a circumstance entirely extrane- ous of the subject expressed by that ...
... reference to the influence which they ex- ert over the nouns they qualify , may be divided into two classes . Some qualify the Noun to which they are attached , by a circumstance entirely extrane- ous of the subject expressed by that ...
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... ly , " etc. do to the Nouns " nation , " " heaven , " etc. With reference to the Pronouns from which they are derived , we 66 66 may denominate them Pronominal Adjectives . They are 5 * THE INTERJECTION . 53 Of the Interjection.
... ly , " etc. do to the Nouns " nation , " " heaven , " etc. With reference to the Pronouns from which they are derived , we 66 66 may denominate them Pronominal Adjectives . They are 5 * THE INTERJECTION . 53 Of the Interjection.
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... reference , is definite or indefinite , in order to represent that number we make use of the numeratives 99 66 one , " " two , " " three , ” “ ten , " twenty , " " hundred , " etc. , or of words which denote some number above unity but ...
... reference , is definite or indefinite , in order to represent that number we make use of the numeratives 99 66 one , " " two , " " three , ” “ ten , " twenty , " " hundred , " etc. , or of words which denote some number above unity but ...
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... reference to only two individuals ; this is called Dual . Lastly , there are some languages in which certain forms of the Plural denote a great and others a small number . These forms are what is called Number . In English we have but ...
... reference to only two individuals ; this is called Dual . Lastly , there are some languages in which certain forms of the Plural denote a great and others a small number . These forms are what is called Number . In English we have but ...
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... reference , the first , to beings of the male sex , the second to those of the female sex , and the third to those which have no sex , or which are considered without respect to their sex . . ] The employment of Genders ought , as we ...
... reference , the first , to beings of the male sex , the second to those of the female sex , and the third to those which have no sex , or which are considered without respect to their sex . . ] The employment of Genders ought , as we ...
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Absolute Abstract Nouns action Adjectives admit Adverbs Antecedent Appellative Nouns Arabic attri Attributive Verb Basque language belong Caligula called Cato CHAPTER Charles the Bald circumstantial term cognitum complementary Proposition Complex comprehends Conjunctive Proposition connect consequent term Dative Demonstrative Articles denote designate Determinative Article discourse distinction of Genders distinguish Ellipsis employed English example Exponent Feminine French future Gender and Number Genitive Gerund give Grammatical Complement Grammatical Subject guages hatred idea of existence indefinite individuals invidia languages lastly Latin Latin language Logical Attribute Logical Complement love study manner modify nature Passive past Peaches Personal Mode Peter's supper Plural present princes principal Proposition Pronouns Proper Nouns Reflexive Verb relation Relative sense sentence serves signifies Simple single word Singular sometimes speak species Subject and Attribute Subjunctive susceptible Tenses termination terrible lessons thee thing third person thou tion tive Transitive Verbs TURUM variations Victor wish word horse
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Page 114 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it :— therefore I'll none of it : Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 96 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 116 - Silence was pleased: now glowed the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 96 - On the other side, Satan, alarmed, Collecting all his might, dilated stood, Like Teneriff or Atlas, unremoved : His stature reached the sky, and on his crest Sat Horror plumed ; nor wanted in his grasp What seemed both spear and shield.
Page 111 - Hamlet: What, looked he frowningly? Horatio: A countenance more in sorrow than in anger. Hamlet: Pale or red? Horatio: Nay, very pale. Hamlet: And fixed his eyes upon you? Horatio: Most constantly. Hamlet: I would I had been there.
Page 73 - EXTREMUM hunc, Arethusa, mihi concede laborem. pauca meo Gallo, sed quae legat ipsa Lycoris, carmina sunt dicenda : neget quis carmina Gallo ? sic tibi, cum fluctus subterlabere Sicanos, Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam, incipe ; sollicitos Galli dicamus amores, dum tenera attondent simae virgulta capellae.
Page 29 - ... with an earnestness which shows how truly he avows that it is incompatible with his own opposite opinion. First, He fails to see clearly the facts — the actual usage — on the ground of which I contend for the relative classification of the term. Quoting from some writer on Grammar, he says — " Proper nouns designate beings in a definite manner, so that there is no need of any sign to point out the particular individuals to which they are applied. Appellative nouns " (relative or absolute)...
Page 29 - ... relative classification of the term. Quoting from some writer on Grammar, he says — " Proper nouns designate beings in a definite manner, so that there is no need of any sign to point out the particular individuals to which they are applied. Appellative nouns " (relative or absolute) " on the contrary, being common to all the individuals of the same species, when we wish to apply them to a single individual, or a certain number of individuals of this species, or lastly, to the whole species,...
Page 109 - THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE RAVEN. A RAVEN, while with glossy breast, Her new laid eggs she fondly press'd, And, on her wicker-work high mounted, Her chickens prematurely counted ; (A fault, philosophers might blame, If quite exempted from the same,) Enjoy'd at ease the genial day...
Page 100 - The first and principal use of the Passive Voice is, to express an action without pointing out the subject who acts, which we are frequently obliged to do, sometimes because we do not know the Subject who acts, and sometimes because we do not wish to let those whom we address know it.