The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar: Designed to Facilitate the Study of Both Languages by Connecting Them Together |
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... is hoped will not be deemed improper . When the learner is once master of the inflexion of nouns and verbs , he should be exercised in getting by heart words + and phrases , while at the same time he is iv PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDÍTION .
... is hoped will not be deemed improper . When the learner is once master of the inflexion of nouns and verbs , he should be exercised in getting by heart words + and phrases , while at the same time he is iv PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDÍTION .
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... words might answer the purpose as well as Latin hexameters . It is of importance , when the rule is long , that the learner be accustomed to repeat no more of it than is strictly applicable to the word or phrase in question , The ...
... words might answer the purpose as well as Latin hexameters . It is of importance , when the rule is long , that the learner be accustomed to repeat no more of it than is strictly applicable to the word or phrase in question , The ...
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... words ; " the connexion of the . English with the Latin Grammar , if it could be introduced into schools , might be of good service . " * EDINBURGH , Oct. 25 , 1793 . * In a letter concerning this book , after having read the manuscript ...
... words ; " the connexion of the . English with the Latin Grammar , if it could be introduced into schools , might be of good service . " * EDINBURGH , Oct. 25 , 1793 . * In a letter concerning this book , after having read the manuscript ...
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... Words or Parts of Irregular Verbs 102 Speech 4 Defective Verbs 107 The Article ; wanting in Latin ib . Impersonal ... Words in Simple Sen- Government of Words in Simple Sentences I. Government of Substantives II . Government of ...
... Words or Parts of Irregular Verbs 102 Speech 4 Defective Verbs 107 The Article ; wanting in Latin ib . Impersonal ... Words in Simple Sen- Government of Words in Simple Sentences I. Government of Substantives II . Government of ...
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... Words 3. Figures of Thought 196 Page Construction of Gerunds 144 of Supines 145 of Adverbs 146 Government of Adverbs 147 Construction of Prepositions 148 of Circumstances 153 1. Price ib . 2. Manner and Cause 8. Place ib . 154 4 ...
... Words 3. Figures of Thought 196 Page Construction of Gerunds 144 of Supines 145 of Adverbs 146 Government of Adverbs 147 Construction of Prepositions 148 of Circumstances 153 1. Price ib . 2. Manner and Cause 8. Place ib . 154 4 ...
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ablative ablative absolute accusative adjective adverbs alicui alicujus aliquem aliquid aliquo Amatus animo animum apud atque Cæs called castra Cesura Cicero circum commonly compounds conjugation construed crement dactyles dative deponent verbs diem diphthong ejus English ĕris expressed feminine gender genitive gerund Greek nouns hæc Horat Indicative Mode infinitive inter joined Latin likewise literas loved manus masc masculine mihi neuter nihil nominative nouns omnes one's Ovid participle passive pecuniam penult person Plaut Plur plural præ præter preposition preterite pronouns quæ quam quid quis quod rule Sall scil sentence shorten sibi signify Sing singular sometimes spondee subjunctive Subjunctive Mode substantive sunt super supine syllable tempus thing third declension thou tibi tive understood urbe urbem Venit verbs verse Virg vowel words
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Page 221 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 217 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung, renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, and every stream in heavenly numbers flows.
Page 119 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SYNTAX. 1. In every sentence there must be a verb and a nominative expressed or understood. 2. Every adjective must have a substantive expressed or understood. 3.
Page 155 - COMPOUND SENTENCES. A compound sentence is that which has more than one nominative, or one finite verb. A compound sentence is made up of two or more simple sentences or phrases, and is commonly called a Period.
Page 67 - MOOD. Present Tense, may or can. 1. Sim, I may be, Simus, We may be, 2. Sis, Thou mayest be, Sitis, Ye may be, 3. Sit, He may be ; Sint, They may be, Imperfect, might, could, wmtld, or should.
Page 156 - But if a nominative come between the relative and the verb, the relative will be of that case, which the verb or noun following, or the preposition going before, use to govern.
Page 159 - If the substantives be of different persons, the verb plural must agree with the first person rather than the second, and with the second rather than the third ; as...
Page 221 - II. signifies two; III. three; XX. twenty; XXX. thirty; CC. two hundred, &c. But V. and L. are never repeated. When a letter of a less value is placed before a letter of a greater, the less takes away what it stands for from the greater ; but being placed after, it adds what it stands for to the greater ; thus, IV. Four. V. Five. VI. Six. IX.
Page 197 - Thus le in lï!f<i is said to be short by authority, because it is always made short by the Latin poets. In most Latin words of one or two syllables, according to our manner of pronouncing, we can hardly distinguish by the ear a long syllable from a short. Thus le in ligo and ligi seem tn It...
Page 218 - WHEN all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.