The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.

The Grammar of English Grammars eBook

Goold Brown
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 4,149 pages of information about The Grammar of English Grammars.
&c.—­Ib., Ex., p. 36. “’Thou buildest the wall, that thou mayst be their king.’ Neh., vi, 6.”—­Murray’s Gram., 8vo, p. 210. “‘There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayst be feared.’ Psalms, cxxx, 4.”—­Ib., p. 210.  “But yesterday, the word, Cesar, might Have stood against the world.”—­Kirkham’s Elocution, p. 316.  “The northeast spends its rage.  THOMSON.”—­Joh.  Dict., w.  Effusive. “Tells how the drudging goblet swet.  MILTON.”—­Churchill’s Gram., p. 263.  “And to his faithful servant hath in place Bore witness gloriously.  SAM.  AGON.”—­Ib., p. 266.  “Then, if thou fallest, O Cromwell, Thou fallest a blessed martyr.”—­Kirkham’s Elocution, p. 190.  “I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Morays’ silver star, Waves o’er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake came winding far!—­SCOTT.”—­Merchant’s School Gram., p. 143.  “Each bird, and each insect, is happy in its kind.”—­Ib., p. 85. “They who are learning to compose and arrange their sentences with accuracy and order, are learning, at the same time, to think with accuracy and order.  BLAIR.”—­Ib., p. 176; L.  Murray’s Gram., Title-page, 8vo and 12mo.  “We, then, as workers together with you, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.”—­James Brown’s Eng.  Syntax, p. 129.  “And on the bounty of thy goodness calls.”—­O.  B. Peirce’s Gram., p. 246.  “Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom, in minds retentive to their own.  COWPER.”—­Merchant’s School Gram., p. 172. “Oh! let me listen to the word of life.  THOMSON.”—­Ib., p. 155.  “Save that from yonder ivy-mantled bower, &c.  GRAY’S ELEGY.”—­Tooke’s Div. of Purley, Vol. i, p. 116. “Weigh the mens wits against the ladies hairs.  POPE.”—­Dr. Johnson’s Gram., p. 6. “Weigh the men’s wits against the women’s hairs.  POPE.”—­Churchill’s Gram., p. 214. “Prior to the publication of Lowth’s excellent little grammar, the grammatical study of our own language, formed no part of the ordinary method of instruction.  HILEY’S PREFACE.”—­Dr. Bullions’s E. Gram., 1843, p. 189.  “Let there be no strife betwixt me and thee.”—­Weld’s Gram., p. 143.

   “What! canst thou not bear with me half an hour?—­SHARP.”
        —­Ib., p. 185.

   “Till then who knew the force of those dire dreams.—­MILTON.”
        —­Ib., p. 186.

   “In words, as fashions, the rule will hold,
    Alike fantastic, if too new or old:” 
        —­Murray’s Gram., p. 136.

   “Be not the first, by whom the new is tried,
    Nor yet the last, to lay the old aside.”
        —­Bucke’s Gram., p. 104.

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