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.
it without seeing her, or being seen by her.”—­Goldsmith cor.Into candid minds, truth enters as a welcome guest.”—­L.  Murray cor.There are many designs in which we may succeed, to our ultimate ruin.”—­Id.From many pursuits in which we embark with pleasure, we are destined to land sorrowfully.”—­Id. “They gain much more than I, by this unexpected event.”—­Id.

UNDER NOTE II.—­OF HETEROGENEOUS TERMS.

“Athens saw them entering her gates and filling her academies.”—­Chazotte cor.Neither have we forgot his past achievements, nor do we despair of his future success.”—­Duncan cor. “Her monuments and temples had long been shattered, or had crumbled into dust.”—­Journal cor. “Competition is excellent; it is the vital principle in all these things.”—­Id. “Whether provision should, or should not, be made, in order to meet this exigency.”—­Ib..  “That our Saviour was divinely inspired, and that he was endued with supernatural powers, are positions that are here taken for granted.”—­L.  Mur. cor. “It would be much more eligible, to contract or enlarge their extent by explanatory notes and observations, than to sweep away our ancient landmarks and set up others.”—­Id. “It is certainly much better to supply defects and abridge superfluities by occasional notes and observations, than to disorganize or greatly alter a system which has been so long established.”—­Id. “To have only one tune, or measure, is not much better than to have none at all.”—­Dr. Blair cor. “Facts too well known and too obvious to be insisted on.”—­Id. “In proportion as all these circumstances are happily chosen, and are of a sublime kind.”—­Id. “If the description be too general, and be divested of circumstances.”—­Id. “He gained nothing but commendation.”—­L.  Mur. cor. “I cannot but think its application somewhat strained and misplaced.”—­Vethake cor. “Two negatives standing in the same clause, or referring to the same thing, destroy each other, and leave the sense affirmative.”—­Maunder cor. “Slates are thin plates of stone, and are often used to cover the roofs of houses.”—­Webster cor. “Every man of taste, and of an elevated mind, ought to feel almost the necessity of apologizing for the power he possesses.”—­Translator of De Stael cor. “They very seldom trouble themselves with inquiries, or make any useful observations of their own.”—­Locke cor.

   “We’ve both the field and honour won;
    Our foes are profligate, and run.”—­S.  Butler cor.

UNDER NOTE III.—­IMPORT OF CONJUNCTIONS.

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