The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (free ebook reader .txt) 📕

capacity of imitation and description."—Id. "This is one clear reason why they paid a greater attention to that construction."—Id. "The dialogue part had also a modulation of its own, which was capable of being set to notes."—Id. "Why are we so often frigid and unpersuasive in public discourse?"—Id. "Which is only a preparation for leading his forces directly upon us."—Id. "The nonsense about which, as relating to things only, and having no declension, needs no refutation."—Fowle cor. "Who, upon breaking it open, found nothing but the following inscription."—Rollin cor. "A prince will quickly have reason to repent of having exalted one person so high."—Id. "Notwithstanding it is the immediate subject of his discourse."—Churchill cor. "With our definition of it, as being synonymous with time."—Booth cor. "It will considerably increase our danger of being deceived."—Campbell cor. "His beauties can never be mentioned without suggesting his blemishes also."—Dr. Blair cor. "No example has ever been adduced, of a man conscientiously approving an action, because of its badness." Or:—"of a man who conscientiously approved of an action because of its badness."—Gurney cor. "The last episode, of the angel showing to Adam the fate of his posterity, is happily imagined."—Dr. Blair cor. "And the news came to my son, that he and the bride were in Dublin."—M. Edgeworth cor. "There is no room for the mind to exert any great effort."—Dr. Blair cor. "One would imagine, that these critics never so much as heard that Homer wrote first."—Pope cor. "Condemn the book, for not being a geography;" or,—"because it is not a geography."—Peirce cor. "There will be in many words a transition from being the figurative to being the proper signs of certain ideas."—Campbell cor. "The doctrine that the Pope is the only source of ecclesiastical power."—Rel. World cor. "This was the more expedient, because the work was designed for the benefit of private learners."—L. Murray cor. "This was done, because the Grammar, being already in type, did not admit of enlargement."—Id. CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE V; OF OBJECTIVES. UNDER THE RULE ITSELF.—THE OBJECTIVE FORM.

"Whom should I meet the other day but my old friend!"—Spect. cor. "Let not him boast that puts on his armour, but him that takes it off."—Barclay cor. "Let none touch it, but them who are clean."—Sale cor. "Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and them that dwell therein."—Ps. cor. "Pray be private, and careful whom you trust."—Mrs. Goffe cor. "How shall the people know whom to entrust with their property and their liberties?"—J. O. Taylor cor. "The chaplain entreated my comrade and me to dress as well as possible."—World cor. "And him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out."—John, vi, 37. "Whom, during this preparation, they constantly and solemnly invoke."—Hope of Is. cor. "Whoever or whatever owes us, is Debtor; and whomever or whatever we owe, is Creditor."—Marsh cor. "Declaring the curricle was his, and he should have in it whom he chose."—A. Ross cor. "The fact is, Burke is the only one of all the host of brilliant contemporaries, whom we can rank as a first-rate orator."—Knickerb. cor. "Thus you see, how naturally the Fribbles and the Daffodils have produced the Messalinas of our time."—Dr. Brown cor. "They would find in the Roman list both the Scipios."—Id. "He found his wife's clothes on fire, and her just expiring."—Observer cor. "To present you holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in his sight."—Colossians, i, 22. "Let the distributer do his duty with simplicity; the superintendent, with diligence; him who performs offices of compassion, with cheerfulness."—Stuart cor. "If the crew rail at the master of the vessel, whom will they mind?"—Collier cor. "He having none but them, they having none but him"—Drayton cor.

   "Thee, Nature, partial Nature, I arraign;
    Of thy caprice maternal I complain."—Burns cor.

    "Nor weens he who it is, whose charms consume
    His longing soul, but loves he knows not whom"—Addison cor.

UNDER NOTE I.—OF VERBS TRANSITIVE.

"When it gives that sense, and also connects sentences, it is a conjunction."—L. Murray cor. "Though thou wilt not acknowledge thyself to—be guilty, thou canst not deny the fact stated."—Id. "They specify some object, like many other adjectives, and also connect sentences."—Kirkham cor. "A violation of this rule tends so much to perplex the reader and obscure the sense, that it is safer to err by using too many short sentences."—L. Murray cor. "A few exercises are subjoined to each important definition, for him [the pupil] to practise upon as he proceeds in committing the grammar to memory."—Nutting cor. "A verb signifying an action directly transitive, governs the accusative."—Adam et al. cor. "Or, any word that can be conjugated, is a verb."—Kirkham cor. "In these two concluding sentences, the author, hastening to a close, appears to write rather carelessly."—Dr. Blair cor. "He simply reasons on one side of the question, and then leaves it."—Id." Praise to God teaches us to be humble and lowly ourselves."—Atterbury cor. "This author has endeavoured to surpass his rivals."—R. W. Green cor. "Idleness and pleasure fatigue a man as soon as business."—Webster cor." And, in conjugating any verb,"—or, "And in learning conjugations, you must pay particular attention to the manner in which these signs are applied."—Kirkham cor. "He said Virginia would have emancipated her slaves long ago."—Lib. cor. "And having a readiness"—or, "And holding ourselves in readiness"—or," And being in readiness—to revenge all disobedience."—Bible cor. "However, in these cases, custom generally determines what is right."—Wright cor. "In proof, let the following cases be taken."—Id. "We must marvel that he should so speedily have forgotten his first principles."—Id. "How should we wonder at the expression, 'This is a soft question!' "—Id. "And such as prefer this course, can parse it as a possessive adjective."—Goodenow cor. "To assign all the reasons that induced the author to deviate from other grammarians, would lead to a needless prolixity."—Alexander cor. "The Indicative Mood simply indicates or declares a thing."—L. Murray's Gram., p. 63.

UNDER NOTE II.—OF VERBS INTRANSITIVE.

"In his seventh chapter he expatiates at great length."—Barclay cor. "He quarrels with me for adducing some ancient testimonies agreeing with what I say."—Id. "Repenting of his design."—Hume cor. "Henry knew, that an excommunication could not fail to produce the most dangerous effects."—Id. "The popular lords did not fail to enlarge on the subject,"—Mrs. Macaulay cor. "He is always master of his subject, and seems to play with it:" or,—"seems to sport himself with it."—Blair cor. "But as soon as it amounts to real disease, all his secret infirmities show themselves."—Id. "No man repented of his wickedness."—Bible cor. "Go one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left,"—Id. "He lies down by the river's edge." Or: "He lays himself down on the river's brink"—W. Walker cor. "For some years past, I have had an ardent wish to retire to some of our American plantations."—Cowley cor. "I fear thou wilt shrink from the payment of it."—Ware cor. "We never retain an idea, without acquiring some combination."—Rippingham cor.

   "Yet more; the stroke of death he must abide,
    Then lies he meekly down, fast by his brethren's side."
        —Milton cor.

UNDER NOTE III.—OF VERBS MISAPPLIED.

"The parliament confiscated the property of all those who had borne arms against the king."—Hume cor. "The practice of confiscating ships that had been wrecked"'—Id. "The nearer his military successes brought him to the throne." Or: "The nearer, through his military successes, he approached the throne."—Id. "In the next example, 'you' represents 'ladies;' therefore it is plural."—Kirkham cor. "The first 'its' stands for 'vale;' the second 'its' represents 'stream'."— Id. "Pronouns do not always prevent the repetition of nouns."—Id. "Very is an adverb of degree; it relates to the adjective good"—Id. "You will please to commit to memory the following paragraph."—Id. "Even the Greek and Latin passive verbs form some of their tenses by means of auxiliaries."—L. Mur. cor. "The deponent verbs in Latin also employ auxiliaries to form several of their tenses."—Id. "I have no doubt he made as wise and true proverbs, as any body has made since."—Id. "Monotonous delivery assumes as many set forms, as ever Proteus did of fleeting shapes."—Kirkham cor. "When words in apposition are uttered in quick succession."—Nixon cor. "Where many such sentences occur in succession."—L. Mur. cor. "Wisdom leads us to speak and do what is most proper."—Blair and L. Murray cor.

"Jul. Art thou not Romeo, and a Montague? Rom. Neither, fair saint, if either thee displease." Or:— "Neither, fair saint, if either thou dislike."—Shak. cor.

UNDER NOTE IV.—OF PASSIVE VERBS.

"To us, too, must be allowed the privilege of forming our own laws." Or: "We too must have the privilege," &c.—L. Murray cor. "For not only is the use of all the ancient poetic feet allowed [to] us," &c.—Id. et al. cor. "By what code of morals is the right or privilege denied me?"—Bartlett cor. "To the children of Israel alone, has the possession of it been denied."—Keith cor. "At York, all quarter was refused to fifteen hundred Jews."—Id. "He would teach the French language in three lessons, provided there were paid him fifty-five dollars in advance."—Prof. Chazotte cor. "And when it was demanded of him by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come." Or: "And when the Pharisees demanded of him," &c.—Bible cor. "A book has been shown me."—Dr. Campbell cor. "To John Horne Tooke admission was refused, only because he had been in holy orders."—W. Duane cor. "Mr. Horne Tooke having taken orders, admission to the bar was refused him."—Churchill cor. "Its reference to place is disregarded."—Dr. Bullions cor. "What striking lesson is taught by the tenor of this history?"—Bush cor. "No less a sum than eighty thousand pounds had been left him by a friend."—Dr. Priestley cor. "Where there are many things to be done, there must be allowed to each its share of time and labour."—Dr. Johnson cor. "Presenting the subject in a far more practical form, than has heretofore been given it."—Kirkham cor. "If to a being of entire impartiality should be shown the two companies."—Dr. Scott cor. "The command of the British army was offered to him."—Grimshaw cor. "To whom a considerable sum had been unexpectedly left."—Johnson cor. "Whether such a privilege may be granted to a maid or a widow."—Spect. cor. "Happily, to all these affected terms, the public suffrage has been denied."—Campbell cor. "Let the parsing table next be shown him."—Nutting cor. "Then the use of the analyzing table may be explained to him."—Id. "To Pittacus there was offered a great sum of money."—Sanborn cor. "More time for study had been allowed him."—Id. "If a little care were bestowed on the walks that lie between them."—Blair's Rhet., p. 222. "Suppose an office or a bribe be offered me."—Pierpont cor.

"Is then one chaste, one last embrace denied? Shall I not lay me by his clay-cold side?"—Rowe cor.

UNDER NOTE V.—OF PASSIVE VERBS TRANSITIVE.

"The preposition TO is used before nouns of place, when they follow verbs or participles of motion."—Murray et al. cor. "They were not allowed to enter the house."—Mur. cor. "Their separate signification has been overlooked."—Tooke cor. "But, whenever YE is used, it must be in the nominative case, and not in the objective."—Cobbett cor. "It is said, that more persons than one receive handsome salaries, to see that acts of parliament are properly worded."—Churchill cor. "The following Rudiments of English Grammar have been used in the University of Pennsylvania."—Dr. Rogers cor. "It never should be forgotten."— Newman cor. "A very curious fact has been noticed by those expert metaphysicians."—Campbell cor. "The archbishop interfered that Michelet's lectures might be stopped."—The Friend cor. "The disturbances in Gottengen have been entirely quelled."—Daily Adv. cor. "Besides those which are noticed in these exceptions."—Priestley cor. "As one, two, or three auxiliary verbs are employed."—Id. "The arguments which have been used."—Addison cor. "The circumstance is properly noticed by the author."—Blair cor. "Patagonia has never been taken into possession by any European nation."—Cumming cor. "He will be censured no more."—Walker cor. "The thing was to be terminated somehow."—Hunt cor. "In 1798, the Papal Territory was seized by the French."—Pinnock cor. "The idea has not for a moment escaped the attention of the Board."—C. S. Journal cor. "I shall easily be excused from the labour of more transcription."—Johnson cor. "If I may be allowed to use that expression."—Campbell cor. "If without offence I may make the observation."—Id. "There are other characters, which are frequently used in composition."—Mur. et al. cor. "Such unaccountable infirmities might be overcome, in many cases, and perhaps in most."—Beattie cor. "Which ought never to be employed, or resorted to."—Id. "That care may be taken of the widows." Or: "That the widows may be provided for."—Barclay cor. "Other cavils will yet be noticed."—Pope cor. "Which implies, that to all Christians is eternal salvation offered."—West cor. "Yet even the dogs are allowed to eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table."—Campbell cor. "For we say, the light