Abridgement of Murray's English grammar: with an appendix, containing exercises in orthography, in parsing, in syntax, and in punctuation : designed for the younger classes of learners (Google eBook)

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Printed and sold by Russell Hubbard, 1809 - English language - 107 pages
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Page 86 - If nothing more than purpose in thy power, Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed. Who does the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
Page 47 - A phrase is two or more words rightly put together, making sometimes part of a sentence, and sometimes a whole sentence. The principal parts of a simple sentence are, the subject, the attribute, and the object. The subject is the thing chiefly spoken of; the attribute is the thing or action affirmed or denied of it ; and the object is the thing affected by such action. The nominative denotes the subject, and usually goes before the verb or attribute ; and the word or phrase, denoting the object,...
Page 12 - AN Article is a word prefixed to substantives, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, an eagle, the woman.
Page 10 - A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language ; as, man, good, content.
Page 12 - A or an is styled the indefinite article : it is used in a vague sense, to point out one single thing of the kind, in other respects indeterminate : as, " Give me a book;" .

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