 | Giuseppe Baretti - 1832 - 704 pages
...indefinite article, as un altro, another; un tale, such a one. OF VERBS OP TUB RATURE OF VERIS IK r.FM.i.AL, A Verb is a word -which signifies to Be, to Do or to Suffer: at, to 50/10, I am; rególo, I rule; sonó regálalo, I am ruled. Verbs are of four kinds; Active,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 pages
...office it should be to express these existences and actions. This second class of words we call VERBS. A VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER ; as, I am ; I rule ; I am ruled. Verbs are of three kinds, active, passive, and neuter. They are also divided into regular, irregular,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - 244 pages
...as, a sweet apple, a pleasant prospect, a lively boy. 4 A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word...happy ; he is benevolent ; he is useful." 5 A Verb is as word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER : as, " I am ; I rule; I am ruled." A Verb may generally... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Enoch Pond - 1835 - 240 pages
...have not either of the many things for which you ask." -What impropriety in this sentence? LESSON XI. A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, " / am, I rule, lam ruled" — Verbs are of three kinds, active, passive, and neuter. They are also... | |
 | Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1835 - 298 pages
...proceed to the Verbs. Mary accordingly fetched her grammar, and her mother read as follows : — " A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." " I cannot understand that at all," said Mary, with a long face. " You will like the verbs that do... | |
 | 1835 - 224 pages
...best; bad, worse, worst ; little, less, least ; much, or many, more, most, and a few others. OF VERBS. .A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer. There are three kinds of verbs, active, passive, and neuter verbs. A verb active expresses an action,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1837 - 206 pages
...verb." "That's a good boy," said Mrs. Budden with alia mother's pride. "Now, you know what a verb is?" "A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. Give^me an apple, Ma." " I'll give you an apple," replied the man with the red whiskers, who was an... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 148 pages
...of comparison ? OF PRONOUNS. Q. What is a pronoun ? A. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word}...man is happy," "He is benevolent," "He is useful." Q. How many kinds of proaouns are there ? A. Three: the personal,* the relative, and the adjective.... | |
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A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. 
