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And if the result was only that a school sent out boys who could read French easily, and write simple French grammatically, who knew something of modern history and geography, could work out sums in arithmetic, and had some conception of elementary science well, they would, I believe, be very fairly educated boys.
His long, lanky legs were made for striding after culprits, and his arms for caning them. He taught, among other things, the classics, of course, the English language grammatically, arithmetic in all its branches, book-keeping in the Italian manner, and the elements of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry with their applications to surveying and navigation.
The Hints to the Sick, the Lame, and the Lazy, give us an account of the ailments and recovery of an old military officer, who, after suffering severety from gout, was quite set up by a few weeks at a hydropathic establishment at Marienberg on the Rhine; and who, by occasional recurrence to the same remedy, is kept in such a state of preservation that, though advanced in years, he 'is able to go eight miles within two hours, and can go up hill with most young fellows. The old gentleman's book, with its odd woodcuts, and a certain freshness and incorrectness of style we speak grammatically in keeping with the character of an old soldier, is readable enough.
Although the accent is often drawling or sing-song, their language is more grammatically correct than that now ordinarily used in conversation.
If we analyse language, we must speak of it grammatically; if we analyse argument, we must speak of it logically. GARRICK. 'Of all the translations that ever were attempted, I think Elphinston's Martial the most extraordinary . He consulted me upon it, who am a little of an epigrammatist myself, you know. I told him freely, "You don't seem to have that turn."
On the other hand, there are languages, like the Bantu group of Africa or the Athabaskan languages of North America, in which the grammatically significant elements precede, those that follow the radical element forming a relatively dispensable class.
Whether we regard verses 2 and 3 as connected grammatically with the preceding or the following verses, they equally refer to John, and define his position in relation to the Gospel. The Revised Version restores the true reading, 'in Isaiah the prophet, which some unwise and timid transcriber has, as he thought, mended into 'the prophets, for fear that an error should be found in Scripture.
I will be treasurer, you shall vote for me, Hamburg, for I and you are the only two people who know the Holy Tongue grammatically, and we must work shoulder to shoulder and see that the balance sheets are drawn up in the language of our fathers."
The foundation of a knowledge of Grammar is, in my view, Composition; and composition, whether learned early or late, is best acquired by letter writing. This habit, early commenced, and judiciously but perseveringly followed, will in time, ensure the art not only of composing well, but also grammatically.
"I say, this is a jolly place, Jasper," said Thorne. "Yes," said Jasper. "It has been my home as far back as I can remember." "That's where you have the advantage of me, but after all it doesn't make much difference, as long as it's going to be my home now." Jasper didn't reply. "I say, Kent, it seems odd that me and you are brothers," said Thorne, not very grammatically.
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