Connectives of English Speech: The Correct Usage of Prepositions, Conjunctions, Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Explained and IllustratedFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1904 - 324 Seiten |
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... idea . The mind instantly asks , “ What happened to John ? " To what act or fact does the " to " refer back ? So of the phrase “ to Richmond ” we ask at once , " What to Rich- mond ? " Is it " the train to Richmond , " " the distance to ...
... idea . The mind instantly asks , “ What happened to John ? " To what act or fact does the " to " refer back ? So of the phrase “ to Richmond ” we ask at once , " What to Rich- mond ? " Is it " the train to Richmond , " " the distance to ...
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... vehicles of mental and spiritual ideas . " If our purpose were to give a learner his first idea of a prepo- sition , we might say that it is a word which expresses the relation of one thing to another in respect of place or PREPOSITIONS :
... vehicles of mental and spiritual ideas . " If our purpose were to give a learner his first idea of a prepo- sition , we might say that it is a word which expresses the relation of one thing to another in respect of place or PREPOSITIONS :
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... , round intensifying the original idea of surrounding or encompassing contained in about . The cities that were round about them . Gen. xxv , 5 . The Egyptians digged round about the river . Ex . about 18 PREPOSITIONS.
... , round intensifying the original idea of surrounding or encompassing contained in about . The cities that were round about them . Gen. xxv , 5 . The Egyptians digged round about the river . Ex . about 18 PREPOSITIONS.
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... idea of contact with a body below it ; over may or may not carry the idea . 66 Figuratively , above conveys the idea of superiority ; as , The prince is above the peasant " ; over , the idea of authority ; as , “ The church has over her ...
... idea of contact with a body below it ; over may or may not carry the idea . 66 Figuratively , above conveys the idea of superiority ; as , The prince is above the peasant " ; over , the idea of authority ; as , “ The church has over her ...
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... idea of crossing the river to the traversing of the bridge by which the river is crossed . Along is used , though less frequently , in this connection : Along the bridge Lord Marmion rode . Proudly his red - roan charger trod . SCOTT ...
... idea of crossing the river to the traversing of the bridge by which the river is crossed . Along is used , though less frequently , in this connection : Along the bridge Lord Marmion rode . Proudly his red - roan charger trod . SCOTT ...
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A. P. STANLEY Adjectives adverb amid Anglo-Saxon antecedent beneath Brutus BYRON Cæsar CARLYLE clause Compare connection CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS derived direction Distinctions EMERSON English Grammar vol equivalent Essays expression fact force friends GEORGE ELIOT hath Henry Hist idea implied infinitive interrogative IRVING J. R. SEELEY JEAN INGELOW John Julius Cæsar king language lect LONGFELLOW LOWELL MACAULAY England vol MAETZNER English Grammar MARY SOMERVILLE meaning Merchant of Venice Middlemarch midst MILTON Paradise Lost motion N. P. WILLIS never night noun object Paradise Lost bk participle person place or space pronoun R. H. DANA reason reference relative SCOTT Lady sense sentence Sermons SHAKESPEARE SHAKESPEARE Merry Wives ship side soul speak speech Standard Dictionary Tempest act TENNYSON thee things thou thought tion unto usage various relations Venice act verb whence whither WHITTIER Windsor act words WORDSWORTH
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Seite 69 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Seite 254 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Seite 216 - I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell. All. Ding, dong, bell. Bass. So may the outward shows be least themselves : The world is still deceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...
Seite 81 - In sooth, I know not why I am so sad : It wearies me ; you say it wearies you ; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn ; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me. That I have much ado to know myself.
Seite 276 - That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Seite 28 - Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled/ and the kingdom of God is at hand : repent ye, and believe the Gospel.
Seite 313 - There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Seite 306 - Then none was for a party ; Then all were for the state ; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great ; Then lands were fairly portioned ; Then spoils were fairly sold : The Romans were like brothers In the brave days of old.
Seite 6 - And behold I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Seite 196 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.