A Common-school Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Phinney, Blakeman, 1866 - 350 Seiten |
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... writer , or teacher , as a book of reference . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1865 , by SIMON KERL , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PREFACE . " LANGUAGE , " said ...
... writer , or teacher , as a book of reference . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1865 , by SIMON KERL , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PREFACE . " LANGUAGE , " said ...
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... write alike . use such words as well , badly , fast , slowly , gracefully , awkwardly , sweetly , harshly , hastily , etc. , to describe the actions of persons , or to distinguish their actions from one another . These words are called ...
... write alike . use such words as well , badly , fast , slowly , gracefully , awkwardly , sweetly , harshly , hastily , etc. , to describe the actions of persons , or to distinguish their actions from one another . These words are called ...
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... writes every day , and I gener- ally look at his writing " ; you see that the word and adds something more to what has been said , or joins two words , two phrases , or two propositions together ; and since conjunction means joining ...
... writes every day , and I gener- ally look at his writing " ; you see that the word and adds something more to what has been said , or joins two words , two phrases , or two propositions together ; and since conjunction means joining ...
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... write , ” I express something as a matter of fact ; “ I may or can write , " I express not what is matter of fact , yet may become such , or I simply declare my relation to the act ; “ If I were writing , " I express a mere supposition ; " ...
... write , ” I express something as a matter of fact ; “ I may or can write , " I express not what is matter of fact , yet may become such , or I simply declare my relation to the act ; “ If I were writing , " I express a mere supposition ; " ...
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... write , " " I have written " " ; " I wrote , " " I had written " ; " I shall write , " " I shall have written . " These different ways of using verbs to distinguish time , are called tenses . 53. Tense is that property of verbs which ...
... write , " " I have written " " ; " I wrote , " " I had written " ; " I shall write , " " I shall have written . " These different ways of using verbs to distinguish time , are called tenses . 53. Tense is that property of verbs which ...
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abridged accent according to Rule adjective adjunct Anapestic antecedent apples apposition auxiliary verbs beautiful belongs called capital letter classes combined comma common compound sentences compound word conj conjunctive adverb connected consonant degree denotes dependent clause ellipsis express finite verb flowers gender grammar hence horse imperative mood indefinite indicative mood interjections interrogative intransitive John kind language meaning modified neuter nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object omitted parsed passive Past Tense Past-Perfect Tense pause person and number person or thing poetic possessive potential mood predicate predicate-verb preposition Present Tense principal pron proper noun referred relation relative clause relative pronoun river rowed sense simple sentences singular number sometimes sound speak spondee stead subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate substantive syllables syntax term third person thou tive transitive verb tree voice vowel word or phrase write
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Seite 254 - Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry; For, well-a-day ! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead; And he, neglected...
Seite 244 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite 218 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Seite 112 - E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
Seite 59 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 143 - Rapt into future times, the bard begun : A virgin shall conceive, a virgin bear a son ! From Jesse's root behold a branch arise, Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies ; The ethereal spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic dove.
Seite 147 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.
Seite 343 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Seite 324 - So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality ; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 0 death, where is thy sting ? 0 grave, where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin ; and the strength of sin is the Law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.