The elements of compositionA. Roman & Company, 1867 |
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... predicate , and copula . 8. They call the subject that concerning whom or which something is affirmed or denied . The predicate , that which is affirmed or denied of the subject ; and the copula , the finite verb " Be , " which unites ...
... predicate , and copula . 8. They call the subject that concerning whom or which something is affirmed or denied . The predicate , that which is affirmed or denied of the subject ; and the copula , the finite verb " Be , " which unites ...
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... predicate fine . II . EXAMPLE OF A NEGATIVE SENTENCE .- " The weather is not fine . " Here the subject , predi- cate , and verb are the same ; but , on account of the negative particle not after the finite verb is , the predicate fine ...
... predicate fine . II . EXAMPLE OF A NEGATIVE SENTENCE .- " The weather is not fine . " Here the subject , predi- cate , and verb are the same ; but , on account of the negative particle not after the finite verb is , the predicate fine ...
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... predicate , as applied to a grammatical sentence , is , 1st , incomplete , because it does not comprehend interrogative sentences in which nothing is affirmed or denied ; 2d , it is unsuitable to guide the beginner in find- ing the ...
... predicate , as applied to a grammatical sentence , is , 1st , incomplete , because it does not comprehend interrogative sentences in which nothing is affirmed or denied ; 2d , it is unsuitable to guide the beginner in find- ing the ...
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... predicate , or copula , and the sense will be incomplete . 17. There are other parts or elements of a sentence , which are introduced simply as adjuncts to complete the idea of the subject , or predicate of the sentence , and are called ...
... predicate , or copula , and the sense will be incomplete . 17. There are other parts or elements of a sentence , which are introduced simply as adjuncts to complete the idea of the subject , or predicate of the sentence , and are called ...
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... predicate , and copula , in a sentence . FIRST RULE . — The predicate of a sentence must be ascertained before the subject is found . The reason of this is , that in the synthetical method , which is that of composition , we proceed in ...
... predicate , and copula , in a sentence . FIRST RULE . — The predicate of a sentence must be ascertained before the subject is found . The reason of this is , that in the synthetical method , which is that of composition , we proceed in ...
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accent active-transitive acute accent adjuncts affirmed or denied AMPLIFICATION OF IDEAS AMPLIFICATION OF WORDS apodosis arrangement and government ARTICLE ASSERTION.-The avocations of peace beautiful Belles-Lettres Chapter Cicero circumflex accent circumlocution Class.-When classes of combinations clause collocation comprises connected copula definition ELEMENTS OF COMPOSITION ellipsis EXAMPLE exclamation EXERCISE express finite verb form complete sense Form compound sentences fourth grammatical subject grave accent Hence I.-EXERCISE inflections interrogation ject language LAYRES leading verb literary composition logical and grammatical meaning ment mind mode of combination necessary neuter noun object observed Oratory Orthoepy participles pauses phrases praxis of composition predicate verb preposition PROF protasis pupil reader relative pronoun resumed the avocations sentences and periods sentential analysis similitude simple sentences small numbers soldiers subject and predicate sublime synthesis teacher tence third thou tion transitive verb variety of arrangement variety of government writer or speaker writing
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Seite 111 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Seite 165 - TOOTH. thou art O God the life and light of all this wondrous world we see its glow by day its smile by night are but reflections caught from thee •where'er we turn thy glories shine and all things fair and bright are thine...
Seite 131 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Seite 127 - At even, which I bred up, with tender hand, From the first opening bud, and gave ye names ! Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the...
Seite 144 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Seite 110 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Seite 121 - ... inveterate enemy — and ministers do not, and dare not, interpose with dignity or effect. The desperate state of our army abroad is in part known. No man more highly esteems and...
Seite 34 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Seite 131 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now...
Seite 138 - And, before you, see Who have done it! — From the vale On they come ! — and will ye quail ? — Leaden rain and iron hail Let their welcome be ! In the God of battles trust! Die we may — and die we must: — But, O, where can dust to dust...