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... definite article , because it points out some particular thing ; as , " the desk ; " " the desk ; " " the sun . " 3. A or an , is called an indefinite article , because it does not point out any particular thing ; as , " a pen ; " " an ...
... definite article , because it points out some particular thing ; as , " the desk ; " " the desk ; " " the sun . " 3. A or an , is called an indefinite article , because it does not point out any particular thing ; as , " a pen ; " " an ...
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... definite and which are indefinite : - The hat , a book , a knife , a box , an heir , an ox , a plough , an orchard , an industrious man , an honest man , a good citizen , a hill , a huge round stone , the enemy , the union , the ewe , a ...
... definite and which are indefinite : - The hat , a book , a knife , a box , an heir , an ox , a plough , an orchard , an industrious man , an honest man , a good citizen , a hill , a huge round stone , the enemy , the union , the ewe , a ...
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... definite or indefinite , the article the must be placed before it ; as , " The _wise [ persons ] ; the benevolent [ ones ] ; the beautiful , the good , and the true . " When the quality is used abstractly , the adjective undergoes a ...
... definite or indefinite , the article the must be placed before it ; as , " The _wise [ persons ] ; the benevolent [ ones ] ; the beautiful , the good , and the true . " When the quality is used abstractly , the adjective undergoes a ...
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... definite article ( why ? ) , and as a limiting adjective it belongs to praise , according to Rule V. 5. " Three birds were killed . " Three .. is a numeral adjective ( why ? ) ; limiting ( why ? ) ; it belongs to birds , according to ...
... definite article ( why ? ) , and as a limiting adjective it belongs to praise , according to Rule V. 5. " Three birds were killed . " Three .. is a numeral adjective ( why ? ) ; limiting ( why ? ) ; it belongs to birds , according to ...
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... definite or an indefinite object . 4. Who , which , and that usually refer to a definite antecedent ; as , " The man who came . " " The horse which died . " " The tree that fell . " In the sentence , " Who steals my purse steals trash ...
... definite or an indefinite object . 4. Who , which , and that usually refer to a definite antecedent ; as , " The man who came . " " The horse which died . " " The tree that fell . " In the sentence , " Who steals my purse steals trash ...
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abridged propositions according to Rule adjective element adverbial element Analyze antecedent apposition attribute auxiliary auxiliary verb belongs called common noun complex sentence Conjugation conjunctive adverbs consonant construction coördinate conjunction copula Defective verbs denotes dependent Exercise express feminine following examples following nouns following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE grammatical hence idea imperative indefinite infinitive interjection interrogative pronoun intransitive joined letter limiting adjective loved masculine gender Models for parsing modifies neuter gender nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun object passive voice past participle past perfect past tense personal pronouns phrase Plur plural possessive predicate prefixed PRESENT PERFECT TENSE present tense Prog qualifying adjective refer relation relative pronoun represent Rule XV second person signification Sing singular number sometimes sound speaker subjunctive subordinate clause subordinate connective subordinate element subordinate proposition substantive subvocal superlative syllable Tell third person thou tion tive transitive verb vowel write
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Page 142 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 105 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 142 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 264 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 86 - 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 original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Page 235 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 125 - Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.
Page 44 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 236 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light.
Page 235 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,