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action Analyze antecedent appositive assertion attribute auxiliaries beautiful bird called child comma complement complete compound sentence Conjunctive Adverb conjunctive pronoun connects consonant copulative declarative sentence defective verbs denote DERIVATIVES continued English words Examples Exercise express following sentences foregoing Future Perfect Tense Future Tense gender give group of words horse Indicative Mode infinitive inflection intransitive kind language learned letter meaning modifies the verb modifying word moved noun clause noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object parsing passive form passive voice past tense PERF perfect participle person or thing personal pronouns phrase plural Point possessive prefix preposition Present Tense proper noun pupils Review Lesson root simple sentences singing singular number sometimes sound speech spoken subject and predicate subjunctive mode suffix sweet syllable tell tences thee thine thou tive transitive verb tree usually verb-phrases verbal adjective verbal noun vowel write written
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Page 54 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 31 - The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands ; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
Page 171 - And ever the fitful gusts between A sound came from the land; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea-sand.
Page 270 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 31 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought...
Page 177 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 270 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 172 - Softly the Angelus sounded, and over the roofs of the village Columns of pale blue smoke, like clouds of incense ascending, Rose from a hundred hearths, the homes of peace and contentment. Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers, Dwelt in the love of God and of man.
Page 74 - I am fond of loitering about country churches, and this was so delightfully situated, that it frequently attracted me. It stood on a knoll, round which a small stream made a beautiful bend, and then wound its way through a long reach of soft meadow scenery. The church was surrounded by yew trees which seemed almost coeval with itself.
Page 85 - When but an idle boy, I sought its 'grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played.