First work in English: grammar and composition taught by a comparative study of equivalent formsLongmans, Green, and Company, 1875 - 352 pages |
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... sentence by real ainty ent . A the severe more important possible . Compa ford the river . " nate tyingly went on works , and indeed . rounds The too PRINTED BY LESLIE AND RUSSELL , CROWN COURT , UNION. SED STATEMENT . 139.
... sentence by real ainty ent . A the severe more important possible . Compa ford the river . " nate tyingly went on works , and indeed . rounds The too PRINTED BY LESLIE AND RUSSELL , CROWN COURT , UNION. SED STATEMENT . 139.
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... important parts of " Parsing . " By thorough study of the whole course , he should become familiar with the effective use of every mode of expression , and indeed of the limits of the use of every mode in every situation . I do not ...
... important parts of " Parsing . " By thorough study of the whole course , he should become familiar with the effective use of every mode of expression , and indeed of the limits of the use of every mode in every situation . I do not ...
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... importance . It forms the antithesis to Ellipsis . The THIRD PART is concerned with THE SIMPLE and THE ABSTRUSE in language . It takes us over the ground of " Derivation . " It examines the respective merits of the words that have come ...
... importance . It forms the antithesis to Ellipsis . The THIRD PART is concerned with THE SIMPLE and THE ABSTRUSE in language . It takes us over the ground of " Derivation . " It examines the respective merits of the words that have come ...
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... important interchanges of Nouns among themselves ; and , lastly , attention will be directed to a looser interchange of the Noun with the Adverbial Clause . I. NOUN and NOUN interchanged . 3. When we wish to avoid repeating a noun that ...
... important interchanges of Nouns among themselves ; and , lastly , attention will be directed to a looser interchange of the Noun with the Adverbial Clause . I. NOUN and NOUN interchanged . 3. When we wish to avoid repeating a noun that ...
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... importance of the pronouns , the simplest and most effective plan is to try to get on without them . Accordingly , in the following series of ex- amples and exercises , the noun is repeated in place of the expected pronoun . The ...
... importance of the pronouns , the simplest and most effective plan is to try to get on without them . Accordingly , in the following series of ex- amples and exercises , the noun is repeated in place of the expected pronoun . The ...
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action Adjective ADJECTIVE CLAUSE Adverbial Clause appear attention become better called cause co-ordinating common Compare conjunction considered danger death desire direction doubt Ellipsis enemy England English equivalent examples EXERCISE expected expression father force gained Gerund give given hand head hear heart hope important Infinitive instances interchange king land less lives look matter meaning mind nature never Noun Clause object once Otherwise passed person position possessive practice predicate Prepositional Phrase present prince pronoun pupil reason reference regarded relative remain replaced restrictive seemed seen sense sentence ship side simple soldiers sometimes soon speak stands statement substitution success taken tell thee things thou trees verb whereby whole writer
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Page 253 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 98 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 208 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 37 - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Page 30 - He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Page 314 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
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Page 331 - They who, deluded by no generous error, instigated by no sacred thirst of doubtful knowledge, duped by no illustrious superstition, loving nothing on this earth, and cherishing no hopes beyond, yet keep aloof from sympathies with their kind, rejoicing neither in human joy nor mourning with human grief; these, and such as they, have their apportioned curse.
Page 345 - My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well ; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely ; that, in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.
Page 79 - Your friends have a privilege to play upon the easiness of your temper, or, possibly, they are better acquainted with your good qualities than I am. You have done good by stealth. The rest is upon record. You have still left ample room for speculation, when panegyric is exhausted. You are, indeed, a very considerable man. — The highest rank; a splendid fortune; and a name, glorious till it was yours ; were sufficient to have supported you with meaner abilities than I think you possess.