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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... King retained his passion for music , for reading , for writing , for literary society . To these amusements he devoted much time . 8. The sun was now resting his huge disc upon the edge of the level ocean . The distant sea reflected ...
... King retained his passion for music , for reading , for writing , for literary society . To these amusements he devoted much time . 8. The sun was now resting his huge disc upon the edge of the level ocean . The distant sea reflected ...
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... King : - The King's Majesty acquits the Bishops ; and the Bishops are satisfied . ' 6. Henry replied : - ' Gentlemen of the city , Henry has not studied enough to be able to speak as the - gentlemen - of - the - city do , but Henry ...
... King : - The King's Majesty acquits the Bishops ; and the Bishops are satisfied . ' 6. Henry replied : - ' Gentlemen of the city , Henry has not studied enough to be able to speak as the - gentlemen - of - the - city do , but Henry ...
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... King ( we ) pledges the King's royal word that the King will uphold the King's just claims . 5. The author ( we ) will not defend the conduct of the author's hero in this matter . 6. The reviewer's ( our ) readers will probably infer ...
... King ( we ) pledges the King's royal word that the King will uphold the King's just claims . 5. The author ( we ) will not defend the conduct of the author's hero in this matter . 6. The reviewer's ( our ) readers will probably infer ...
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... king's men may lead the king's horses to the water , but the king himself can't make the king's horses drink . ' That is can't make them drink . ' EXERCISE 19 . 1. Thither the terrified elephants betook the terrified elephants ...
... king's men may lead the king's horses to the water , but the king himself can't make the king's horses drink . ' That is can't make them drink . ' EXERCISE 19 . 1. Thither the terrified elephants betook the terrified elephants ...
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... king has arrived . 10. Men say that rebellion is imminent . 11. Wolves and bears , men say , have done like offices of pity . 12. In India , people wear light dresses . 6 Substitution of one ( numeral ) and none . 29. My knife is a good ...
... king has arrived . 10. Men say that rebellion is imminent . 11. Wolves and bears , men say , have done like offices of pity . 12. In India , people wear light dresses . 6 Substitution of one ( numeral ) and none . 29. My knife is a good ...
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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...
Page 33 - And flashing round and round, and whirl'd in an arch, Shot like a streamer of the northern morn, Seen where the moving isles of winter shock By night, with noises of the Northern Sea. So...
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.