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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... meanings are taken together in couples for mutual illus- tration : one form is set forth , and then a second is ... meaning in the form of the second equivalent . He is expected to do with each example in the exercise precisely what ...
... meanings are taken together in couples for mutual illus- tration : one form is set forth , and then a second is ... meaning in the form of the second equivalent . He is expected to do with each example in the exercise precisely what ...
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... meaning is carried out at length from both points of view ; it is given first on one side and then on the other , each side being fully illustrated in its proper place . As the pupil works out these interchanges , he is gradually and ...
... meaning is carried out at length from both points of view ; it is given first on one side and then on the other , each side being fully illustrated in its proper place . As the pupil works out these interchanges , he is gradually and ...
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... meaning ; they are now conventional terms , and we have nothing to do with them as conveying any sense but the conventional sense in common use . Further , judging from some names recently invented to supersede older designations , one ...
... meaning ; they are now conventional terms , and we have nothing to do with them as conveying any sense but the conventional sense in common use . Further , judging from some names recently invented to supersede older designations , one ...
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... meaning . And when we seek to find out the elements that combine to express a meaning , the sentence resolves itself into members that stand in certain definite relations to each other . These members have been designated by Grammarians ...
... meaning . And when we seek to find out the elements that combine to express a meaning , the sentence resolves itself into members that stand in certain definite relations to each other . These members have been designated by Grammarians ...
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... be rendered most ungainly , wearisomely heavy and slow ; while in many cases the writer would be unreasonably cramped in the expression of his meaning . Hence there is an extensive application of other forms to do 2 THE NOUN . —THE NOUN,
... be rendered most ungainly , wearisomely heavy and slow ; while in many cases the writer would be unreasonably cramped in the expression of his meaning . Hence there is an extensive application of other forms to do 2 THE NOUN . —THE NOUN,
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Adjective Clause replaced Adjective Phrase adjunct Adverbial Clause ADVERBIAL PHRASE adverbial substitutes army battle of Sedgemoor cause Co-ordinate Sentence common Compare conjunction danger death demonstrative pronoun diligent ellipsis elliptical clauses enemy England English equivalent examples EXERCISE expected father favour force Gerund give given hath hear heart horse implied Infinitive interchange king land lives Lord meaning mind nature never night Noun Clause NOUN PHRASE NOUN replaced object Parliament person PLEONASM points back possess predicate prince prisoner Pronoun with preposition proper relative pupil Queen reference regarded relative clause Relative Pronoun replaced by ADJECTIVE replaced by ADVERBIAL replaced by CO-ORDINATE replaced by NOUN replaced by Participle restrictive river Robert the Bruce ship soldiers soon speak speech spoke stands statement thee things thou tion Tom lost transitive verb verb vocables whence whereby wherein whither words
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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.