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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... seemed to be come upon the mother ; for the mother scarcely felt the weight of the mother's boy . 5. Boadicea avenged Boadicea's and Boadicea's country's wrongs by a great slaughter of the Romans . 6. The minstrel's songs half beguiled ...
... seemed to be come upon the mother ; for the mother scarcely felt the weight of the mother's boy . 5. Boadicea avenged Boadicea's and Boadicea's country's wrongs by a great slaughter of the Romans . 6. The minstrel's songs half beguiled ...
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... seemed the maid ; The maid's satin snood , the maid's silken plaid , The maid's golden brooch such birth betrayed . The demonstrative pronoun she for names of Animals . 18. I hear the owl ; the owl is calling to the owl's mate ; listen ...
... seemed the maid ; The maid's satin snood , the maid's silken plaid , The maid's golden brooch such birth betrayed . The demonstrative pronoun she for names of Animals . 18. I hear the owl ; the owl is calling to the owl's mate ; listen ...
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... seemed nothing but a poetical license , as this form's historical foundation was forgotten . ' ' This form , whose historical foundation was for- gotten , seemed nothing but a poetical license . ' The nouns in the possessive may be ...
... seemed nothing but a poetical license , as this form's historical foundation was forgotten . ' ' This form , whose historical foundation was for- gotten , seemed nothing but a poetical license . ' The nouns in the possessive may be ...
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... seemed to doubt their own existence . 4. What distinguished Alfred was his own personal appearance as an author . 5. The sovereigns requested from Columbus a recital of his adventures . 6. Do you remember our first meeting ? 7. He ...
... seemed to doubt their own existence . 4. What distinguished Alfred was his own personal appearance as an author . 5. The sovereigns requested from Columbus a recital of his adventures . 6. Do you remember our first meeting ? 7. He ...
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... seemed to have many good years of life in him yet . 6. Death surrounded himself with terrors , yet his victim did not fear him . 7. Then came the Autumn , all in yellow clad , As though he joyèd in his plenteous store , Laden with ...
... seemed to have many good years of life in him yet . 6. Death surrounded himself with terrors , yet his victim did not fear him . 7. Then came the Autumn , all in yellow clad , As though he joyèd in his plenteous store , Laden with ...
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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.