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... agree . I should like to agree with all and make friends , wherever I go . Do not be unreasonable . The genuine Lap- landers wear coats which are commonly made of sheepskin , with the wool turned towards the body ; and above these they ...
... agree . I should like to agree with all and make friends , wherever I go . Do not be unreasonable . The genuine Lap- landers wear coats which are commonly made of sheepskin , with the wool turned towards the body ; and above these they ...
Page 70
... regarded as prepo- sitions , but they are really participles , agreeing with the words which they appear to govern , and form examples of the case absolute . Supply the proper Prepositions : - - I told him 70 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... regarded as prepo- sitions , but they are really participles , agreeing with the words which they appear to govern , and form examples of the case absolute . Supply the proper Prepositions : - - I told him 70 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 76
... place . If one does not accept will . The bird sang so sweetly is dead . All do not agree with you , for know are of a different opinion . When those this I I have sent return you shall go . Our greatest 76 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... place . If one does not accept will . The bird sang so sweetly is dead . All do not agree with you , for know are of a different opinion . When those this I I have sent return you shall go . Our greatest 76 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Page 85
... agree when they are of the same person , gender , number , and case . CONCORD I. THE VERB AND ITS NOMINATIVE . RULE 1 . * - A verb must be of the same number and person as its nominative : as , I love , thou lovest , he loves ...
... agree when they are of the same person , gender , number , and case . CONCORD I. THE VERB AND ITS NOMINATIVE . RULE 1 . * - A verb must be of the same number and person as its nominative : as , I love , thou lovest , he loves ...
Page 86
... agree with the former : as , His upright- ness , and not his houses or lands , entitles him to our respect . RULE 4. - When two nominatives are coupled by as well as , the verb must agree with the for- mer : as , Good principles , as ...
... agree with the former : as , His upright- ness , and not his houses or lands , entitles him to our respect . RULE 4. - When two nominatives are coupled by as well as , the verb must agree with the for- mer : as , Good principles , as ...
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Page 135 - What matter where, if I be still the same And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater...
Page 126 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 126 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast: Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 136 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 129 - Angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yetfrom those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all...
Page 83 - But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried
Page 120 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Page 83 - Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three.
Page 127 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Page 127 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.