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... written characters of the language ; 2. To its pronunciation ; 3. To the classification of its words ; 4. To the construction of its sentences ; 5. To its versification . The first division is called ORTHOGRAPHY ; the second , OR ...
... written characters of the language ; 2. To its pronunciation ; 3. To the classification of its words ; 4. To the construction of its sentences ; 5. To its versification . The first division is called ORTHOGRAPHY ; the second , OR ...
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... written as single words ; as , inkstand . 2. Other compound words have a hyphen between the component parts ; as ... written ? How are other compounds written ? What is the first general rule for spelling ? What are the exceptions ? What ...
... written as single words ; as , inkstand . 2. Other compound words have a hyphen between the component parts ; as ... written ? How are other compounds written ? What is the first general rule for spelling ? What are the exceptions ? What ...
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... written with one r . 4. In many words ending in 7 , the 7 is generally doubled , though the ac- cent is not on the last syllable ; as in traveller , modelling , pencilled . So the derivatives of bias , worship , and kidnap , double s ...
... written with one r . 4. In many words ending in 7 , the 7 is generally doubled , though the ac- cent is not on the last syllable ; as in traveller , modelling , pencilled . So the derivatives of bias , worship , and kidnap , double s ...
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... written a — - This is a red - - Your is worth - She has a new — . He The sun rising above the had gilded the - - - of the - 5. Put proper nouns in place of the common nouns in the following . A man is larger than a boy . A liar is as ...
... written a — - This is a red - - Your is worth - She has a new — . He The sun rising above the had gilded the - - - of the - 5. Put proper nouns in place of the common nouns in the following . A man is larger than a boy . A liar is as ...
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... may be females ; we cannot say that When nouns of the common gender are used , can we determine whether males or females are referred to ? * Also written ambassador . the word is masculine or feminine , for one cousin GENDER . 27.
... may be females ; we cannot say that When nouns of the common gender are used , can we determine whether males or females are referred to ? * Also written ambassador . the word is masculine or feminine , for one cousin GENDER . 27.
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accented action active voice adjuncts anapestic antecedent apple apposition auxiliary perfect participle beautiful belongs better Cæsar called comma common noun compound connected consonant correct defective verb denote dependent clause English expressed feet feminine finite verb flowers following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE gender George Grammar grammatical predicate grammatical subject happy heaven horse imperative mood imperfect infinitive mood interjections interrogative intransitive language limiting adjective live loved masculine meaning modified noun or pronoun number and person o'er object PARSING EXERCISES participial noun passive participle passive voice PAST PERFECT past tense pause plural possessive potential mood preceding predicate nominative preposition PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE principle proper refer relative clause relative pronoun Remark Rule xii simple singular number sound subjunctive subjunctive mood superlative sweet syllable Tell thee thing third person tive transitive verb trochee virtue vowel wish words write written
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Page 234 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power : In dreams, through camp and court he bore The trophies of a conqueror...
Page 236 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Page 250 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 196 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 245 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 194 - Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. Sad Memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Page 196 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining! They stood aloof, the scars remaining; Like cliffs which had been rent asunder! A dreary sea now flows between ; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween! The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 252 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 237 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Page 197 - Not there ; not there, my child. Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy, Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom ; For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there ; it is there, my child.