A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... learning orthography . The pupil should be careful to observe the use of such words as there and their ; his and is ; was and as ; principal and principle ; air , hair , and heir ; to , too , and two ; were and where ; they , the , and ...
... learning orthography . The pupil should be careful to observe the use of such words as there and their ; his and is ; was and as ; principal and principle ; air , hair , and heir ; to , too , and two ; were and where ; they , the , and ...
Pàgina 19
... learning , book - learning ; but very often they are written separately , and the first noun is said to be used as an adjective . 33. The name adjective was given to the class of words which denotes the qualities of nouns , either ...
... learning , book - learning ; but very often they are written separately , and the first noun is said to be used as an adjective . 33. The name adjective was given to the class of words which denotes the qualities of nouns , either ...
Pàgina 75
... learning . - Hallam . I am loving , the Present Definite or Progressive , indicates present time and progressive action . An author who waits till all requisite materials are accumulated to his hands , is but watching the stream that ...
... learning . - Hallam . I am loving , the Present Definite or Progressive , indicates present time and progressive action . An author who waits till all requisite materials are accumulated to his hands , is but watching the stream that ...
Pàgina 83
... learning , which they see confers so much distinction on others . They forget that , from the very nature of the case , science cannot be obtained without labour ; that ideas must be frequently presented to the mind before they become ...
... learning , which they see confers so much distinction on others . They forget that , from the very nature of the case , science cannot be obtained without labour ; that ideas must be frequently presented to the mind before they become ...
Pàgina 85
... Goldsmith . Warton's History general learning ; -Hallam . Poetry contains much that bears our it leaves us about the accession of Elizabeth . The English were as yet little inured the death obedience MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE . 85.
... Goldsmith . Warton's History general learning ; -Hallam . Poetry contains much that bears our it leaves us about the accession of Elizabeth . The English were as yet little inured the death obedience MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE . 85.
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abstract nouns Adam Smith adverb affirmed AFFIXES Alison Alnascar ascer assertion belong Cæsar called class of words clause common comparative comparison conjunction connected connexion considered copula correct dative Defective Verbs definition denoting derived distinction English language error etymology examples EXERCISE expressed feminine Future Perfect Tense gender give grammar grammarians Greek Hallam idea indicates Infinitive inflection interjections irregular James reads John king Latham Latin marks masculine meaning Milton mind moods nature neuter nominative nouns substantive Numeral Adjectives object observed original parsing passive voice PAST TENSE Perfect Participle plural possessive POTENTIAL MOOD predicate prefix preposition PRESENT TENSE principle pupil qualifying the noun refer relative pronoun remark represent respect rules of syntax sense sentence Shakspeare signification singular sometimes sort sound speak speech spoken superlative thing Thou thought tion transitive verb truth verb violated vowel Wordsworth write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 94 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in His presence, ever to observe His providence, and on Him sole depend...
Pàgina 83 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Pàgina 84 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pàgina 149 - Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Pàgina 98 - 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, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Pàgina 166 - Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms...
Pàgina 165 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Pàgina 167 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Pàgina 168 - 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.
Pàgina 165 - THE way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.