A System of English GrammarOliver & Boyd, 1845 - 168 pàgines |
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Pàgina 7
... Nominative and Verb , 99 II . - Possessive Case , ... .111 The Noun , .. The Adjective , The Pronoun ,. The Verb ,. 15 III . - Objective Case , .. .112 18 IV . - Pronouns , .117 21 V. - The Infinitive , ... .119 24 VI . - Apposition ...
... Nominative and Verb , 99 II . - Possessive Case , ... .111 The Noun , .. The Adjective , The Pronoun ,. The Verb ,. 15 III . - Objective Case , .. .112 18 IV . - Pronouns , .117 21 V. - The Infinitive , ... .119 24 VI . - Apposition ...
Pàgina 50
... Nominative , Possessive , and Objective . * 104. The noun is said to be in the Nominative , when it is the subject of discourse , and represents the person or thing of whom or which some assertion is made . Thus , in the sentence ...
... Nominative , Possessive , and Objective . * 104. The noun is said to be in the Nominative , when it is the subject of discourse , and represents the person or thing of whom or which some assertion is made . Thus , in the sentence ...
Pàgina 51
... nominative is that of agency or state of being in general , the particular action or state being pointed out by the verb with which it is connected . 105. The Possessive represents a vast variety of relations , but the principal one is ...
... nominative is that of agency or state of being in general , the particular action or state being pointed out by the verb with which it is connected . 105. The Possessive represents a vast variety of relations , but the principal one is ...
Pàgina 53
... nominative and objective in nouns being alike in form , it is only from the position that the noun holds with respect to the verb that we can ascertain its case . Even this will not always serve us , for though it may be said to be the ...
... nominative and objective in nouns being alike in form , it is only from the position that the noun holds with respect to the verb that we can ascertain its case . Even this will not always serve us , for though it may be said to be the ...
Pàgina 54
... nominative , because ( 104 ) it repre- sents the actor or agent , while " Darius " is the objective , because ( 110 ) ... Nominative . Possessive . Objective . Singular . Brother Brother's Brother Plural . Brothers Brothers ' Brothers When ...
... nominative , because ( 104 ) it repre- sents the actor or agent , while " Darius " is the objective , because ( 110 ) ... Nominative . Possessive . Objective . Singular . Brother Brother's Brother Plural . Brothers Brothers ' Brothers When ...
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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.