Elements of English Composition, Grammatical, Rhetorical, Logical, and Practical. Prepared for Academies and SchoolsA.S. Barnes & Burr, 1860 - 406 pàgines |
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... objects , of Days of the Week , and Months of the Year : also Common Nouns personified ; as , Doth not Wisdom cry ? Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! The Sea saw it , and fled . 9. The principal words in the titles and ...
... objects , of Days of the Week , and Months of the Year : also Common Nouns personified ; as , Doth not Wisdom cry ? Thou hast all seasons for thine own , O Death ! The Sea saw it , and fled . 9. The principal words in the titles and ...
Pàgina 18
... objects of the same class . Thus , tree is a name for any and every tree . Bird is a name ap- plied to any bird . Words which are used as names of qualities of the objects to which they belong , are called ABSTRACT NOUNS . The quality ...
... objects of the same class . Thus , tree is a name for any and every tree . Bird is a name ap- plied to any bird . Words which are used as names of qualities of the objects to which they belong , are called ABSTRACT NOUNS . The quality ...
Pàgina 19
... object , or more than one . In the former instance , it is said to be of the Singular Number ; in the latter , of the Plural . The General Rule for changing the Singular into the Plural EXERCISES ON NOUNS . 19 Nouns Their number, gender ...
... object , or more than one . In the former instance , it is said to be of the Singular Number ; in the latter , of the Plural . The General Rule for changing the Singular into the Plural EXERCISES ON NOUNS . 19 Nouns Their number, gender ...
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... object , are singular ; to more than one , plural . In the singular form , mea denotes the middle between two extremes . News is for the most part con- strued as singular - so also , molasses , measles ; alms , and riches , and oats ...
... object , are singular ; to more than one , plural . In the singular form , mea denotes the middle between two extremes . News is for the most part con- strued as singular - so also , molasses , measles ; alms , and riches , and oats ...
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... object of strength , or power , or sublimity is spoken ot , it is thus spoken of as a masculine object ; when an object of delicacy or beauty is described , it is viewed as feminine . Of the sun it is said , “ He has risen ; " of the ...
... object of strength , or power , or sublimity is spoken ot , it is thus spoken of as a masculine object ; when an object of delicacy or beauty is described , it is viewed as feminine . Of the sun it is said , “ He has risen ; " of the ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
action adjective adverb Amphibrach answer Antanaclasis apodosis argument beautiful Blank verse called cause character Cicero clause comma composition compound conjunction connected correct denote dependent clause discourse effect employed English English language example EXERCISES expression father figure following sentences folly former genus give grammatical happy heaven Hence Hyperbaton ical idea illustrate implies improperly infinitive intransitive kind language learned LESSON letter logical Lord manner meaning metaphor mind moral nature never noun object observed omitted participle passions pause PERIODIC SENTENCE person phrase pleasure plural poetry preposition present principal pronoun proper properly prose protasis reason reference require rhyme RULE sense singular sometimes sound speak species speech style subjunctive mood Supply syllable synonyms temperance tence tense thee thing Thomas à Becket thou thought tion topics transitive verb trochees truth unto verse virtue wise words writing
Passatges populars
Pàgina 167 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Pàgina 220 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Pàgina 248 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Pàgina 250 - ... rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription...
Pàgina 218 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Pàgina 56 - Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress : even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Pàgina 169 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Pàgina 249 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Pàgina 92 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came •where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Pàgina 92 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him : and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.