A Common School Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Phinney, Blakerman & Company, 1868 - 350 pàgines |
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Pàgina 253 - knell of parting day ; The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me."— Gray, 2. Of two or more complex sentences. " He lived as mothers wish their sons to live ; He died as fathers wish their sons to die.
Pàgina 253 - What in me is dark, illumine ; what is low, raise and support." " The character of General Washington, which his contemporaries reverence and admire, will be transmitted to posterity; and the memory of his virtues, while patriotism and virtue are held sacred among men, will remain undiminished.
Pàgina 59 - But poetry, written long ago, must sometimes be pronounced, for the sake of the rhyme, as the language was pronounced when the verse was written. "Lo ! the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds or hears him in the wind." — Pope. " Tell me, where is fancy bred, — In the heart, or in the head ? How begot, how nourished ?
Pàgina 145 - A series of substantives placed after a verb, when the verb, for the sake of emphasis, agrees only with the first, and is understood to each of the rest. "Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory." — Bible. " There is Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill, and there they will remain forever.
Pàgina 264 - but clauses or infinitive phrases are generally preferable to such constructions. Inverted and Elliptical. Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, To fill the languid pause with finer joy. Clauses used as Subjects. 1. That the earth is round, is now well known. 2. How the soul is connected with the body, is a great mystery.
Pàgina 73 - 176. The pronoun is sometimes omitted. Ex. — " The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ?" —- Pope. Supply which after lamb. CLASSES OF PRONOUNS. Personal Pronouns.
Pàgina 252 - who never swerved from the path | which duty pointed out." " Come | as the winds come | when navies are stranded." " ' No/ | said he ; | ' for I never wished | that it might be so.' " "I knew a man | who had it for a by-word, | when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, | ; Stay a little,
Pàgina 270 - industrious. 2. Every one must have noticed how much more amiable some children are than others. 3. She saw that we were tired, and needed some refreshment. 4. Tell us not, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. 5. They said that Halifax loved the dignity and emolument of office, that while he continued to be president it
Pàgina 312 - then leave you ? Must I needs forego So good, so noble, and so true a master ? The king shall have my service ; but my prayers Forever and forever shall be yours." — Shakespeare, " By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed
Pàgina 21 - am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast. He was. We were. You were. They were. I have been. You have been. He has been. They have been. I write. He writes. / know my lessons. He knows