A Common-school Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1866 - 350 pàgines |
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... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1865 , by SIMON KERL , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PRINTED BY GEO . 0. BAND & AVERY . PREFACE . " LANGUAGE , " said Sheridan , "
... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1865 , by SIMON KERL , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York . PRINTED BY GEO . 0. BAND & AVERY . PREFACE . " LANGUAGE , " said Sheridan , "
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... according to its principles . 10. The classification of False Syntax ; and the lessening of so great a number of little rules , which are seldom learned and always soon forgotten . 11. The critical remarks on syntax , punctuation , and ...
... according to its principles . 10. The classification of False Syntax ; and the lessening of so great a number of little rules , which are seldom learned and always soon forgotten . 11. The critical remarks on syntax , punctuation , and ...
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... according to the following particulars : - 1. The sounds of its words . 2. The forms of its words . 3. The classification of its words , according to their meanings and variations . 4. The combination of its words , in the construction ...
... according to the following particulars : - 1. The sounds of its words . 2. The forms of its words . 3. The classification of its words , according to their meanings and variations . 4. The combination of its words , in the construction ...
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... according to their spelling or according to analogy . Lieutenant is better pronounced loo - ten ' - ant than lev - ten ' - ant . ORTHOGRAPHY . FORMS OF THE LETTERS . 112. The letters are used in different styles ; as , Roman , Italic ...
... according to their spelling or according to analogy . Lieutenant is better pronounced loo - ten ' - ant than lev - ten ' - ant . ORTHOGRAPHY . FORMS OF THE LETTERS . 112. The letters are used in different styles ; as , Roman , Italic ...
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... according to their prefixes , suffixes , or grammatical endings , if they have any ; and compound words should be divided into their simple ones . Ex . - Re - new , ring - let , great - er , wis - est , ful - ly , boat - swain . W. Dril ...
... according to their prefixes , suffixes , or grammatical endings , if they have any ; and compound words should be divided into their simple ones . Ex . - Re - new , ring - let , great - er , wis - est , ful - ly , boat - swain . W. Dril ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
abridged accent according to Rule adjective adjunct Anapestic antecedent apples apposition auxiliary verbs beautiful belongs called capital letter classes combined comma common compound sentences compound word conj conjunctive adverb connected consonant degree denotes dependent clause express finite verb flowers gender grammar hence horse imperative mood indefinite indicative mood interjections interrogative intransitive John kind language meaning modified neuter nominative noun or pronoun object omitted parsed passive Past Tense Past-Perfect Tense pause person and number person or thing poetic possessive potential mood predicate predicate-verb preposition Present Tense Present-Perfect principal pron proper noun referred relation relative clause relative pronoun river rowed sense simple sentences singular number sometimes sound speak speech spondee stead subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate substantive supplied syllables syntax term third person thou tive transitive verb tree verse voice vowel word or phrase write
Passatges populars
Pàgina 325 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Pàgina 145 - Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Pàgina 112 - E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
Pàgina 244 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Pàgina 218 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Pàgina 248 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Pàgina 273 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song...
Pàgina 59 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Pàgina 327 - I COME, I come ! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountains with light and song, Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as I pass.
Pàgina 343 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...