The English language: its grammar and history. Together with a treatise on English composition, and exercises |
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... work which he is most fitted to perform . Every man is a general with regard to the words of his language . He has become acquainted with them B one by one , as from his earliest childhood they -ENGLISH GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION.
... work which he is most fitted to perform . Every man is a general with regard to the words of his language . He has become acquainted with them B one by one , as from his earliest childhood they -ENGLISH GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION.
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... becomes v , as in the Latin words ferbui , fervi ; sebum , sevum . The b in Latin usually becomes v in French and Italian : cf. habere , avere , avoir . The letter b is often inserted between m and a liquid , in French words derived ...
... becomes v , as in the Latin words ferbui , fervi ; sebum , sevum . The b in Latin usually becomes v in French and Italian : cf. habere , avere , avoir . The letter b is often inserted between m and a liquid , in French words derived ...
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... becomes softened into ch in such words as Chester , Chichester , Winchester ; but retains its primary sound in Lancaster , Tadcaster , etc. It may also be illustrated by comparing such names as Wick , Northwick , Painswick , Powick ...
... becomes softened into ch in such words as Chester , Chichester , Winchester ; but retains its primary sound in Lancaster , Tadcaster , etc. It may also be illustrated by comparing such names as Wick , Northwick , Painswick , Powick ...
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... becomes equivalent to medium : -There is a mean in all things . 6. Names of sciences , though plural in form , are regarded as singular mathematics , mechanics , optics . : 7. Foreign words half naturalised form their plurals as in the ...
... becomes equivalent to medium : -There is a mean in all things . 6. Names of sciences , though plural in form , are regarded as singular mathematics , mechanics , optics . : 7. Foreign words half naturalised form their plurals as in the ...
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... becomes a partitive adverb . Whether was formerly used as a pronoun in reference to one of two objects : " Whether of them twain did the will of his father ? ” When the word as is a relative pronoun its antecedent is such , same , so ...
... becomes a partitive adverb . Whether was formerly used as a pronoun in reference to one of two objects : " Whether of them twain did the will of his father ? ” When the word as is a relative pronoun its antecedent is such , same , so ...
Términos y frases comunes
active voice adjective adverbs agree alphabet Anglo-Saxon antecedent brother called Celtic character common composition conjugation conjunctions consonant construction correct corresponding definite article demonstrative denote derived England English language exercise express factitive feminine following sentences French Future Imperf Future Perfect gender govern Grammar hence illustrate Imperative Imperative Mood Imperfect indefinite Indicative Mood Infinitive Mood inflexions interjections intransitive John kinds king Latin letters masculine meaning metre mood auxiliaries names Nominative Absolute notional verbs number of words objective parsing participial substantive participle passive voice Past Perfect personal pronoun phrase Pleonasm plural number possessive praise Predicate preposition Present Imperf Present Perfect Princip proper substantives recognise refer regard relative pronoun rule Saxon signification simple singular number sometimes sounds speak speech stands stantives Subjunctive Mood substantive or pronoun supine syllables taught teach tence thine things thou thought tion tive transitive verb usages vowel walk write
Pasajes populares
Página 158 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man; and, therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend...
Página 170 - For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 170 - Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power. Yet not for power (power of herself Would come uncall'd for), but to live by law, Acting the law we live by without fear ; And, because right is right, to follow right Were wisdom in the scorn of consequence.
Página 169 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favour. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Página 152 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Página 62 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Página 170 - ... studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Página 158 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Página 170 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed. For prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth...
Página 144 - Not wholly in the busy world, nor quite Beyond it, blooms the garden that I love. News from the humming city comes to it In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; And, sitting muffled in dark leaves, you hear The windy clanging of the minster clock ; Although between it and the garden lies A league of grass, wash'd by a slow broad stream, That...