A Common-school Grammar of the English LanguageIvison, Phinney, Blakeman & Company, 1866 - 350 páginas |
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... notes the doer of something , or the person of whom something is said ; the words squirrels and field are said to be in the objective case , because squirrels shows what he shot , and field shows in what ; and the word father's is in ...
... notes the doer of something , or the person of whom something is said ; the words squirrels and field are said to be in the objective case , because squirrels shows what he shot , and field shows in what ; and the word father's is in ...
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... notes one thing , but memorandä denote more . A rádius is a single line , but radiī are more . silks are different kinds of silk . teas are different kinds of tea . By spices we usually mean dif- ferent kinds of spice . The Misses Bates ...
... notes one thing , but memorandä denote more . A rádius is a single line , but radiī are more . silks are different kinds of silk . teas are different kinds of tea . By spices we usually mean dif- ferent kinds of spice . The Misses Bates ...
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... note one sound . Ex . - PROPER : oil , fraud , ground . IMPROPER : ear , pōur , your , deceit , sleight . 92. A diphthong is proper , if the two vowels are heard , or denote a sound different from that of either ; improper , if only one ...
... note one sound . Ex . - PROPER : oil , fraud , ground . IMPROPER : ear , pōur , your , deceit , sleight . 92. A diphthong is proper , if the two vowels are heard , or denote a sound different from that of either ; improper , if only one ...
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... notes the Deity , or a word that describes rather than denotes the Deity , usually requires no capital . Ex . ― The all - seeing Searcher of our hearts ; great Parent of good ; to Him who is the friend of the widow and the orphan . W ...
... notes the Deity , or a word that describes rather than denotes the Deity , usually requires no capital . Ex . ― The all - seeing Searcher of our hearts ; great Parent of good ; to Him who is the friend of the widow and the orphan . W ...
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... notes Satan ; but a devil may be simply a bad person or spirit . When the words god , goddess , deity , divinity , etc. , are applied to the heathen deities , they do not begin with capitals . When Muses , Graces , Naiads , etc. , are ...
... notes Satan ; but a devil may be simply a bad person or spirit . When the words god , goddess , deity , divinity , etc. , are applied to the heathen deities , they do not begin with capitals . When Muses , Graces , Naiads , etc. , are ...
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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
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 218 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 343 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...