A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Common Schools, Academies and SeminariesNewman & Ivison, 1854 - 250 páginas |
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Página 88
... present tense is not suited to a verb of this mode . " James would have excelled Charles in knowledge , if he had ... tense . The same terms , for the same reasons , may be included in the definition of the imperfect , and the term con ...
... present tense is not suited to a verb of this mode . " James would have excelled Charles in knowledge , if he had ... tense . The same terms , for the same reasons , may be included in the definition of the imperfect , and the term con ...
Página 89
... present tense is used for the imperfect ; as , " They dismount , they fly forward to the contest ; " " As he lay , indulging himself in state , he sees , let down from the ceiling , a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . " REM . 6 ...
... present tense is used for the imperfect ; as , " They dismount , they fly forward to the contest ; " " As he lay , indulging himself in state , he sees , let down from the ceiling , a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . " REM . 6 ...
Página 90
... tense denotes a past action or state , or a possible , conditional , or necessary past action or state , without ... present time ; as , " I have attained my object ; " " I have seen the person who was recom- mended to me . " REMARK 1. When a ...
... tense denotes a past action or state , or a possible , conditional , or necessary past action or state , without ... present time ; as , " I have attained my object ; " " I have seen the person who was recom- mended to me . " REMARK 1. When a ...
Página 91
... present ; as , “ He has not visited New York since the year 1780. " REM . 5. This tense is sometimes improperly used for the imperfect ; as , " I have graduated in the year 1833. " Here the imperfect tense should be used , because the ...
... present ; as , “ He has not visited New York since the year 1780. " REM . 5. This tense is sometimes improperly used for the imperfect ; as , " I have graduated in the year 1833. " Here the imperfect tense should be used , because the ...
Página 92
... tense is often used conditionally without a conjunction ; " as , Had I known the circumstances , I should have ... present tense ? Which , in the imperfect ? Which , in the perfect ? Which , in the pluperfect ? Which , in the first ...
... tense is often used conditionally without a conjunction ; " as , Had I known the circumstances , I should have ... present tense ? Which , in the imperfect ? Which , in the perfect ? Which , in the pluperfect ? Which , in the first ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adjective adverbs affirmed antecedent apposition auxiliaries called clause collective noun comma Conjugate conjunction consonant construction declension defective verbs definite article degrees of comparison derived diphthong distinguished expressed False Orthography False Punctuation False Syntax formed by annexing gender governed grammatical subject imperative mode imperfect tense indefinite pronouns indicative mode infinitive mode Interjections interrogative intransitive letters logical subject loved meaning Metonomy mind modified neuter verb nominative noun denoting noun or pronoun object participial noun passive verb past action Perf perfect participle person or thing person singular personal pronouns pluperfect tense plural number Poss possessive preceding prefixed Pres present participle present tense principles proposition refer relative pronoun REMARK RULE Saxon SECOND COURSE Second Future Tense second person singular number sometimes sounded like long speech subject-nominative subjunctive mode tense denotes term termination thee third person thou tion tive transitive verb Triphthongs usually virtue vowel words
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Página 217 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Página 249 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 223 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 219 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Página 217 - And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect. What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?
Página 219 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 77 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright: at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Página 217 - Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow/ Whereto serves mercy, But to confront the visage of offence/ And...
Página 215 - TIRED Nature's sweet restorer, balmy Sleep ! He, like the world, his ready visit pays Where Fortune smiles ; the wretched he forsakes ; Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe, And lights on lids unsullied with a tear.
Página 218 - Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. What then ? what rests ? Try what repentance can : What can it not ? Yet what can it, when one can not repent ? O wretched state ! O bosom, black as death ! O limed soul; that struggling to be free, Art more engag'd ! Help, angels, make assay ! Bow, stubborn knees ! and, heart, with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe; All may be well ! [Retires, and kneels.