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... pass the defi- nitions , although they are repeated at the head of each article , until they thoroughly comprehend the nature of the various parts of speech , and are able to distinguish them readily . This will greatly shorten the work ...
... pass the defi- nitions , although they are repeated at the head of each article , until they thoroughly comprehend the nature of the various parts of speech , and are able to distinguish them readily . This will greatly shorten the work ...
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... passing over . Transitive verbs express an action passing from an agent , which performs the action , to an object which suffers or receives the action ; as , I hold the book . Here " I " is the agent , " hold " the verb , which denotes ...
... passing over . Transitive verbs express an action passing from an agent , which performs the action , to an object which suffers or receives the action ; as , I hold the book . Here " I " is the agent , " hold " the verb , which denotes ...
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... Pass we then to the next point . " " Therefore be thy mind devoted to thought . " - Hervey . The writer has not found examples of the use of the 1st person singular and 3rd plural , but believes the latter not uncommon , at least in ...
... Pass we then to the next point . " " Therefore be thy mind devoted to thought . " - Hervey . The writer has not found examples of the use of the 1st person singular and 3rd plural , but believes the latter not uncommon , at least in ...
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... pass the * Beware is merely a compound of be and ware , and should not be written as one word . In the Compound Tenses it is always written as two - as , " I have been ware . " Let is generally but incorrectly classed among defective ...
... pass the * Beware is merely a compound of be and ware , and should not be written as one word . In the Compound Tenses it is always written as two - as , " I have been ware . " Let is generally but incorrectly classed among defective ...
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... pass the ground , sometimes yards the level . -- burgh , the city . ― - several tunnels embankments many Arthur's seat is Edin- He enrolled them - his legions . They walked the road till they met horseback riding -great speed . a man Go ...
... pass the ground , sometimes yards the level . -- burgh , the city . ― - several tunnels embankments many Arthur's seat is Edin- He enrolled them - his legions . They walked the road till they met horseback riding -great speed . a man Go ...
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1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person accented adjectives Adverbs amphibrach anapaestic apostrophe Article beautiful brother Cæsar catalectic changed clause comma compound Conjunctions consisting Correct errors couldest dactyl defective verbs denotes derived dimeter EMPHATIC FORM English language EXERCISE express father gender give governed grammar grammarians hath Heaven hill hope horse iambi IMPERATIVE MOOD Indefinite INFINITIVE MOOD Interjection intransitive verbs James James's Jane John John's Julia Julius Cæsar king Lady Latin live lost loved mayest or canst means monometer nominative nouns objective Passive PAST PARTICIPLE Past Tense Perfect personal pronouns phrases Pluperfect Tense PLURAL possessive POTENTIAL MOOD preposition Present Tense PROGRESSIVE FORM pupils regarded RULE sentence signification SINGULAR NUMBER sisters slate sometimes speaking spondee Subjunctive SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD superlative syllable taught teaching tell thing Thou shalt tive trimeter trochæic trochees unaccented verb verse voice Vowels walk William wise word Write
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Página 135 - What matter where, if I be still the same And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater...
Página 126 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 126 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast: Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush, And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Página 136 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 129 - Angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yetfrom those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all...
Página 83 - But all Etruria's noblest Felt their hearts sink to see On the earth the bloody corpses, In the path the dauntless Three : And, from the ghastly entrance Where those bold Romans stood, All shrank, like boys who unaware, Ranging the woods to start a hare, Come to the mouth of the dark lair Where, growling low, a fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried
Página 120 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Página 83 - Rank behind rank, like surges bright Of a broad sea of gold. Four hundred trumpets sounded A peal of warlike glee, As that great host, with measured tread, And spears advanced, and ensigns spread, Rolled slowly towards the bridge's head, Where stood the dauntless Three.
Página 127 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Página 127 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.