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... an adverb by adding the syllable ly , which is derived by abbreviation from like - as bravely from brave - like , wisely from wise - like , happily from happy - like . Inequality - Else , otherwise , or . Gradation - 66 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... an adverb by adding the syllable ly , which is derived by abbreviation from like - as bravely from brave - like , wisely from wise - like , happily from happy - like . Inequality - Else , otherwise , or . Gradation - 66 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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... wise to - day . CAUTION . - Do not use adjectives as adverbs . It is improper to say , Indifferent well . THE PREPOSITION . Preposition means place before . A prepo- sition is a word placed before nouns and pro- nouns to join them to ...
... wise to - day . CAUTION . - Do not use adjectives as adverbs . It is improper to say , Indifferent well . THE PREPOSITION . Preposition means place before . A prepo- sition is a word placed before nouns and pro- nouns to join them to ...
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... wise expedients , of concerted trains of causes terminating in the happiest results , so much , in a word , of coun- sel , intention , and benevolence ; a mind , I say , drawn into the habit of thought which those observations excite ...
... wise expedients , of concerted trains of causes terminating in the happiest results , so much , in a word , of coun- sel , intention , and benevolence ; a mind , I say , drawn into the habit of thought which those observations excite ...
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... wise . RULE 6. - But a noun of multitude signify- ing unity of idea requires a verb in the singular : as , The army is disbanded . OBSERVE . - Among the nouns of multitude may be classed such words as means , news , & c .; thus we say ...
... wise . RULE 6. - But a noun of multitude signify- ing unity of idea requires a verb in the singular : as , The army is disbanded . OBSERVE . - Among the nouns of multitude may be classed such words as means , news , & c .; thus we say ...
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... wise - - some care . He has me much satis- arrived . You wisely before all men , always behaved well , which John and his sister there . You and I faction . and he Queen and Prince Albert The warrior and patriot -- ―― present . The in ...
... wise - - some care . He has me much satis- arrived . You wisely before all men , always behaved well , which John and his sister there . You and I faction . and he Queen and Prince Albert The warrior and patriot -- ―― present . The in ...
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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.