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Pagina 8
... imprint them on his memory so firmly that they will never be forgotten . Lennie recommends them to be committed to me- mory . No practice could be more pernicious . Point out the Prepositions , & c . : - 8 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... imprint them on his memory so firmly that they will never be forgotten . Lennie recommends them to be committed to me- mory . No practice could be more pernicious . Point out the Prepositions , & c . : - 8 ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
Pagina 21
... never peace ' name ; or peace ' effect . OBJECTIVE CASE . Objective means denoting the object . A noun is in the objective case when it is the object of an action , or follows a preposition ; as , John A stone fell on him . beats me ...
... never peace ' name ; or peace ' effect . OBJECTIVE CASE . Objective means denoting the object . A noun is in the objective case when it is the object of an action , or follows a preposition ; as , John A stone fell on him . beats me ...
Pagina 31
... never a pronoun , except in law documents , and some very old writers ; neither is own , though we find both so classed by some distinguished grammarians . Nothing can be more absurd than to lay down such a definition as that a pronoun ...
... never a pronoun , except in law documents , and some very old writers ; neither is own , though we find both so classed by some distinguished grammarians . Nothing can be more absurd than to lay down such a definition as that a pronoun ...
Pagina 56
... never be deceived , in that case , but you will not be loved . Turn the Active forms in the following exercise into Passives , and the Passives into Actives : - Birds were reared by the boys . The children will be loved by their parents ...
... never be deceived , in that case , but you will not be loved . Turn the Active forms in the following exercise into Passives , and the Passives into Actives : - Birds were reared by the boys . The children will be loved by their parents ...
Pagina 65
... hence , henceforth , heretofore , incessantly , immediately , instantly , just ( just now ) , late , last , lastly , long ( long ago ) , monthly , now , never , nightly , oft , often , occasionally , ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 65.
... hence , henceforth , heretofore , incessantly , immediately , instantly , just ( just now ) , late , last , lastly , long ( long ago ) , monthly , now , never , nightly , oft , often , occasionally , ENGLISH GRAMMAR . 65.
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Populaire passages
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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
Pagina 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,
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.