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Pagina 10
... 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 ...
Pagina 34
... 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 ...
Pagina 44
... 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 ...
Pagina 63
... 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 ...
Pagina 71
... pass -- several tunnels the ground , sometimes yards the level . burgh , - - Arthur's seat is the city . He enrolled them Edin- his legions . They walked the road till they met . horseback riding a man ― the field yonder gate . the hill ...
... pass -- several tunnels the ground , sometimes yards the level . burgh , - - Arthur's seat is the city . He enrolled them Edin- his legions . They walked the road till they met . horseback riding a man ― the field yonder gate . the hill ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
1st Person action added adjectives Adverbs agree answer appear beautiful beginning brother called changed clause compared compound Conjunctions consisting Correct death denotes derived Distinguish divided English EXERCISE express father frequently Future give gone governed grammar happy head Heaven hill hope horse Infinitive James Jane John joined kind king Lady language Latin least less letter light live lost loved means mind MOOD nature never nominative nouns objective Observe once participle pass Passive past Perfect Person PLURAL Point position possessive preceded preposition present PROGRESSIVE pronouns proper pupils question received regarded relative requires RULE seen sentence SINGULAR sisters sometimes sounds speaking supply syllable taught teaching tell Tense termed thing Thou told usually verb verse voice walk wise wish word Write
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.