The English language: its grammar and history. With examination papersE. Stanford, 1872 - 199 pages |
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... never fail to keep in view the importance of defining and classifying logi- cally . For the guidance of teachers , and for the assistance of self - taught students , five sets of exercises and several examination papers have been added ...
... never fail to keep in view the importance of defining and classifying logi- cally . For the guidance of teachers , and for the assistance of self - taught students , five sets of exercises and several examination papers have been added ...
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... never learned to read or write . The alphabet is so called from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet , Alpha , Beta , just as from the first letters of our own alphabet we often speak of it as the A B C. The forms of the letters ...
... never learned to read or write . The alphabet is so called from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet , Alpha , Beta , just as from the first letters of our own alphabet we often speak of it as the A B C. The forms of the letters ...
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... never be used in speaking of the comparison of two objects ; " the larger apple of the two ; " " the largest apple in the basket . " The comparative ending in -er in English corresponds to that in or in Latin . There are a few Latin ...
... never be used in speaking of the comparison of two objects ; " the larger apple of the two ; " " the largest apple in the basket . " The comparative ending in -er in English corresponds to that in or in Latin . There are a few Latin ...
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... never in the possessive case : — That hat is mine ( nom . case after is ) . John gave away his book , but I kept mine ( obj . case governed by kept ) . The possessive pronouns mine and thine are sometimes used instead of the possessive ...
... never in the possessive case : — That hat is mine ( nom . case after is ) . John gave away his book , but I kept mine ( obj . case governed by kept ) . The possessive pronouns mine and thine are sometimes used instead of the possessive ...
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... never in Bacon ; and only once in the Bible . following quotations will illustrate its former use : - " A tree that will bring forth his fruit . ” — Ps . i . 2 . 66 ' Mine eye hath seen his desire . ” — Ps . liv . 7 . The " The fruit ...
... never in Bacon ; and only once in the Bible . following quotations will illustrate its former use : - " A tree that will bring forth his fruit . ” — Ps . i . 2 . 66 ' Mine eye hath seen his desire . ” — Ps . liv . 7 . The " The fruit ...
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adjective adverbs affixes agree alphabet Anglo-Saxon antecedent arrangement auxiliary verb brother called Celtic classified common compared composition conjugation conjunctions connexion construction correct Defective Verbs demonstrative denote derived distinct England English language exercise express factitive feminine following sentences French gender Give examples Give six Grammar hence illustrate Imperative Mood Imperfect indefinite Indicative Mood inflections interjections intransitive John king Latin laws letters masculine meaning metre mood auxiliaries names nominative absolute notional verbs nouns objective origin parsing participial substantive participle passive voice Past Perfect past tense perfect tenses personal pronoun phrase Pleonasm plural number possessive praise Predicate prefixed preposition Present Perfect Princip proper substantives recognize refer regard relative pronoun rules Saxon signification simple singular number sometimes sound speak speech stands Subjunctive Mood substantive or pronoun supine syllables syntax taught teach thine things thou thought tion tive transitive verb usages vowel vowel-sound walk write
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Page 25 - no less can be acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power."—Hooker,
Page 84 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." 2. " It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction; he is therefore
Page 164 - 3. Personification. Personification is a figure by which inanimate things are represented as actually living. The following example from Shelley's ' Cloud' will illustrate:— " I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
Page 166 - Sometimes the abstract is put for the concrete :— "We wish that Labour may look up here, and be proud in the midst of its toil; we wish that Infancy may learn the purpose of its creation from maternal lips ; and that weary and withered Age may be solaced by the recollections which
Page 148 - T is two or three, my lord, that bring you word Macduff is fled to England." Whilst speaking of the pronouns, it is well to call attention to the words each and every, with regard to syntax. Each and every are singular in number, and therefore in composition require to be followed by verbs in the
Page 182 - Do not charge most innocent nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provisions only to the good That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance : If every just man that now pines with want Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of
Page 164 - honour he has sullied. I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trodden under foot, and whose country he has turned into a desert. Lastly, in the name of human nature itself, in the name of both sexes, in the name of every age, in the name of every rank, I
Page 180 - Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the children's hour.
Page 160 - most highest. Tautology is permissible when it is used intentionally for effect, as in the following sentences :— " The head and front of my offending." " I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed, to hear them avowed in this house
Page 179 - In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humours lead, A meaning suited to his mind. And liberal applications lie In art like nature, dearest friend ; So 'twere to cramp its use, if I Should hook it to some useful end.