The difficulties of English grammar and analysis simplified; with a brief history of the languageHughes & Company, 1878 - 141 pages |
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... given in text- books on Grammar , some of which are very perplexing , and some of which - like " Gender is the distinction of sex " -are absolutely absurd . The word Gender is derived from the Latin word genus , a kind or class ; and ...
... given in text- books on Grammar , some of which are very perplexing , and some of which - like " Gender is the distinction of sex " -are absolutely absurd . The word Gender is derived from the Latin word genus , a kind or class ; and ...
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... Freeze froze frozen Give gave given Go went gone Grow grew grown Hide hid Know knew hidden ( hid ) known Lie , to lie down lay Ride rode lain ridden Ring Rise rang rose rung risen See saw seen 16 The Difficulties of English.
... Freeze froze frozen Give gave given Go went gone Grow grew grown Hide hid Know knew hidden ( hid ) known Lie , to lie down lay Ride rode lain ridden Ring Rise rang rose rung risen See saw seen 16 The Difficulties of English.
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... given . The characteristics of each class in the detailed classi- fication are given below , with one or two examples under each ; other examples may be supplied from the above lists . I. Those Verbs which modify the root - vowel , and ...
... given . The characteristics of each class in the detailed classi- fication are given below , with one or two examples under each ; other examples may be supplied from the above lists . I. Those Verbs which modify the root - vowel , and ...
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... given to cut our words short , from the desire to make the pen correspond with the tongue . This has been the case with regard to the words dealt , dwelt ( which were originally dealed , dwelled ) , and many others . When the love of ...
... given to cut our words short , from the desire to make the pen correspond with the tongue . This has been the case with regard to the words dealt , dwelt ( which were originally dealed , dwelled ) , and many others . When the love of ...
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... given in the subjoined table , taking run as an example of an Intransitive Verb , and kill as an example of a Transitive Verb . I. INTRANSITIVE . Imperfect : to run . Perfect to have run . II . TRANSITIVE . Passive Voice . Active Voice ...
... given in the subjoined table , taking run as an example of an Intransitive Verb , and kill as an example of a Transitive Verb . I. INTRANSITIVE . Imperfect : to run . Perfect to have run . II . TRANSITIVE . Passive Voice . Active Voice ...
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1st Person 2nd person 3rd person Adverb analysing Anglo-Saxon Auxiliaries of Mood called classification Clause Intro Co-ordinate Cognate Object comparative Complex Compound Sentence conjugated connected dative Defective Verbs definition Demonstrative Adjective dialects equivalent examples expressed feminine frequently Gender Gerund Give governed Grammar HUGHES'S Imperfect Impersonal Verbs Indirect Object infinitive mood inflected instance Intransitive introduced John killed Kind of Clause Latin left the stable multitude Nominative Absolute Norman-French Noun or Pronoun Noun sentence Nouns and Pronouns Nouns denoting Nouns ending Old English parse the words passive participle passive voice past tense Paternoster Square PERF perfect participle Personal Pronouns phrase plural prefix Preposition present principal clause principal sentence Principal Verb qualifying reference Relative Pronoun Remarks simple sometimes Subjunctive Mood Subord subordinate clauses suffix superlative termination thing Thou Transitive Verb Tuns Passage Verb denotes Verbal Noun William Word Subject Predicate write
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Page 123 - THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest : — In lark and nightingale we see, What honour hath humility. When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus...
Page 120 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 122 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Page 114 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Page 83 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 122 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 121 - Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way, Or hedge aside from the direct forthright, Like to an enter'd tide, they all rush by, And leave you hindmost...
Page 122 - My children," the chameleon cries, (Then first the creature found a tongue), "You all are right, and all are wrong: When next you talk of what you view, Think others see as well as you: Nor wonder, if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own.
Page 108 - I might here observe, that the same single letter on many occasions does the office of a whole word, and represents the His and Her of our fore-fathers.
Page 115 - Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God. Surely after that I was turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.