A School Manual of English Composition: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for High Schools, Academies, EtcHarper, 1884 - 113 pages |
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... contain but one subject and one predi- cate , it is plain that this cannot be a simple sentence , for the rea- son that it contains two subjects and two predicates . The first subject is " birds ; " its predicate is " fly . " The second ...
... contain but one subject and one predi- cate , it is plain that this cannot be a simple sentence , for the rea- son that it contains two subjects and two predicates . The first subject is " birds ; " its predicate is " fly . " The second ...
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... contains more than one subject and one predicate . And it cannot be complex , because each of the members is independent . It is therefore a compound sentence . EXERCISE 1 . A. Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete sim ...
... contains more than one subject and one predicate . And it cannot be complex , because each of the members is independent . It is therefore a compound sentence . EXERCISE 1 . A. Supply appropriate subjects , so as to make complete sim ...
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... contains a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together in any one part — as at the beginning or end , or in the middle - but distributed in such a way that the sentence shall be agreeable to the ear . Illustrations . - 1 ...
... contains a number of phrases , they should not be grouped together in any one part — as at the beginning or end , or in the middle - but distributed in such a way that the sentence shall be agreeable to the ear . Illustrations . - 1 ...
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... contains two independent propositions . ( 2. ) Along the La Plata are extensive plains . They are covered with grass . Separate These plains are called pampas . Statements . Great herds of cattle roam over these pampas . Great herds of ...
... contains two independent propositions . ( 2. ) Along the La Plata are extensive plains . They are covered with grass . Separate These plains are called pampas . Statements . Great herds of cattle roam over these pampas . Great herds of ...
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... containing the word which it modifies , or with which it has grammatical rela- tion . III . An adjective clause follows the noun which it modifies ; an ad- verbial clause generally follows the word which it modifies ; but a clause ...
... containing the word which it modifies , or with which it has grammatical rela- tion . III . An adjective clause follows the noun which it modifies ; an ad- verbial clause generally follows the word which it modifies ; but a clause ...
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Adjective clause adjunct Adverbial clause Adverbial phrases Alphonso anapestic ǎnd animals appositional arrangement battle of Actium beauty birds of prey blooming maiden Cæsar called circumlocution Columbus combination comma compound sentence conjunctive adverb connected consists construction dactylic earth effect English feet following complex sentences following outline following sentences following simple sentences gives grammatical Greek hence horse iambic iambic pentameter illustration interrogation introduced invented by Professor Julius Cæsar kinds king language Latin light step meaning ment METHOD Metonymy metre modifying monometer morning muleteer nature omission paragraph participial phrase PERIPHRASIS pleasure poem poetry pound sentence Professor Morse pronoun propositions prose PUNCTUATION pupil rhetorical order rhymes rules Saxon sense Shakspeare short simile song sound speak speech spondee stanza style syllable Synecdoche tence thing thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic trochee truth unaccented unity variety Vary the expression verb whale words
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Page 84 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 81 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the souL...
Page 88 - The blackbird amid leafy trees, The lark above the hill, Let loose their carols when they please, Are quiet when they will. With Nature never do they wage A foolish strife ; they see A happy youth, and their old age Is beautiful and free.
Page 69 - 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, heavenly Muse ! that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos.
Page 31 - HAVING often received an invitation from my friend Sir Roger de Coverley, to pass away a month with him in the country, I last week accompanied him thither, and am settled with him for some time at his countryhouse, where I intend to form several of my ensuing speculations. Sir Roger...
Page 107 - Ward has no heart, they say ; but I deny it : He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it ! Satire (Latin satira, a mixture).
Page 40 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 105 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, , Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit. and sputter alL...
Page 74 - He can converse with a picture and find an agreeable companion in a statue. He meets with a secret refreshment in a description, and often feels a greater satisfaction in the prospect of fields and meadows, than another does in the possession.
Page 92 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...