A Rational Grammar of the English LanguageAmerican book Company, 1899 - 320 pages |
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action active adjective element adjective modifier adjective word element adverbial clause adverbial element adverbial modifier adverbial phrase adverbial word Analyze assertive phrase asserts the relation attribute beautiful called child commas compound sentence containing declarative sentence English EXAMPLES Exercise expression following sentences gender Give three nouns grammar group of words horse idea word idiomatic imperative sentence indicates indirect object infinitive phrase inflection intransitive verb John language loved First Person loved Passive loved Second Person loved Third Person loved You ye meaning P. C. GRAM parsing past tense perfect participle phrase element predicate verb prefix prepositional phrase present participle principal clause punctuation relation word relative pronoun represents shows the relation singing singular spoken subject base subjunctive mood subordinate clause subordinate conjunction subordinate connective substantive Substantive Adjective suffix syllable tell tences thee thou tive tree usually verb forms wind word modifier
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Page 268 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 12 - Tu-whit, tu-who ! a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit, tu-who...
Page 187 - River where ford there was none: But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 69 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 76 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green. We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing. The breeze comes whispering in our ear That dandelions are blossoming near. That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing.
Page 271 - Although thy breath be rude. Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! unto the green holly : Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly Then, heigh, ho, the holly ! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! &c.
Page 213 - Yes, to smell pork ; to eat of the habitation which your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into. I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following ; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
Page 281 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel : as, wit, witty ; thin, thinnish ; to abet, an abettor ; to begin, a beginner.
Page 213 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 213 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.