Essentials of English Grammar: For the Use of SchoolsGinn, 1877 - 276 pages |
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abbreviation action added adverb adverbial objective antecedent appositive adjective assertion auxiliary belonging bird called chapter character co-ordinating combination comparative complete conjunctions construction copula dative declension dependent clause derivative described direct object ellipsis English especially example exclamatory Exercise expression factitive gender-noun genitive give given grammar horse imperative implies incomplete indefinite inflection interjection interrogative interrogative words intransitive irregular ject kind language manner meaning mode nominative nominative absolute noun or pronoun nouns and adjectives objective predicate Old conjugation omission omitted parsing passive participle past participle person singular phrases plural possessive predicate adjective preposition present and preterit present participle pronominal adjectives qualifying relation relative pronoun seen shines signifies sometimes speak speech stands subject and predicate subjunctive substantive substantive-clause suffix superlative tences thee third person thou tion tive transitive verbs usually verb-phrases verbal forms
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Page 11 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 11 - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou...
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Page 11 - His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : " Come one, come all ! This rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Page 11 - Hearty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves.
Page 11 - He whistled shrill, And he was answered from the hill : Wild as the scream of the curlew, From crag to crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up, at once, the lurking foe...
Page 11 - Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows.
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Page 4 - His familiarity with the customs, manners, actions, and writings of the ancients, makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world.