The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... living , is likely to be a dull fellow , uninteresting to himself and to his neighbours . Now to English - speaking people the English language ought to be an attractive subject of study . When we think of the series of great writers ...
... living , is likely to be a dull fellow , uninteresting to himself and to his neighbours . Now to English - speaking people the English language ought to be an attractive subject of study . When we think of the series of great writers ...
Page 206
... living ' is equivalent to ' I saw him in London : he was living there . ' The clauses in italics make fresh statements and are not limitations of John and of London . They must therefore be analysed as principal sentences . 9. A ...
... living ' is equivalent to ' I saw him in London : he was living there . ' The clauses in italics make fresh statements and are not limitations of John and of London . They must therefore be analysed as principal sentences . 9. A ...
Page 275
... living preachers . Whatever the consequences may be , I shall go my way . — Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . - No other allegorist has ever been able to make abstractions objects of terror , of pity , and of love .---- None but ...
... living preachers . Whatever the consequences may be , I shall go my way . — Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . - No other allegorist has ever been able to make abstractions objects of terror , of pity , and of love .---- None but ...
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