A Rational Grammar of the English LanguageAmerican book Company, 1899 - 320 pages |
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action active adjective element adjective modifier adverbial clause adverbial element adverbial modifier adverbial phrase Analyze assertive phrase asserts the relation attribute beautiful bid bid called commas complement compound sentence containing copula declarative sentence digging dug English EXAMPLES Exercise expression following sentences gender group of words horse idea word idiomatic idioms imperative sentence indicates indirect object infinitive phrase inflection intransitive 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 PERFECT TENSE phrase element predicate base predicate verb prefix prepositional phrase present participle primitive word principal clause relation word relative pronoun represents shows the relation singing singular spoken subject base subordinate clause subordinate conjunction subordinate connective substantive Substantive Adjective suffix syllable tell tences thee thou tive usually verb forms verbal nature wind word modifier Write
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Page 272 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 14 - 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 189 - 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 71 - 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 78 - 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 275 - 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 215 - 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 285 - 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 215 - 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 69 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.