The Elements of English Grammar with a Chapter on Essay-writingUniversity Press, 1913 - 336 pages |
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... become chemical manufacturers . We may study animal physiology simply because it is interesting to know some- thing of the structure of our own bodies and of the bodies of other animals . We have been breathing and digesting all our ...
... become chemical manufacturers . We may study animal physiology simply because it is interesting to know some- thing of the structure of our own bodies and of the bodies of other animals . We have been breathing and digesting all our ...
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... become the universal medium of intercourse among the chief commercial nations of the world , we can hardly fail to realise that our English tongue well deserves our attention , and that we ought not to rest satisfied with merely using ...
... become the universal medium of intercourse among the chief commercial nations of the world , we can hardly fail to realise that our English tongue well deserves our attention , and that we ought not to rest satisfied with merely using ...
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... becomes possible . And most languages do contain composi- tions in metre amongst their oldest literary possessions . This is natur- ally the case , since verse is easier to recollect than prose , and is often better worth recollecting ...
... becomes possible . And most languages do contain composi- tions in metre amongst their oldest literary possessions . This is natur- ally the case , since verse is easier to recollect than prose , and is often better worth recollecting ...
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... become thoroughly naturalized , and we lay the stress on the first syllable , in conformity with the general tendency of accentuation in English . The less familiar curátor and testátor preserve the accent which they had in Latin . Many ...
... become thoroughly naturalized , and we lay the stress on the first syllable , in conformity with the general tendency of accentuation in English . The less familiar curátor and testátor preserve the accent which they had in Latin . Many ...
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... become common in two ways : ( a ) When they indicate a class resembling the individual denoted by the proper name . ' A village Hampden ' means a village patriot : of an ill - tempered woman we may say ' She is a regular Xanthippe ...
... become common in two ways : ( a ) When they indicate a class resembling the individual denoted by the proper name . ' A village Hampden ' means a village patriot : of an ill - tempered woman we may say ' She is a regular Xanthippe ...
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A. S. WEST action adjective Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent apposition auxiliary auxiliary verb called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongs distinction Edited by J. H. ellipsis employed English Grammar English language English origin essay Etymology examples express fcap feminine following sentences following words French gender German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood indicative Indirect Object infinitive inflexion Intransitive J. H. LOBBAN Keltic Latin letters limiting M.A. Crown 8vo mark meaning modern English Norman noun or pronoun Old English Parse passive Past Participle past tense Periodic Sentences person phrase plural possessive predicate prefix preposition present principal clause pronunciation reader relative pronoun represented Roman signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant sound speak speech style subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax thing thou town transitive verb vocabulary vowel vowel-sounds write
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Page 124 - Refer to its class each of the Pronouns in the following sentences:— ‘Who steals my purse steals trash; ‘tis something, nothing; ‘Twas mine, ‘tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.
Page 283 - 20. How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill! 21. And statesmen at her council met Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand, and make The bounds of freedom wider yet.
Page 287 - While some on earnest business bent Their murmuring labours ply Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty, Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind And snatch a fearful joy.
Page 287 - Hadst thou but shook thy head, or made a pause, When I spake darkly what I purposed; Or turn'd an eye of doubt upon my face, As bid me tell my tale in express words; Deep shame had struck me dumb, made me break off, And those thy fears might have wrought fears in me,
Page 285 - Daughter of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad aifright, afflict the best! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone.
Page 283 - 23. Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn,
Page 257 - You cannot conquer America. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms,—never, never, never!
Page 285 - Orpheus with his lute made trees And the mountain tops that freeze Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting spring.
Page 282 - Then burst his mighty heart; And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
Page 252 - No ceremony that to great ones ‘longs, ‘Not the King's crown, nor the deputed sword, ‘The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe ‘Become them with one half so good a grace ‘As mercy does.