The Grammar, History and Derivation of the English Language: With Chapters on Parsing, Analysis of Sentences, and Prosody |
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... letter being gutturalized . Comp . genoh , the old form of enough , pronounced enuff . In ( 2 ) By adding en to the singular , as ox , oxen . brethren and children we have double plurals , the old plurals being brothra or brothru and ...
... letter being gutturalized . Comp . genoh , the old form of enough , pronounced enuff . In ( 2 ) By adding en to the singular , as ox , oxen . brethren and children we have double plurals , the old plurals being brothra or brothru and ...
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... letters or figures in Algebra , which show the powers to which quantities are to be raised . geniuses people of genius . genii = = certain imaginary beings who often figure in Oriental stories . The tendency of the language is to make ...
... letters or figures in Algebra , which show the powers to which quantities are to be raised . geniuses people of genius . genii = = certain imaginary beings who often figure in Oriental stories . The tendency of the language is to make ...
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... letters used as nouns ; e.g. ' There are too many who's in the sentence , ' ' Dot your i's and cross your t's . ' It was absurdly supposed by some of the old grammarians that the ending of the possessive case was a corruption of the ...
... letters used as nouns ; e.g. ' There are too many who's in the sentence , ' ' Dot your i's and cross your t's . ' It was absurdly supposed by some of the old grammarians that the ending of the possessive case was a corruption of the ...
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... letter . ' As a rule the Subject of a sentence precedes the verb , but in interrogative , imperative , and rhetorical constructions it frequently follows it , e.g.— O wherefore come ye forth ? -Macaulay . Be thou 26 CASE OF NOUNS .
... letter . ' As a rule the Subject of a sentence precedes the verb , but in interrogative , imperative , and rhetorical constructions it frequently follows it , e.g.— O wherefore come ye forth ? -Macaulay . Be thou 26 CASE OF NOUNS .
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... letter . n . He returned home . o . As he was felling the tree he fell down . p . He rose up to raise the window . q . Having laid down his hat , he lay on the sofa . 7. He proved a thorough knave . s . He proved the accuracy of his ...
... letter . n . He returned home . o . As he was felling the tree he fell down . p . He rose up to raise the window . q . Having laid down his hat , he lay on the sofa . 7. He proved a thorough knave . s . He proved the accuracy of his ...
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accent adjective adjective clause adverbs Amphibrachic antecedent apposition atum auxiliary Cæsar called Classify Comp compound conjunction connected consonant constructions corruption dare Dative denote derived Direct Object examples express Factitive following passages French gender genitive German Gerundial Infinitive Give instances governed grammar Greek hath Hence imperative IMPERFECT TENSE indefinite Indicative Mood Indirect inflexion Interrogative intrans intransitive John Julius Cæsar king language Latin letter limiting Lord loved Ye meaning modern English Mood NATIONAL SOCIETY'S Nominative originally Parse Passive Voice PAST IMPERFECT PAST IMPERFECT TENSE past tense perfect participle phrase plural Poet possessive Predicate prefix preposition PRESENT IMPERFECT principal sentence principal verb qualify relative pronoun root Shakspere sing singular sometimes sound speak speech subjunctive Subjunctive Mood suffix syllable Syntactical Relations TEACH termination thee things thou tion tive transitive verb verbal noun vowel words write
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Page 367 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Page 391 - Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ? Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go mark him well...
Page 389 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 217 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting...
Page 2 - And licked the soup from the cook's own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats, By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats. At last the people in a body To the Town Hall came flocking:
Page 142 - tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly: If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, 'With his surcease, success ; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, — We'd jump the life to come...
Page 143 - Tis the natural way of living: Who knows whither the clouds have fled? In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake; And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache...
Page 368 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 213 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War...
Page 56 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...