English grammar practiceLongman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1862 - 264 pages |
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... cloth ? The paper is covered with blacks . sold for slaves . The servant was 66 You require rest . Rest , warrior , rest . " The black men were desired to black the shoes . The weather is very cold . A severe cold pre- vented him from ...
... cloth ? The paper is covered with blacks . sold for slaves . The servant was 66 You require rest . Rest , warrior , rest . " The black men were desired to black the shoes . The weather is very cold . A severe cold pre- vented him from ...
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... clothes by the fire . Louis XI . of France was a cunning and trea- cherous king . I have brought you the ' Times ' news- paper . The Emperor of the French declared war against Austria . Where is the map which was on your table just now ...
... clothes by the fire . Louis XI . of France was a cunning and trea- cherous king . I have brought you the ' Times ' news- paper . The Emperor of the French declared war against Austria . Where is the map which was on your table just now ...
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... clothing drawing fishing gardening hearing lodging mourning opening , & c . III . Some , expressing a person habitually per- forming an action , end in ant , or ent ; as , assailant attendant combatant dependant inhabitant protestant ...
... clothing drawing fishing gardening hearing lodging mourning opening , & c . III . Some , expressing a person habitually per- forming an action , end in ant , or ent ; as , assailant attendant combatant dependant inhabitant protestant ...
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... cloth was marked with stains . My hearing is much impaired . Take the cover off the dish . The screen was placed before the door . He made a sign to the prisoner . In her last illness her suffering was dreadful . The student read the ...
... cloth was marked with stains . My hearing is much impaired . Take the cover off the dish . The screen was placed before the door . He made a sign to the prisoner . In her last illness her suffering was dreadful . The student read the ...
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... clothes fives riches tongs annals downs goods shears trousers archives dregs measles snuffers victuals arms eaves nuptials scissors wages EXERCISE . Supply the nouns of this form in the vacant spaces . The were placed in an urn . This ...
... clothes fives riches tongs annals downs goods shears trousers archives dregs measles snuffers victuals arms eaves nuptials scissors wages EXERCISE . Supply the nouns of this form in the vacant spaces . The were placed in an urn . This ...
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Page 250 - 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 242 - MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen ; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his...
Page 248 - Say, father Thames ! for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race, Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace...
Page 251 - This pencil take (she said), whose colors clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
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Page 248 - Shylock, we would have moneys:' you say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; moneys is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say 'Hath a dog money? is it possible A cur can lend three thousand ducats?
Page 22 - An Outline of the necessary Laws of Thought : A Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Page 236 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ; Thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 241 - And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire. Then prostrate falls, and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain, and long possess the prize : The Powers gave ear, and granted half his prayer, The rest the winds dispersed in empty air. But now secure the painted vessel glides, The sun-beams trembling on the floating tides: While melting music steals upon the sky, And softened sounds along the waters die; Smooth flow the waves, the zephyrs gently play, Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay.